Eid-ul-Fitr celebrated across state
Bengaluru, June 16: Except Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, Muslims celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr across the state including Capital City Bengaluru on Saturday with pomp and religious gaiety.
They offered special prayer and greeted each other with Ramzan wishes. At the special namaz held at Khuddus Sab Idgah Maidan at Jayamahal in Bengaluru, Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar, former minister Roshan Baig, MLC CM Ibrahim and others participated.
In the special prayer held at Idgah Maidan on Mysuru road, former prime minister HD Deve Gowda participated. Muslims offered special prayers at Chamarajpet, Jayanagar, RT Nagar, Yashwanthpur and other places.
In Vijayapura Idgah Maidan, Muslims offered prayers and greeted each other. More than 10,000 Muslims participated in the special prayer at Bidar Idgah Maidan. Minister Bandeppa Kashempur greeted the Muslims.
Apart from these, mass prayers were also conducted in Kalaburgi, Bellary, Dharwad, Kolar, Raichur, Chikkaballapur, Mysuru, Hubballi, Shivamogga and other places.
As a precautionary measure, the police have taken security measures to ensure law and order situation in the state during the Eid-ul-Fitr.
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Centre spent Rs 76.13 lakh on print media ads for RSS centenary, reveals RTI
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Culture allegedly spent Rs 76.13 lakh on print advertisements marking the 100-year celebrations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), according to a Right to Information (RTI) reply.
The information was sought by RTI activist Ajay Basudev Bose, who filed an application seeking details on expenditure incurred by the ministry for advertisements commemorating the RSS centenary.
Bose shared a picture of the reply from the ministry on his official ‘X’ handle.
“It is informed that an amount of Rs 76,13,129 has been spent on advertisement given in various print media by the Ministry of Culture on the occasion of the completion of 100 years of RSS,” the government’s reply stated.
RTI reply shows Min of Culture Govt of India spent a Whopping Rs 76L,13K,129 on Advertisement in Print Media on occasion of 100 yrs of #RSS
— AJAY Basudev Bose (@AjayBos93388306) April 16, 2026
When Everyone knows RSS is Not Registered & Does not Pay any Tax is it justified to spend Tax Payers Money on such Private event??@RSSorg… pic.twitter.com/dW4IUtdNCg
Bose questioned the expenditure in the post X, “when Everyone knows RSS is Not Registered & Does not Pay any Tax is it justified to spend Tax Payers Money on such Private event??”
Reacting to the development, Karnataka’s IT-BT and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge also criticised the spending.
In a post on X, he asked why public money was being used for what he described as a “private ideological project.”
"Modi Sarkar spent Rs 76,13,129 of public money on newspaper advertisements to celebrate 100 years of the RSS. Why is Government spending taxpayers money on an unregistered, non-tax-paying organisation to celebrate their centenary?," he added.
Why is public money being used to serve a private ideological project?
— Priyank Kharge / ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ್ ಖರ್ಗೆ (@PriyankKharge) April 16, 2026
Modi Sarkar spent ₹76,13,129 of public money on newspaper advertisements to celebrate 100 years of the RSS.
Why is Government spending taxpayers money on an unregistered, non-tax-paying organisation to… pic.twitter.com/EoZ6Pim3IM
According to reports, the RSS describes itself as a volunteer-based organisation and has stated that it functions as a body of individuals rather than a registered entity.
Founded by Keshav Baliram Hedgewar in 1925, the organisation is marking its centenary year beginning from Vijaydashami in 2025, with the milestone observed on October 2.
