New Delhi: Actor-turned-Politician Prakash Raj on Tuesday expressed solidarity with senior Congress leader and disqualified MP Rahul Gandhi and asserted that every home in the country wishing to save the country from tyrants was Rahul’s home.

Expressing his solidarity in a tweet from his Twitter handle, Prakash Raj stated that India was Rahul Gandhi’s home and every house that wants to save the country from tyrants would welcome him.

“Dear @RahulGandhi .. every HOME  who want to save our COUNTRY from these tyrants is your HOME .. .. INDIA is your HOME .. you are most WELCOME.. more power to you .. #justasking” (Sic) he wrote in his tweet.

He was referring to the Parliament’s Housing Committee’s move to ask Rahul to vacate his government-allotted bungalow in 30 days. He also posted an image of Rahul Gandhi’s response to the notice from the committee.

Rahul in his response had informed the committee that he would abide by all the details in the notice without any prejudice.

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Mangaluru: Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader said that continuous research is essential to achieve excellence in the field of physiotherapy.

He was speaking as the chief guest at the valedictory ceremony of the two-day international physiotherapy conference ‘Mangalore PhysioCon-2026’, organised by the South Canara Physiotherapy Teachers Association at TMA Pai Convention Centre in the city.

Khader said physiotherapy today offers wide opportunities and has seen growing demand not only in India but across the world. He noted that three decades ago, very few students opted for physiotherapy education, but now the course has gained significant global demand.

He also said that there were no government physiotherapy colleges in the state earlier, and that the first such college was started during his tenure as Health Minister. He added that the institution has now emerged as one of the best in the state.

Chairman of Tejaswini Hospital Group of Institutions, Prof M. Shantharam Shetty, said physiotherapists play an important role in reducing patients’ pain in the present healthcare system.

Awards presented

On the occasion, Dr Shantharam Shetty was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Best Academician awards were presented to Dr Lourduraj I (Principal, Yenepoya Physiotherapy College), Dr Prabhu (MEM College of Physiotherapy, Bengaluru) and Dr Prasanna Kumar (East Point College of Physiotherapy).

The Best Clinician awards were given to Sherin George (Sparsha Hospital, Bengaluru), Basavaraj Nanjanavar (Belagavi) and Dr Sumita Hemavathi (Bengaluru).

A special award was presented to Dr Shravan Poojari of Masood College of Physiotherapy.

Among those present were Dr U.K. Monu, president of Kanachur Islamic Education Trust; Vasanth Hegde, chairman of Oxford Group of Institutions; Dr Abdul Shakeel, chairman of Abdul Shakeel Charitable Trust; Dr Suresh Babu Reddy, vice-president of the Indian Association of Physiotherapists; Dr Sai Kumar N., Dean, Allied & Physiotherapy, Sanjay Gandhi College of Physiotherapy; Dr V.R. Ayyappan, chairman of physiotherapy at RGUHS; and organising committee of Mangalore PhysioCon 2026 Dr U.T. Iftikhar Fareed.