FIR filed against journalist Rana Ayyub for her remarks on Karnataka Hijab row
Bengaluru: Journalist Rana Ayyub has once again come under fire from the right-wing groups after an FIR was registered against her in Karnataka’s Dharwad over her remarks in the ongoing Hijab row.
Ayyub has been booked under section 295(a) of the Indian Penal Code that deal with deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings). The FIR has been registered at Vidyagiri police station after a volunteer from a group called ‘Hindu IT Cell’ filed a complaint against her for describing those who have opposed Muslim girls wearing Hijab to schools as “Hindu terrorists” during an interview with BBC.
During the interview, Ayyub had said “For decades, students across the religious spectrum have been wearing their symbols of faith. Sikhs wear their turban to school; Muslim girls were allowed to wear the hijab to the school.”
“These girls have been wearing the hijab for a very long time — it is not for the first time — so why suddenly has this group of young Hindu vigilantes, Hindu terrorists for that matter, who are hoisting saffron flags in an education complex in Karnataka? Why are students, why are male students, furling the saffron flag in an educational institution? What does that mean?” she asked.
A fierce journalist who does not shy away from criticizing the government and authorities, Ayyub often finds herself between social media outrage and trolls from fringe right-wing Hindutva activists.
Reacting to the latest FIR that has been filed against her, Ayyub took to her Twitter account and said the obsessive attention on every word she speaks means that her work is making difference.
“This obsessive attention on me over every word I speak or write. Thank you for letting me know that my work is making a difference.” She wrote in the tweet.
This obsessive attention on me over every word I speak or write. Thank you for letting me know that my work is making a difference #alhamdulillah https://t.co/pEh7NG1gyY
— Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) March 5, 2022
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Padma awardees in Odisha to receive monthly honorarium of Rs 30,000
Bhubaneswar, Jan 16 (PTI): The Odisha government will provide a monthly honorarium of Rs 30,000 to each of the Padma awardees of the state from the current month.
The Odia Language Literature and Culture Department issued a notification to this effect on Thursday.
In view of their outstanding contribution to society in various fields, the state government has decided to provide an honorarium of Rs 30,000 to the Padma awardees, the notification said.
All the Padma awardees of the state, who are alive, will receive the honorarium through direct benefit transfer (DBT) mode from January 2025, it said.
The government has asked collectors and culture officers of all districts to submit details of the Padma award winners (who are alive) including the district collector's certificate, bank account details, IFSC code to the Directorate of Odia, Language, Literature and Culture as soon as possible.
In March last year, the previous BJD government had announced a monthly honorarium of Rs 25,000 for the Padma awardees from Odisha. However, it was not implemented yet, an official of the department said.
In November last year, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi had decided to provide Rs 30,000 to the Padma awardees of the state. Accordingly, the formal notification was published on Thursday, he said.
The Padma Award was introduced in 1954. The award is given to personalities for their outstanding contribution in the fields of arts, education, science, sports, social work, public service, medicine, literature, etc.
As per the Padma Awards website of the Ministry of Home Affairs, till now, the President has conferred Padma awards on 105 eminent personalities from Odisha, which includes 90 Padma Shri, 11 Padma Bhushan and four Padma Vibhushan.
