Gruel centres for rain-affected in Kodagu district
Bengaluru, August 17: The state government has opened 20 gruel centres in Madikeri, Somawarpete and Virajpete taluks for the rain-affected people in the Kodagu district.
Details of centres
In Madikeri taluk: Kottamudi Marka English Medium School (Mahesh- 9480270621), Galibeedu government higher primary school (Ramesh- 9480788266), Karnangeri (Molakalmuru) government primary school (Shalini-9900789744, HR Muthappa – 9449920849).
Makkandur government higher primary school (Ranjith- 9482192964, Prasanna 8971380747), Jodupala government higher primary school (Jagannath-9341782025), Katakeri government higher primary school (Lokaprabhu- 9632654170), Hodavada government higher primary school (Suku Deve Gowda-9448448717), Gejjesangappa Kalyana Mandir (Damayanti-9164569486, Devaki- 9482978274, Nagaraj- 9481057822).
Aikola government higher primary school (Kumaraswamy- 9483234335), Mythri Hall (Vasanthi-9480779062, Thimmaiah – 9481883688, Premalatha Shetty- 9449124539), Indiranagar community hall (Wilfred Crasta- 9448773078, Johnson- 9886485186).
Virajpet taluk: Karadigodu government higher primary school (Jimmy Siquera -9845100684, Manikantha- 6362466953, Clament Maklin- 9449239330), Virajapate (Vanith Kumar- 9880504208, Nalinakshi- 9611018818), Nellihudikeri government model primary school (BGB Jaji- 8105214917, Remmy- 9482036106), Aigur government higher primary school in Somwarpet taluk (Chandrakala- 9480273824, Krishnappa-9449818822).
People could get more details from Madikeri taluk woman and child welfare department deputy director Malleswamy- 9480984722, DDPI Kashinath- 9448999344, Madikeri taluk BEO Gayathri- 9480695260, Virajpet BEO Lokesh- 9480695262, Somawarpete BEO Nagarajaiah – 9480695261, Scouts and Guides district commissioner Jimmy Sequera- 9845100684.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
