II PUC student in Hassan dies on spot as his bike rams into trucked parked by NH 75
Hassan: A 22-year-old rider died on the spot after the motorbike he was riding on late Monday night rammed into a truck that had been parked beside the National Highway 75 stretch near Shanti Gram in the taluk.
The deceased youngster, identified as 18-year-old Revanth, was a resident of Dasanapura village and studying in the II PUC at the Central Commerce College, Hassan.
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The accident reportedly occurred as Revanth failed to notice the truck near Shanti Gram in the dark and hit it from behind. The truck driver is learned to have parked the heavy vehicle on the stretch as a tyre had punctured.
Shanti Gram Police have visited the accident spot and conducted an inquest. The officers have also taken further action in the matter.
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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.
