Kannada flag should be hoisted compulsorily on state formation day, Govt tells businesses
Bengaluru(PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday said Kannada flag should be hoisted compulsorily at all educational institutions, businesses and factories, including those operating in the information technology and biotechnology sector, in Bengaluru on November one, the state's formation day.
He said about 50 per cent of people residing in the city and Bengaluru Urban district are from other states, and they should also give priority to learn Kannada.
"...we are marking 50 years of Mysore state being renamed as Karnataka. November one is a day of celebration for Kannadigas...as in-charge Minister for Bengaluru I have formulated a new programme as part of which at all schools and colleges, factories, business including IT-BT sector Kannad flag should be hoisted compulsorily," Shivakumar said.
An order to this effect would be issued, he told reporters here.
"All organisations, educational institutions, factories, businesses and others should compulsorily hoist Kannada flag. Government celebration of Rajyotsava will be held at one place, but at private and government educational institutions too celebrations should be held compulsorily aimed at instilling a sense of love and affection among students towards Kannada language," Shivakumar said.
Everyone should feel that one cannot live in Karnataka without knowing Kannada, Shivakumar said.
Schools and colleges, along with hoisting the Kannada flag on November one, should also hold cultural programmes, like it is held on Independence and Republic Days. Respect should be shown towards the Kannada flag, he said.
The Minister said he was not asking factories and businesses to organise cultural events, but the Kannada flag should compulsorily be hoisted.
Asked if those who do not abide by the government order would be penalised, he said: "I'm informing everyone that on this Kannada land, learning Kannada is their duty, we have made Kannada as a subject compulsory at schools.....such events of hoisting Kannada flags are organised at villages, but in Bengaluru city -- as district minister I'm making it compulsory."
Shivakumar also warned pro-Kannada organisations of legal action if they try to force the move on institutions or businesses. "They (institutions and businesses) will do it voluntarily after the government has asked them to do it," he said.
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Hezbollah fires over 180 rockets, other projectiles into Israel, wounding at least 7
Beirut, Nov 24: Hezbollah fired at least 185 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday, wounding seven people in the group's heaviest barrage in several days, in response to deadly Israeli strikes in Beirut while negotiators pressed on with cease-fire efforts to halt the all-out war.
Meanwhile, an Israeli strike on a Lebanese army centre killed one soldier and wounded 18 others on the southwestern coastal road between Tyre and Naqoura, Lebanon's military said. Israel's military expressed regret and said the strike occurred in an area of combat against Hezbollah, adding that its operations are directed solely against the Hezbollah group. The strike was under review.
Israeli strikes have killed over 40 Lebanese troops since the start of the war between Israel and Hezbollah, even as Lebanon's military has largely kept to the sidelines.
Lebanon's caretaker prime minister, Najib Mikati, condemned the latest strike as an assault on US-led cease-fire efforts, calling it a “direct, bloody message rejecting all efforts and ongoing contacts” to end the war.
