Karnataka High Court asks Kamal Haasan to apologise for controversial remark on Kannada
Hearing adjourned to 2:30 PM
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has taken strong objection to Tamil actor Kamal Haasan’s controversial statement that “Kannada originated from Tamil”. The court has asked him to apologise for the remark, warning that his petition seeking protection for the release of his film Thug Life would be considered only if he does so.
The bench led by Justice Nagaprasanna, which was hearing Kamal Haasan’s plea for security during the release of Thug Life, criticised the actor for refusing to apologise earlier. The court questioned the logic behind the statement, asking, “How can one language be said to have originated from another? Is Kamal Haasan a historian to claim that Kannada was born from Tamil?”
Justice Nagaprasanna further pointed out that even C. Rajagopalachari had once issued an apology for a similar remark. “You are responsible for the situation created today. Such statements should not be made. Kamal Haasan is not an ordinary person but a public figure. Let him apologise first, only then we will consider the petition,” the judge said.
The hearing has been adjourned to 2:30 PM.
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Yadgir: Six people burnt alive in private bus-car collision on Bidar-Bengaluru Highway in Surapura
Surapura: In a tragic road accident reported from the taluk, six people were burnt alive in a collision between a private bus and a car on the Bidar-Bengaluru Highway near the Shanthapura Cross close to the Thinthani Bridge on Friday morning.
A fire broke out due to the force of the collision, and both vehicles were gutted in the flames.
The bus is learned to have been traveling from Lingasugur to Kalaburagi, and the car was going towards Lingasugur. While none of the passengers in the bus was reportedly endangered in the accident, all six people traveling the car died in the accident and are learned to have burnt in the fire.
The local fire brigade has successfully doused the flames.
Inspector Umesh M and team of the Surapura Police Station is learned to have arrived at the accident spot and conducted an inspection.
The skulls of four people are said to have been found among the debris.
