Karnataka: Social and educational survey of Backward Classes to begin on August 23
Phase one focuses on household mapping
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission is set to begin its social and educational survey of backward classes across the state on Saturday, August 23, 2025.
Panel chairman Madhusudhan R. Naik urged citizens to cooperate fully to ensure that no household is overlooked and that the survey can be completed successfully within the stipulated 90-day timeline.
Naik explained that the first phase of the survey would focus on creating a comprehensive list of households and mapping them. This crucial preliminary step will enable the enumeration, serial numbering, and accurate mapping of every household.
Since every household in Karnataka is connected to electricity, no house will be left out. Electricity revenue registration numbers will be used to identify households, and residents will be surveyed accordingly.
This initial phase will lay the groundwork for a systematic and scientific second phase of the survey, which will take place during the Dasara holidays from September 22 to October 7. Naik noted that the school vacation period would help in ensuring smooth execution of the survey.
To assist with the survey, a special app has been developed by the e-governance and Energy Departments, in collaboration with the commission's advisory team and the Directorate of Electronic Delivery of Citizen Services (EDCS). Karnataka will deploy ESCOM meter readers for this task. These meter readers, in addition to their regular billing duties, will geo-tag each household and include it in the survey. The data collected will be uploaded to the EDCS servers.
Once validated, each household, including those in apartments and cluster dwellings, will be assigned a unique identification number. Stickers will be placed on each house to assist surveyors in identifying them during the second phase of the survey.
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Real Madrid fines Valverde and Tchouaméni half a million euros each for altercation
Barcelona (AP): Real Madrid slapped players Federico Valverde and Aurélien Tchouaméni with half-a-million-euro ($588,000) fines on Friday for their altercation during practice.
The massive fines came a day after the midfielders tussled when the team trained. Valverde said in a post on social media on Thursday that no punches were thrown. But Valverde knocked his head on a table and he suffered a small cut that required a brief hospital visit.
On social media, Valverde initially called it a “meaningless fight” with a teammate and said “everything has been blown out of proportion."
His employers, however, considered it a significant enough breach of team discipline to nail both Valverde and Tchouaméni with fines that bite even the bank account of a top soccer player. The half-a-million euro penalties reflect the reputational damage the club was enduring in a chaotic end to a disappointing season.
In a statement, the 15-time European champion said its disciplinary action was concluded after both players expressed to the club “their complete remorse for what happened and apologized to one another.”
Madrid added they also apologized to their teammates, the coaching staff and club supporters, as well as showing their willingness to accept whatever disciplinary action the club deemed “opportune.”
Tchouaméni was back training with Madrid on Friday, two days before they play at Barcelona in a clasico. Madrid has to win otherwise Barcelona will be crowned La Liga champion.
After being notified of the fine, he posted a public apology to the club and its fans on social media.
“What happened this week in training is unacceptable,” Tchouaméni wrote. "I say this while thinking about the example we are expected to set for young people, whether in football or at school.
“Above all, I am sorry for the image we projected of the club.”
Valverde was not at practice due to the head knock.
Both players are set to play in the World Cup next month, with Tchouaméni playing for France and Valverde for Uruguay.
Chaotic end to a poor season
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The run-in between the players, who for seasons have played side by side in Madrid's midfield, came after they argued this week in previous training sessions. But tempers boiled over on Thursday. Spanish media was rife with reports that the players previously disagreed over the club's decision to let coach Xabi Alonso go after just months on the job.
It was not the only altercation involving Madrid players during training this week. Álvaro Carreras confirmed he was in a “minor” incident with a teammate. Spanish media said he and fellow defender Antonio Rüdiger got into a scuffle.
Álvaro Arbeloa, the coach who was promoted from Madrid's reserve team when Alonso was fired in January, will face tough questions on what went wrong inside the changing room when he gives a press conference on Saturday ahead of the clasico at Camp Nou.
Madrid is facing a second consecutive campaign without a major trophy amid rumors in the Spanish media that club president Florentino Pérez is considering bringing back Jose Mourinho to straighten out his underperforming team.
