Karnataka youth hoists Kannada flag atop Kilimanjaro of Tanzania
Bengaluru, October 14: A Kannadiga youth from Karnataka literally followed the words of Kuvempu - “Elladaru Iru Entadaru Iru, Endendigu Nee Kannadavagiru”- by hoisting Kannada flag atop mount Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, of Tanzania to express his love towards Karnataka.
Ashutosh Bhaskar (23), working as a marketing executive in A company called Mozi which sells adventure materials, climbed the Mt. Kilimanjaro, the fourth highest peak in the world, when he visited Tanzania as part of his official tour from the company, and hoisted the Kannada flag. " Right from the beginning of my tour, I was dreaming of climbing the mountain. But I didn’t know that I would get this opportunity”, he explained.
“As a customer of the company cancelled the proposed meeting, I have got the opportunity to climb this African mountain which is 5895 mts above the sea level. Basically, I am from Karnataka. Before climbing the Kilimanjaro, it was flashed in my mind that I should hoist the Kannada flag as soon as I reached the peak of the mountain”, Ashutosh said.
When I was in Tanzania, I found that there were few people who could speak English. More than half of the population speaks Swahili language and I felt that I have lost my country and mother tongue”, he said.
Suddenly, he went to a tailor and asked him to stitch Kannada flag. He managed to purchase the cloth with the help of locals. “I spent six hours to get the required cloth and I prepared the flag at 5 dollar”, Ashutosh who is a resident of Jayanagar in Bengaluru said.
He started his mountaineering on September 21 and reached the peak of Kilimanjaro in six days.
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Prohibitory order imposed in Manipur's Tamenglong after clash leaves 25 injured, govt office torched
Imphal (PTI): Prohibitory orders were imposed in parts of Manipur's Tamenglong district after a clash between two Naga villages over a land dispute left at least 25 people, including 12 security personnel, injured, officials said on Thursday.
The incident happened on Wednesday evening when about 2,000 residents of Old Tamenglong village were marching to the deputy commissioner and SP's office to submit a memorandum over the land dispute, they said.
Residents of Dailong village allegedly hurled stones at the procession, leading to the clash. People of the nearby Duigailong village also joined the fight, in support of Dailong, they added.
During the violence, the inspection bungalow of the Public Works Department (PWD) was set on fire, officials said.
Police lobbed tear gas shells to control the situation, they said.
At least 25 people, including 12 security personnel, were injured in the violence, they said.
Following the clashes, restrictions under Section 163 of the BNSS were imposed in the district headquarters town and the bordering areas of Dailong, Duigailong, and Old Tamenglong.
The restrictions will remain in place till further orders, said the notification.
The Naga community lives in Tamenglong, and the clash stemmed from a dispute between two villages over their boundary, an official in Imphal said.
It has no connection with the ethnic clashes between Meiteis and Kukis that began in May 2023, he said.
