Road caves in by 10 feet in NR Pura
Chikkamagaluru: Many roads including state highways have reportedly been caved in following the heavy downpour in Malnad.
The road near Melpal in NR Pura has dramatically caved-in. The incident took place between Melpal-Hodsalu villages. The road caved in by 10 feet for around 300 meters. Due to which, the roads connecting tens of villages has been disrupted.
Hebbal Bridge sinks again
Hebbal Bridge near Kalasa near Mudigere Taluk has once again sunk. The bridge has sunk for 15 times in the past 42 days. There has been heavy rainfall in Kudremukh and Kalasa regions. The bridge that connects Kalasa to other places has also inundated.
On Chikkamagaluru-Sringeri highway, people are driving vehicles with anxiety as the mudsliding is taking place.
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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.
