Shivamogga: The ongoing Hijab–Saffron shawl conflict has taken a serious turn in Shimoga, where the students who arrived at the government degree college hoisted a saffron flag on the college’s flagpole.
Demanding that the Muslim students be restricted from coming to college wearing the headscarf, some of the students wearing the saffron shawl climbed the college’s flag pole and hoisted the saffron flag, it is learned.
A video capturing the entire episode has now gone viral on various social media sites.
Reportedly, instances of stone-pelting have occurred outside the Bapujinagar Government College in the city. The group of youngsters began throwing stones on one set of students, observing this another group of youngsters reportedly threw stones on the other group.
The police who predicted the situation becoming severe reportedly used lathis. S. P. Lakshmi Prasad held lathi and himself got on the ground, it is learned.
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Mumbai, May 10 (PTI): Amid heightened security concerns in the country, the Sai Baba temple trust at Shirdi in Maharashtra has decided not to allow garland, bouquets and shawls to brought inside the temple complex.
The famous temple which draws millions of devotees every year had received a threatening email last week.
Goraksh Gadilkar, a member of the Sai Baba Sansthan Trust, said devotees will be searched before entering the temple.
"The Sansthan received a threat email on May 2. In view of India-Pakistan tensions and the security alert across the country, flowers, garlands, prasad and shawls will not be allowed inside," he told PTI.
The Ahilyanagar district police have also made some suggestions to enhance the security of the temple.
On Friday, the Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai said it will not allow garlands, prasad and coconuts inside from May 11.