Shivamogga: Students hoist saffron flag on College’s flagpole
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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Horse injured, vehicles damaged as billboard collapses in Pune due to strong winds
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Pune (PTI): A horse was injured and a few vehicles were damaged after a hoarding collapsed due to strong winds in Maharashtra’s Pune city, police said.
The billboard crashed to the ground between 5 pm and 6 pm on Saturday outside a wedding hall near Kavdi Pat toll booth on the Pune-Solapur Highway, an official said.
The incident comes days after a giant illegal billboard in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar area collapsed on a petrol pump due to gusty winds and unseasonal rains, killing 16 persons and injuring 75.
Citing preliminary information about the incident in Pune, the police on Saturday said the hoarding collapsed due to strong winds and it fell on a horse, and a few vehicles, including one brought by a band party, outside the Gulmohar Lawns wedding hall.
The injured horse was rescued and taken for treatment, the official said.
