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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Taj Mahal top earning ASI monument through ticket sales from FY19-20 to FY23-24: Govt
New Delhi, Apr 3 (PTI): The iconic Taj Mahal in Agra earned the "highest income" through the sale of tickets among the ASI-protected monuments from FY19-20 to FY23-24, according to data shared by the government.
Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat shared the data in a written response to a query in Rajya Sabha.
He was asked the amount that the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has received from selling entry tickets to various monuments in the last five years, year-wise and monument-wise; and the monuments that have received the highest income through selling entry tickets in the last five years.
In his response, the minister shared the data in a tabular form for cycles of financial years ranging from FY19-20 to FY23-24.
According to the data, Taj Mahal earned the top slot for all five years.
The Mughal-era architectural wonder was commissioned by Emperor Shah Jehan in the 17th century and it is considered one of the most beautiful buildings in the world.
In FY19-20, the Agra Fort in Agra and Qutub Minar in Delhi were in the second and third positions.
In FY20-21, the Group of Monuments Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu and Sun Temple, Konark were in the second and third positions. In FY23-24, Qutub Minar and Red Fort of Delhi were in the second and third positions.
