Bagalkote (Karnataka), May 15 (PTI): A school teacher was attacked by a 21-year-old man following a trivial issue, police said on Thursday.

Ramanna (36) sustained injuries and is being treated at a hospital, they said.

According to the police, while Ramanna was resting at home and the accused Pavan Kumar was playing cricket near by. The ball allegedly hit the teacher and when Kumar came asking for the ball, Ramanna asked him to come with some of his family members.

He purportedly informed Kumar's family about this and in a fit of anger, Kumar allegedly threatened the school teacher.

On May 13, at 2.30 pm, when Ramanna was at the office room of his school, the accused arrived there and used derogatory words, and attacked the teacher with a knuckle punch that resulted in bleeding, a senior police officer said.

Police registered an attempt to murder case and arrested Kumar.

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New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Culture allegedly spent Rs 76.13 lakh on print advertisements marking the 100-year celebrations of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), according to a Right to Information (RTI) reply.

The information was sought by RTI activist Ajay Basudev Bose, who filed an application seeking details on expenditure incurred by the ministry for advertisements commemorating the RSS centenary.

Bose shared a picture of the reply from the ministry on his official ‘X’ handle.

“It is informed that an amount of Rs 76,13,129 has been spent on advertisement given in various print media by the Ministry of Culture on the occasion of the completion of 100 years of RSS,” the government’s reply stated.

Bose questioned the expenditure in the post X, “when Everyone knows RSS is Not Registered & Does not Pay any Tax is it justified to spend Tax Payers Money on such Private event??”

Reacting to the development, Karnataka’s IT-BT and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge also criticised the spending.

In a post on X, he asked why public money was being used for what he described as a “private ideological project.”

"Modi Sarkar spent Rs 76,13,129 of public money on newspaper advertisements to celebrate 100 years of the RSS. Why is Government spending taxpayers money on an unregistered, non-tax-paying organisation to celebrate their centenary?," he added. 

According to reports, the RSS describes itself as a volunteer-based organisation and has stated that it functions as a body of individuals rather than a registered entity.

Founded by Keshav Baliram Hedgewar in 1925, the organisation is marking its centenary year beginning from Vijaydashami in 2025, with the milestone observed on October 2.