Two low-intensity tremors recorded in Karnataka's Vijayapura
Bengaluru, Aug 4 (PTI): Two low-intensity tremors, each measuring 2.6 on the richter scale, were recorded in Vijayapura district on Monday.
According to Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC), the first one epicentred at 2.9 kms east-northeast (ENE) of Honwad Gram Panchayat in Tikota taluk occurred at 11.41 am. The second was at Mangoli Gram Panchayat in Basavana Bagewadi Taluk.
The seismic event occurred at a depth of 10 km.
"As per the Seismic Intensity map of this Earthquake from the Epicentre, the intensity observed is very low and the tremor might be felt up to a radial distance of 20-30 kms from the epicentre. These type of earthquakes would not create any harm to the local community as the intensity is very low, though there might be local vibrations felt," KSNDMC said in the statement.
The epicentre falls in Seismic Zone-3 and the region is void of any structural discontinuities as per the Seismo-Tectonic map, it stated.
"The community need not panic as the magnitude and intensities observed are very low," KSNDMC added.
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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.
