Muslim girls allegedly forced to remove scarves for II PU exam at Canara College

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March 1, 2018

Mangaluru, Mar 1: At least two Muslim girls were allegedly forced to remove their headscarves before entering the examination hall to appear for the II PU examination on Thursday at city based private college. The II PU exams commenced on Thursday across the state.

One of the victims, a science stream student from the city based St Aloysius College, had entered her examination centre at Canara College in the morning with headscarf. 

The invigilator admonished her and ordered to remove her headscarf before entering the hall. After a few minutes for fruitless efforts to convince the invigilator, the girl had to remove the headscarf and write exam. 

KR Thimmaiah, Deputy Director of Pre-University (DDPU) Board for Dakshina Kannada, said that he visited the Canara College on hearing the news and took the principal to task for not allowing the Muslim girls to wear headscarves inside the examination hall. He assured that such incidents would not be recurred.

The girl’s brother was quoted by local media as saying that the invigilator forced at least two Muslim girls to remove headscarves.

“Today’s paper was biology. My sister told me that she and another girl were asked by the invigilator to remove headscarves before writing exam. My sister then contacted her lecturer in Aloysius College over phone. Her lecturer reportedly contacted the Canara College principal but in vain. Then he requested my sister not to skip the exam and follow the rules imposed by Canara College at least on first day. She had to do the same,” he said.

Meanwhile Campus Front of India (CFI) has condemned the move of Canara College. In a statement, CFI district president Imran said that necessary actions should be taken against education institutions that snatch the religious freedom from the students in the pretext of dress code.

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Absolutely I am agreed the comments with Mr. Suldan Jeddah.

NRI tycoons of Mangalorean should be concentrating on establishing educational institutions with hostel facility especially for women with their dress code. Really it was needed of hours. 

Shekar
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Friday, 2 Mar 2018

The Principal there is a sanghi. Although to be fair to her, she doesn't tolerate anything. A few years ago, she had irritated a student holding the Ayyappa vrata. Looks like she is trying to impose RSS discipline in the college.

MYB
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Friday, 2 Mar 2018

On the first place, action against such culprit institutions is need of the time for not circulating norms of dress code of its institution on time, and then snatching the relegious freedom. 

suhail
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Friday, 2 Mar 2018

This head scarfs .... Burqha has been taken for GRANTED by this students...... you can see all the so called  religious Girls.... In Movie theatre.... coffeeshop ..... restaurants... parks.... hotels ..... malls..... Romancing and dating while hiding their Identety ......  60% of the Restaurants.. coffee shops and parks with this people..... Parents  or family memebrs wont even aware of their children doing all this ...

Suldan Jeddah
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Thursday, 1 Mar 2018

My humble request to NRI tycoons including CD boss to establish more and more educational institutions in Mangaluru and allow people of different faiths to follow their dress code. This is need of the hour. Kindly stop dumping money to gutter by organizing cricket tourneys.

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Mangaluru: The Ullal police have arrested Manohar, the owner of Vazco Beach Resort, and its manager Bharath in connection with the drowning of three college girls from Mysuru at the resort’s swimming pool on November 17.

City Commissioner of Police Anupam Agrawal confirmed the arrests, stating that a case has been registered under Section 106 of BNS. The bodies of the victims, all in their twenties, have been handed over to their parents. The women had arrived at the resort for a weekend getaway on November 16.

Following the tragic incident, the resort was sealed by officials led by Mangaluru Assistant Commissioner Harshavardhan. The trade license of the resort, issued on June 13, 2024, has been suspended, and the tourism department has temporarily revoked the resort's registration. These actions prohibit the resort from engaging in any tourism-related activities until further notice.

Someshwara TMC Chief Officer stated that the suspension was due to the resort's failure to implement adequate safety measures, which resulted in the loss of three lives. Further investigations are underway.

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November 12,2024

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Mysuru, Nov 12: Zameer Ahmad Khan, the Tourism and Waqf minister of Karnataka, who stirred a controversy by addressing the Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy as ‘Kaala Kumaraswamy’ has tendered apologies for his remarks.

Speaking to reporters in Mysuru on Tuesday, Minister Zameer stated that he will apologise if remarks have hurt JD-S workers.

“We both are very close. Then, in a total of 24 hours, we were together for 14 hours. He used to fondly address me as “kulla” (shorty) and I used to address him as “kariyanna” (blacky, kaalia),” Minister Zameer stated.

“I am not addressing him as ‘kaalia’ for the first time. I have not said something highly derogatory. It is being made as big in the backdrop of elections. With love, he used to call me a shorty and I called him a blacky. If I had caused pain to anyone by my words I apologise,” he said.

He further stated: “Kumaraswamy had said that he didn’t want the votes of the Muslim community. But now they are attempting to purchase Muslim votes. Against this backdrop, I have made the remark.”

Minister for Home G. Parameshwara stated on Tuesday, “Minister Zameer and Kumaraswamy are close friends. Their comments against each other are not significant.”

Zameer Ahmad Khan, the Tourism and Waqf minister of Karnataka stirred a controversy on Monday as he addressed the Union Minister as ‘Kaala Kumaraswamy’.

JD-S on Tuesday demanded a public apology and resignation of Minister for Waqf and Tourism Zameer Ahmad Khan over his ‘racist’ remarks.

“Remember, there is no place here for your divisive policies. You have insulted the people by making ethnic, racist and discriminatory statements. You should apologize to the people of the state and resign,” the JD (S) demanded in the post.

Union Parliamentary Affairs and Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju reacted sternly to the racist jibe and stated, “I strongly deplore Congress Minister Zameer Ahmed calling Union Minister and former Chief Minister of Karnataka Kumaraswamy as 'Kaalia Kumaraswamy'.

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Mysuru, Nov 12: Zameer Ahmad Khan, the Tourism and Waqf minister of Karnataka, who stirred a controversy by addressing the Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy as ‘Kaala Kumaraswamy’ has tendered apologies for his remarks.

Speaking to reporters in Mysuru on Tuesday, Minister Zameer stated that he will apologise if remarks have hurt JD-S workers.

“We both are very close. Then, in a total of 24 hours, we were together for 14 hours. He used to fondly address me as “kulla” (shorty) and I used to address him as “kariyanna” (blacky, kaalia),” Minister Zameer stated.

“I am not addressing him as ‘kaalia’ for the first time. I have not said something highly derogatory. It is being made as big in the backdrop of elections. With love, he used to call me a shorty and I called him a blacky. If I had caused pain to anyone by my words I apologise,” he said.

He further stated: “Kumaraswamy had said that he didn’t want the votes of the Muslim community. But now they are attempting to purchase Muslim votes. Against this backdrop, I have made the remark.”

Minister for Home G. Parameshwara stated on Tuesday, “Minister Zameer and Kumaraswamy are close friends. Their comments against each other are not significant.”

Zameer Ahmad Khan, the Tourism and Waqf minister of Karnataka stirred a controversy on Monday as he addressed the Union Minister as ‘Kaala Kumaraswamy’.

JD-S on Tuesday demanded a public apology and resignation of Minister for Waqf and Tourism Zameer Ahmad Khan over his ‘racist’ remarks.

“Remember, there is no place here for your divisive policies. You have insulted the people by making ethnic, racist and discriminatory statements. You should apologize to the people of the state and resign,” the JD (S) demanded in the post.

Union Parliamentary Affairs and Minister for Minority Affairs Kiren Rijiju reacted sternly to the racist jibe and stated, “I strongly deplore Congress Minister Zameer Ahmed calling Union Minister and former Chief Minister of Karnataka Kumaraswamy as 'Kaalia Kumaraswamy'.

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