
Chief Minister’s son entering temple despite ban an eye-opener: Karnataka HC
The Hindu
Observing that the matter of B.Y. Vijayendra, son of Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, entering a temple despite the ban imposed under lockdown rules should be an eye-opener for everyone, including pol
Observing that the matter of B.Y. Vijayendra, son of Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, entering a temple despite the ban imposed under lockdown rules should be an eye-opener for everyone, including political leaders, the High Court of Karnataka on Friday directed the State government to ensure no exception is made for anyone on entry into temples during the ban period. Besides, the court directed the State Executive Committee under the Disaster Management Act to come out with more stringent measures to take action against those who enter temples or allow entry in violation of the lockdown guidelines to be issued after the expiry of the existing guidelines on June 21. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj issued the directions while hearing a PIL petition filed by the city-based Letzkit Foundation and Githa Misra, an intervener.
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday pledged to mobilise people in resistance against the BJP-led Union government’s “anti-agricultural worker, anti-farmer, anti-worker, anti-people” laws and policies till they are all repealed, the party said on Friday. In a statement issued here, the CPI(M) said the members took the pledge following a three-day meeting held at Thiruvananthapuram.

Expressing the need for more number of socially responsive engineers and lawyers for furthering development of the country, Governor Thaawarchad Gehlot here on Friday lauded St. Aloysius institution for widening its service in the education sector by opening separate institutes for engineering and law











