High school girls of Udupi Govt. College take off hijab to go to classes
The Hindu
With ban orders in place, high schools reopen without any interruption in twin districts
With prohibitory orders in place in a 200-metre radii of high schools, classes resumed in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi on Monday without any interruption.
At the Government Pre University College for Girls in Udupi, where the dress code issue began, the girls of high school section who wore hijab till the campus removed it and went inside the classrooms, the practice which they followed in the past also.
Sitting MP and DMK ally IUML’s candidate K. Navas Kani registered a remarkable victory from Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency on Tuesday. While Mr. Navas Kani polled 5,09,664 votes, O. Panneerselvam, Independent candidate supported by the BJP, bagged 3,42,882 votes, AIADMK candidate Jayaperumal secured 99,780 votes and Naam Tamilar Katchi candidate Dr. Chandra Prabha Jeyapaul bagged 97,672 votes. As many as 6,275 voters pressed NOTA button.
Hailed as the “hrudayavanta” (man with a kind heart), cardiologist C.N. Manjunath registered a resounding victory by beating the three-time MP, D.K. Suresh, and sending ripples across Bengaluru Rural seat, a bastion strongly controlled by Mr. Suresh and his brother Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar.