Schoolteacher dismissed over allegations that she made derogatory comments against minorities
The Hindu
Parents stage agitation outside school, police called in to dispserse protesters
A mathematics teacher of a Bengaluru school was dismissed from her job on Saturday after parents staged a protest alleging that she had made derogatory comments against minority students in the backdrop of the hijab row the previous day.
The police were called in to disperse a group of protesters outside Vidyasagar English Public School in Chandra Layout II stage and education officials conducted a probe. Classes were suspended for the day.
One parent later lodged a police complaint against the teacher for hurting the religious sentiments of minority students. The parent alleged that the teacher had written derogatory words on the blackboard. When they returned home on Friday, the students narrated what had happened in the classroom to their parents who decided to stage a protest the next morning.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.