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Protest in Kalaburagi after NEET candidate asked to remove 'Janeu'
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Members of the Brahmin community staged a protest in Kalaburagi after a NEET candidate was asked to remove his sacred thread, Janeu. The family and supporters called it religious discrimination and demanded action against the exam centre staff.
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Union Minister instructs Railway exam board to rescind rule mandating stud
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Karnataka Government has also taken objection to the rule, with Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar saying that if the items need to be checked then they can be, but forcing students to remove them is wrong.
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Congress govt in Karnataka should apologise to followers of Sanatan Dharma
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Hindu Mahasabha President Swami Chakrapani Maharaj condemned the incident where a student, Suchivrat Kulkarni, was allegedly forced to remove his sacred thread (Janeu) at the Karnataka CET exam centre on April 17. He hit out at the Congress and said that the state government should apolog
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Karnataka: Principal, staff of Sai Spoorthi College suspended after studen
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Principal of Sai Spoorthi Pre-university College, Dr Chandra Shekar Biradar, and staff member Satish Pawar suspended with immediate effect following an incident where a student, Suchivrat Kulkarni, claimed he was forced to remove his sacred thread (Janeu) at the Karnataka CET exam centre
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"Deeply unfortunate": BJP's Pratyush Kanth criticises Karnataka government
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Pratyush Kanth strongly criticized the Siddaramaiah government over the incident in Karnataka, where Hindu examinees were asked to remove their 'janeu'.
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"Karnataka CM should take disciplinary action...": BJP leader Basavaraj Bo
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday strongly condemned the incident in Bidar where a student was allegedly denied permission to appear for the CET exam due to wearing the sacred thread (Janeu), and another incident in Shivamogga where a student was allegedly forced to
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Karnataka student allegedly forced to remove sacred thread before CET exam
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
A student, Suchivrat Kulkarni on Saturday alleged that his entry was denied at the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (CET) exam centre on April 17, at Sai Spoorthi PU College in Bidar because he was wearing the sacred thread (Janeu).
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"There will be protests in entire state," says Akhila Karnataka Brahmin Ma
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The President of Akhila Karnataka Brahmin Mahasabha, Raghunath, on Saturday demanded strict action against those who have reportedly made students to remove the sacred thread (Janeu) at the Karnataka CET exam centre.
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Karnataka: FIR filed against CET exam official in Shivamogga for allegedly
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
According to officials, the FIR has been filed under sections 115(2), 299, 351(1), and 352, read with section 3(5) of the BNS, 2023, based on a complaint lodged by a person identified as Nataraj Bhagavath.
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They're people who wear 'janeu' once in 5 yrs: Irani takes dig at Rahul
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 11 (ANI): Union Minister Smriti Irani took a veiled jibe at Congress president Rahul Gandhi and its general secretary Priyanka Gandhi saying that they are people who wear "janeu" once in five years and come for "Ganga-darshan" only during elections. Read More
Anil Vij hits out at Rahul for not wearing 'Janeu' during nomination filin
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 5 (ANI): BJP leader Anil Vij on Friday took a dig at the Congress president Rahul Gandhi for not wearing 'Janeu (sacred thread)' while filing nomination for the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat on April 4.
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What's your Gotra, BJP asks Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday launched a scathing attack on Congress president Rahul Gandhi, asking him about his ‘gotra’.
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