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(MENAFN- IANS) Bengaluru, April 21 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar slammed the authorities on Monday over the sacred thread removal row, saying that it is 'very wrong to ...

Shivamogga Deputy Commissioner Gurudatta Hegade, after verifying CCTV camera footage at the Common Entrance Test (CET) examination centre, said nobody had cut the “sacred thread” of any student.

maths paper for coming to the examination hall wearing a janivara (sacred thread). A district commissioner's report revealed that the exam staff at Bidar's Sai Spoorthi PU College had mistaken the ...

Hubballi/ Kalaburagi: Union minister Pralhad Joshi condemned the removal of a ‘janivara' (sacred thread) from a student attending the CET, stating that it was an attack on people's beliefs.

The Sagar town police in Shivamogga district have registered a case following a complaint by a student who alleged that he was told to remove his ‘sacred thread’ before entering the Common ...

Besides, a police complaint has been filed against an officer attached to the Education Department on Saturday for allegedly denying entry to students wearing the sacred thread into the ...

Besides, a police complaint has been filed against an officer attached to the Education Department on Saturday for allegedly denying entry to students wearing the sacred thread into the ...

Hands of devotees are pictured as they arrange a sacred thread during the Janai Purnima festival (Sacred Thread Festival) at Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, August 3, 2020. (REUTERS ...