Include moral science lessons in school syllabus: Santosh Hegde

August 23, 2015

Mysuru, Aug 23: Former Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde on Saturday urged the government to introduce moral science in the syllabus for schoolchildren.

Addressing a gathering, mainly students who had converged in large numbers for the talent awards programme organised by Brahmana Mahasabha at the centenary hall of?Sarada Vilas Educational Institutions here,?Hegde said the society lacks moral, ethical values and imparting of Moral Science as a subject for students is a necessity.

Making his point by recalling a few incidents, he was witness to during his tenure as Lokayukta, Hegde said, “A woman in Koppal had to deliver her baby in a bus stop due to the greedy staff of a government hospital, while the relatives of a teenager who died in a mishap in Bengaluru in 2011, had to wait for autopsy for three days, due to an inhuman doctor”.

Hegde wondered why the people turn reluctant to call themselves as the ‘servants of the people’, while they are overzealous to join the government service. He came out with a set of advises — both for students and their parents — to lay a foundation for a just society and appealed to the students to nurture ambitions and achieve them in a legitimate manner, without turning their ambitions into obsession. The parents should not coerce their wards to tread the wrong path.

Saying that he has been addressing youngsters rather than elders with the only aim of inculcating a few values in young minds, Hegde felt that even it is one per cent change, it is a good start.

As many as 170 students from different parts of the State, including Mysuru, Mandya, Shivamogga,?Belagavi and Chitradurga districts, were felicitated with talent awards and scholarships.

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Mangaluru: Youth arrested for misleading Instagram post targeting police

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December 19,2025

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru CEN police have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly posting provocative and misleading content on an Instagram page named “mr_a_titude”, targeting the Bajpe police.

Mangaluru Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy C H identified the arrested as Abhishek M, a resident of Katipalla in Mangaluru.

A case has been registered at the Bajpe Police Station under Sections 353(1)(c), 353(2), 56, and 57 read with Section 189 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in connection with the post.

According to police, the accused uploaded a photograph of a hotel on the Instagram page and alleged that accused persons in a murder case under the Bajpe police jurisdiction were being given “royal treatment” by the police, including being served beef meals daily from the hotel.

The post further accused the police of supporting criminals, misusing their authority, and betraying public trust. Police said the content was provocative in nature and aimed at inciting public outrage against the police.

Following the post, a case was registered at the Bajpe police station, and further investigation was transferred to the CEN police station.

Police records indicate that the accused has a criminal history, with multiple cases registered against him, including murder, attempt to murder, assault, and robbery at the Surathkal Police Station, and one case at the Kaup Police Station.

The Commissioner said the accused was traced and arrested using technical evidence.

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