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23rd National Road Safety Week begins

January 10, 2012

Mangalore, January 10: The 23rd National Road Safety Week, organised by Dakshina Kannada District Administration, Transport and Police departments under the theme 'Accident brings tears, safety brings cheers' got underway here on Tuesday January 10 at St Aloysius PU College.

The week-long programme this year is mainly concentrating on educating school students on various road safety measures.

Speaking after inaugurating the event Dr D Veerendra Heggade, Dharmdhikari, Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala said that government should install sign boards on national highways to guide drivers about traffic rules. He said that RTO should guide the people regarding 'dos and don'ts' of traffic rules while issuing the license.

He also said that discipline maintenance should be given topmost priority while driving.

He also said that awareness programmes should not limited only for particular week but should be conducted throughout the year.

In his presidential address State Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker N Yogish Bhat pointed out that driving under the influence of drugs is an unspoken danger on the roads. “When we stop drug mafia, then the number of road accidents will automatically come down,” he opined.

Deputy Commissioner Dr N S Channappa Gowda, President of Bus-Owners' Association Rajavarma Ballal, RTO of DK Mallikarjuna C and PRO of Mangalore Diocese Fr William Menezes were among those present.

Earlier, an attractive procession rally of school children and vintage cars was taken out from Nehru Maidan to the College premises.

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January 23,2026

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot read only three lines from the 122-paragraph address prepared by the Congress-led state government while addressing the joint session of the Legislature on Thursday, effectively bypassing large sections critical of the BJP-led Union government.

The omitted portions of the customary Governor’s address outlined what the state government described as a “suppressive situation in economic and policy matters” under India’s federal framework. The speech also sharply criticised the Centre’s move to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, commonly referred to as the VB-GRAM (G) Act.

Governor Gehlot had earlier conveyed his objection to several paragraphs that were explicitly critical of the Union government. On Thursday, he confined himself to the opening lines — “I extend a warm welcome to all of you to the joint session of the State legislature. I am extremely pleased to address this august House” — before jumping directly to the concluding sentence of the final paragraph.

He ended the address by reading the last line of paragraph 122: “Overall, my government is firmly committed to doubling the pace of the State’s economic, social and physical development. Jai Hind — Jai Karnataka.”

According to the prepared speech, the Karnataka government demanded the scrapping of the VB-GRAM (G) Act, describing it as “contractor-centric” and detrimental to rural livelihoods, and called for the full restoration of MGNREGA. The state government argued that the new law undermines decentralisation, weakens labour protections, and centralises decision-making in violation of constitutional norms.

Key points from the unread sections of the speech:

•    Karnataka facing a “suppressive” economic and policy environment within the federal system

•    Repeal of MGNREGA described as a blow to rural livelihoods

•    VB-GRAM (G) Act accused of protecting corporate and contractor interests

•    New law alleged to weaken decentralised governance

•    Decision-making said to be imposed by the Centre without consulting states

•    Rights of Adivasis, women, backward classes and agrarian communities curtailed

•    Labourers allegedly placed under contractor control

•    States facing mounting fiscal stress due to central policies

•    VB-GRAM (G) Act accused of enabling large-scale corruption

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