PM Modi calls upon youth to work for modern India

Agencies

September 11, 2017

New Delhi, Sept 11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday pitched for innovation and promotion of skills among youth and asked them to work for a modern India.

“The world evaluates the country where it is today not what it was 5,000 years ago or during the times of Lord Rama or Buddha,” he said at an event marking the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s address at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago.

Vivekananda supported experimentation and innovation and the NDA government was working according to the ideals shown by him, Mr. Modi said.

The Prime Minister referred to Vivekananda’s address as 09/11 and pointed to the terror attack in the United States on September 11, 2001. The devastating terror strike might not have happened if the significance of the other 09/11 was not forgotten.

Vivekananda, Mr. Modi said, had given the message of love and brotherhood.

Mr. Modi used the occasion to speak against people who litter. He said those who do so have no right to say ''Vande Mataram''.

he crowd intermittently shouted ''Vande Mataram'' as the Prime Minister spoke.

Lauding sanitation and cleaning workers, he said they have the first right to say ''Vande Mataram''.

Mr. Modi asked colleges to hold cultural events to celebrate other States and added in a light-hearted vein that he was not against celebrating days like ‘rose day’.

Students should do more. They should hold a 'Tamil day' in a Haryana college or a 'Kerala day' in a Punjab college.

“There is no better place for creativity and innovation than university campuses... There is no life without creativity. Let our creativity also strengthen our nation & fulfil the aspirations of our people,” he said.

India’s standing in the world had risen, he said, crediting ‘jan shakti’ (people’s power) for this.

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HC refuses to quash probe against Mangaluru WhatsApp admin over offensive posts

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February 1,2026

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has refused to quash an investigation against a WhatsApp group administrator accused of allowing the circulation of obscene and offensive images depicting Hindutva politicians and idols in 2021.

Justice M Nagaprasanna observed that, prima facie, the ingredients of the offence under Section 295A of the Indian Penal Code were made out. “The offence under Section 295A of the IPC is met to every word of its ingredient, albeit prima facie,” the judge said.

The petitioner, Sirajuddin, a resident of Belthangady taluk in Dakshina Kannada district, had challenged the FIR registered against him at the CEN (Cyber, Economics and Narcotics) police station, Mangaluru, for offences under Section 295A of the IPC and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act. Section 295A relates to punishment for deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage the religious feelings of any class of citizens.

According to the complaint filed by K Jayaraj Salian, also a resident of Belthangady taluk, he received a WhatsApp group link from an unknown source and was added to the group after accessing it. The group reportedly had six administrators and around 250 participants, where obscene and offensive images depicting Hindu deities and certain political figures were allegedly circulated repeatedly.

Sirajuddin was arrested in connection with the case and later released on bail on February 16, 2021. He argued before the court that he was being selectively targeted, while other administrators—including the creator of the group—were neither arrested nor investigated. He also contended that the Magistrate could not have taken cognisance of the offence under Section 295A without prior sanction under Section 196(1) of the CrPC.

Rejecting the argument, Justice Nagaprasanna held that prior sanction is required only at the stage of taking cognisance, and not at the stage of registration of the crime or during investigation.

The judge noted that the State had produced the entire investigation material before the court. “A perusal of the material reveals depictions of Hindu deities in an extraordinarily obscene, demeaning and profane manner. The content is such that its reproduction in a judicial order would itself be inappropriate,” the court said, adding that the material, on its face, had the tendency to outrage religious feelings and disturb communal harmony.

Observing that the case was still at the investigation stage, the court said it could not interdict the probe at this juncture. However, it expressed concern that the investigating officer appeared to have not proceeded uniformly against all administrators. The court clarified that if the investigation revealed the active involvement of any member in permitting the circulation of such content, they must also be proceeded against.

“At this investigative stage, any further observation by this Court would be unnecessary,” the order concluded.

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