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1. Mysuru Dasara 2025: Banu Mushtaq inaugurates ‘Nada Habba’ festivities with telephone for harmony and inclusivity
Booker-prize winning writer Banu Mushtaq inaugurated Dasara 2025 atop Chamundi Hills successful Mysuru connected September 22, 2025, with a telephone for promoting harmony and inclusivity among the people, describing the ‘Nada Habba’ arsenic a awesome of our corporate culture. In honour of the accepted weave of the city, the writer was seen draped successful a mustard yellowish and vessel greenish Mysore Silk saree.
Speaking aft lighting the accepted lamp and showering angiosperm petals connected the idol of Chamundeshwari successful a specially erected signifier adjacent the Chamundeshwari temple, Ms. Mushtaq said Dasara was not simply a festival, but a “fair of harmony” among the people. Dasara was a awesome of “collective culture” and “an amalgamation of assorted voices and the fragrance of unity successful diversity”.
Ms. Mushtaq’s prime for inaugurating Dasara festival had not lone been opposed by the BJP, but also questioned successful High Court and Supreme Court. Both the High Court and Supreme Court had dismissed the petitions questioning the State government’s determination to invitation Ms. Mushtaq, paving the mode for her to bash the honours atop Chamundi Hills.
2. Do authorities successful elections, not successful ‘Nada Habba’: Karnataka CM to opponents
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah cautioned governmental opponents against indulging successful petty authorities implicit the ‘Nada Habba’ (State festival), which got disconnected to a accepted commencement atop Chamundi Hills successful Mysuru connected September 22. Mr. Siddaramaiah said, “Ghoda hai, maidan hai — let’s bash authorities successful elections. But let’s not indulge successful soiled authorities with respect to Nada Habba.”
The Chief Minister defended the determination to person International Booker Prize victor and writer Banu Mushtaq inaugurate this year’s festivities. “Those who opposed her person neither cognition of Dasara nor of our taste heritage. Twisting past and indulging successful selfish authorities is unpardonable. If you privation to bash politics, bash it during elections, not during our taste festival,” helium remarked.
3. Karnataka High Court to perceive arguments connected plea to enactment socio-economic survey on September 23
The Karnataka High Court has said that it volition perceive connected September 23 the arguments connected whether determination is simply a request to enactment the Socio-Economic and Educational Survey being conducted by the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes. When the petitions questioning the legality of the survey came up for proceeding connected September 22, a part seat initially indicated that it would instrumentality up the petitions for proceeding erstwhile the tribunal resumes aft Dasara vacations.
However, advocates appearing for the petitioners pointed retired they person not lone challenged powerfulness of the State Government oregon the Commission to behaviour specified an workout but person questioned the precise close of the State authorities successful postulation of information arsenic the survey proposes to geo-tag the residents linking it with their Aadhaar, successful usurpation of their close to privateness and contrary to provisions of the Aadhaar (Targetted present of fiscal and different subsidies, benefits and services) Act, 2016.
4. Passenger connected Bengaluru-Varanasi formation tries to participate cockpit mid-air
A rider connected an Air India Express formation from Bengaluru to Varanasi attempted to participate the cockpit of the craft connected September 22. The antheral rider was looking for the lavatory and reportedly attempted to participate the cockpit erstwhile the formation was mid-air.
The incidental occurred onboard formation IX 1086, and has been confirmed by Air India Express. The hose said that the incidental was reported to information agencies upon accomplishment astatine Varanasi airport.
