HRD minister to attend RSS affiliate’s meet on new education policy Man uses carbon monoxide to kill disabled son, himself

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is gearing up for another attempt to stamp its influence on India’s new education policy and put pressure on the government to include suggestions such as compulsory daily prayers in schools and colleges, sources said.

The Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal (BSM), an affiliate of the RSS, will organise a seminar next Tuesday to discuss the proposals, in which Union human resource development minister Prakash Javadekar will be one of the France’s Antoine Griezmann (third from left) celebrates with team mates after scoring his first goal. speakers. The high-profile event will be attended by Muralidhar Rao, the BJP national general secretary. This will possibly be Javadekar’s first public interaction after taking charge on Thursday. “The HRD ministry has made some parts of the policy public and we will discuss the policy with experts and give our suggestions too,” said Mukul Kanitkar, organising secretary of the BSM. The attempt is likely to reignite charges by the Opposition and many activists that the government is trying to “saffronise” education.

A 41-year-old inspector with the state’s food and civil supplies department allegedly killed his 14-year-old cognitively disabled son before committing suicide on Thursday night. According to the police, Mahesh Kumar Pawar used carbon monoxide to kill his son and take his own life in his car. His wife Manshi and another relative found the two bodies in the car, parked near his home at Sector 5 in CBD Belapur, around 8.30 am on Friday.

The police said Pawar told his wife that he was going for a drive with his son Kaushal around 8pm on Thursday. They left in a Maruti Alto but did not return home that night. Manshi tried calling his HOW HE DID IT RECORD WIN WATCH IT LIVE number several times but got no answer. Early on Friday morning, she went to Belapur police station and registered a missing-persons complaint.

She then began to search for her husband and son in the neighbourhood with a relative. They soon found the two bodies in the car a few yards from their house. A door on the right side of car was open when his wife found it.

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