Bangalore: 'Gita' Teaching Sparks Row in Karnataka
Bangalore, Jul 17 (IANS): Karnataka's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has landed in a row over its support to teaching of Hindu holy book 'Bhagvad Gita' in schools. The controversy took a new turn after Primary and Secondary Education Minister Vishwanath Hegde Kageri said July 14 that those opposing the Gita teaching should quit India. Kageri said teaching the holy book was necessary to inculcate moral values in students. He made the comment at a function in Kolar, 65 km from Bangalore. On July 8, he had announced in Bangalore that the government was "open to making Bhagvad Gita teaching compulsory in schools".

Modi asks schools to promote `traffic education''
Vadodara, Jul 17 (PTI) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today asked the schools in the state to promote traffic education, to have `a zero-accident' society. Speaking after release of `Traffic Awareness Educational Book' published by Traffic Awareness Cell (TAC) here this evening, Modi said, "Instilling traffic sense and restoring discipline amongst students and vehicle owners is a challenge itself. Teaching this subject in the schools will lead to developing aptitude amongst the students who would not violate traffic rules and prevent even their fathers from disobeying the traffic rules,