Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Headmistress suspended for violating flag code

MYSORE: Bhagyavathi, the headmistress of government composite high school, Vinayakanagar, was suspended for violating the flag code of India 2002,

on Monday. As per the code the flag should be flown from sunrise to sunset, irrespective of weather conditions. Whereas, the national flag which was hoisted at the school during Independence Day celebrations on Saturday, was not removed from the flagstaff till Monday. It is a violation of the code. Following information by a section of people about the incident, education officials along with police visited the school and found the flag still on the flagstaff. The ZP CEO has suspended the HM for violating the code, said in-charge DDPI Narasimhaiah.

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