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Brad Hogg’s pic with Kudla girl, tryst with yakshagana win 'Mangalorean’ hearts

Abhishek Bhat | coasaldigest.com news network
August 21, 2019

Mangaluru, Aug 21: Little did former Australian cricketer Brad Hogg know that the south Indian state of Karnataka too has a city called Mangalore until he met Star Sports' polyglot sports presenter Madhu Mailankdoy, who happens to be a Mangalorean.

The left-hander, who is currently in Karnataka as a commentator for the ongoing Karnataka Premiere League (KPL Season 8), had posted his photograph with Ms Mailankdoy on Instagram soon after landing in Bengaluru. The photo of Australian sports star with the desi beauty of Star Sports won much appreciation of the netizens on social media overnight.

“Must visit someday,” was the response of the all-rounder-turned-commenter, when Ms Mailankody spilled the beans about the common name city a couple of days later. Hogg soon slipped into surfing mode and much to his surprise, India’s Mangalore was greater city than the one he knew in Australian state of Victoria. (Of course, this Mangalore has now become Mangaluru after undergoing a minor spelling reform surgery as part of Kannadization drive in the state of Karnataka.)

The revelation took place when Mr Hogg had already won the hearts of Mangaloreans or people of Tulu Nadu by trying his hand with Yakshagana, a traditional art form much venerated in Mangalore region.

On Sunday, Hogg had casually attended a class organised by the Sanskriti - Yakshanubhava, a team of Yakshagana enthusiasts from Tulu Nadu led by Satish Agpala at VV Puram Arts college of Bengaluru. Mesmerised by the art, he tried to match steps with Prasad Cherkady, a Yakshagana artiste and learnt a couple of basic steps of the Trivude Talam. He went on to play a special percussion instrument known as the Chende, guided by renowned senior artist Madhur Mohan Saralaya. By next day the videos of the moment had gone viral on social media.

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Arvind D’Souza
 - 
Wednesday, 21 Aug 2019

Didn’t he know Mangalore? So sad. I thought Church attack and Pub attack had made Mangalore world famous.

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July 5,2020

Tirupati, Jul 5: The Karnataka government will soon build a massive pilgrim amenities complex and marriage hall at Tirumala, the hill abode of Lord Venkateswara, at an estimated cost of Rs 200 crore, a temple official said here on Saturday.

The state would soon submit a blueprint for the construction of the Rs 200 crore mega complexes to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) that governs the hill shrine, the official said.

Consequently, based on the designs, TTD would construct the complexes with the given fund and after completion, they would be handed over to the Karnataka government, he said.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa would lay the foundation stone for the mammoth complexes on the hills some time next month, he said.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is likely to take part in the programme, he added.

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Ahmed Ali k
 - 
Sunday, 5 Jul 2020

Dear Sir,   

 

 

Keep aside all these type of extra expenditure like spending for statues, monuments, pilgrim amnesties etc.

 

During this period of virus pandamic, please use all these amount for medicines, medical facilities, food and development of the state.  We are facing shortage of medical facilites and the people are dying on the road by not getting a bed in the hospital.  Please use these amounts for the same.  During this Pandemic not even hindu brothers also accept this offer.  Leave all vote politics and concentrate to develop the state.

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July 21,2020

Bengaluru,  Jul 21: The salaries of doctors under the National Health Mission (NHM) has been hiked to Rs 45,000 in Karnataka, according to Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar.

Addressing the media on Monday, Dr Sudhakar said that the state government will bear the cost of the hike in salaries of the doctors and added that ASHA workers too will get a hike in their pay soon.

Regarding the COVID-19 management in the state, he further said that testing will be increased in the containment zones.

During a meeting chaired by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, the Education Minister said that it had been decided that booth level committees will conduct door to door survey for early detection of influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI), and vulnerable persons.

He also implored private hospitals to admit and treat COVID-19 patients and asked them to not be hesitant in admitting pregnant women.

Karnataka on Monday reported 3,648 COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 67,420, informed the state health department.

According to a bulletin issued by the department, the state recorded 72 more deaths due to COVID-19 with the toll at 1,403 while six patients who tested positive for the infection have died due to non-COVID causes, as of Monday. There are 42,216 active cases in the state.

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Prakash Salins
 - 
Tuesday, 21 Jul 2020

What about the nurses???

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January 15,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 16: A protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act, National Register of Citizens and National Population Register organised by the Muslim Central Committee of the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts near Adiyar on Wednesday signalled a snowballing opposition to the measures.

Harsh Mander, former Indian Administrative Service officer-turned-social activist, asserted that the nation’s fight against 'fascist' forces including Bharatiya Janata Party and its parent organisation Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh began over 100 years ago when Mahatma Gandhi returned from South Africa and led the freedom movement against the British.

In his address, Mr Mander asserted that the fight against CAA and NRC is also a campaign to save the secular fabric of the nation. He added that the fight began over a century ago when Hindu Mahasabha and other organisations popped up with their vision to turn the nation into a Hindu country.4

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