Fakir Muhammad Katpadi, Umar UH, four others chosen for Beary Academy awards

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March 7, 2018

Mangaluru, Mar 7: Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy has announced annual awards for six achievers for years 2016 and 2017. 

The recipients are writer Fakir Muhammad Katpadi, activist Umar U H, Mohammad Mannagundi, Abdul Aziz Baikampady, Aboobakkar Baddoor and Hasainar Kadambu. They will receive the awards at a function to be held at Raitha Bhavan, H S Chandre Gowda Layout in Mudigere, Chikkamagaluru district on March 13.

Karambar Mohammad, president of the academy ,told reporters here on Wednesday, that Fakir Muhammad Katpadi has been selected for the honorary award for 2016, for his contribution to the field of Beary literature and research. Other award recipients for 2016 are Mohammad Mannagundi and Aboobakkar Baddoor, who will receive it for their contribution to the field of Beary folklore and Beary arts respectively, the academy chief said.

Writer, journalist and organizer Umar will receive the honourary award for Beary literature and research for 2017. Aziz Baikampady will receive the award in the field of Beary arts and Hasainar Kadambu for Beary folklore, respectively. Dakshina Kannada district minister B Ramanath Rai will inaugurate the awards function. Ministers U T Khader and Roshan Baig will confer the awards on the occasion. Karambar Mohammad will preside over the function.

A Beary kavighosti and rendition of Beary songs has been organized as part of the awards function, Karambar Mohammad said.

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July 22,2020

Kasaragod, Jul 22: An accused in a POCSO case jumped into the sea at Kasaba Coast near here on Wednesday.

Sources said the accused Mahesh (28), resident of Soorlu Kanhangad, was brought to the groyne ('pulimuttu' in Malayalam) at the coast for collecting evidence.

He escaped from the police and ran around 200 meters towards the sea and jumped into it. The effort to rescue him also failed.

Police, Fire & Rescue officials and fishermen are searching for the body of the accused.

Mahesh was arrested on charge of capturing the video of a minor girl in a washroom on his mobile. 

During interrogation, he had told the copse that he had hidden the mobile, which was used to video record the act, near the groyne. Accordingly, the police had brought him to this place.

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June 8,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 8: Forum Fiza Mall in Mangaluru on Monday reopened for public after Ministry of Home Affairs allowed the reopening of shopping malls from June 8 with certain precautionary measures amid COVID-19 pandemic.

People visited the mall wearing masks and maintaining social distancing.

Earlier, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had said that religious places and places of worship for public, hotels, restaurants and other hospitality services along with shopping malls will be permitted to open from June 8.

However, these facilities will not be able to resume operations inside containment zones designated by authorities in states, said a government notification.

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July 19,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 19: A total of 4,120 new COVID-19 cases were reported from Karnataka on Sunday, taking the total number of 63,772 in the state, informed the state's health department.

Out of the total cases reported in the last 24 hours, 2,156 were reported from Bengaluru.
The total figure includes 39,370 active cases, 23,065 recoveries, and 91 deaths.

"Karnataka crossed the 10-lakh-tests milestone today. So far, we conducted 10,20,830 tests across 88 labs in the state and 35,834 tests today," Minister for Medical Education of Karnataka tweeted on Sunday. 

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