Learning Kannada is mandatory for all who live in Karnataka: CM

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November 1, 2017

Bengaluru, Nov 1: Taking his advocacy of Kannada nationalism to a new level, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said that anyone who lives in the state must know Kannada.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah made these remarks while addressing a gathering at the 62nd Karnataka Rajyotsava in the state capital.

All schools in the state must teach Kannada, the Chief Minister said.

“Everyone who lives here is a Kannadiga. Whoever lives in Karnataka should learn Kannada and make their children learn it too,” Siddaramaiah said.

The Congress leader, however, said that he is not against any particular community or language.

“I am not against learning any language. But if you don’t learn Kannada, it means you’re showing disrespect to the language,” he added.

Siddaramaiah also asked Kannadigas to be more affectionate towards their state’s language.

Siddaramaiah had earlier said that any attack on Kannada will not be tolerated.

Earlier in September, Siddaramaiah had also written to Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley asking him to direct Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) to amend language proficiency clause.

In his letter, Siddaramaiah said candidates with proficiency in local language should be given preference in selection of Bank Officers and Office Assistants in Karnataka.

The Chief Minister had said the selected candidates must know the local language Kannada to communicate with people in rural areas.

Earlier this year, he had also said that Hindi cannot be imposed on all and is not the national language of the country.

“Hindi cannot be imposed; you must leave it to people to learn it. Hindi is not and cannot be the national language. It is just one of the languages of the country. I am not opposing learning of any language, be it Hindi, Tamil or even foreign languages; only thing is, do not impose it,” Siddaramiah had said.

Focusing on preservation of Kannada language, the Chief Minister called for efforts towards creating an atmosphere for learning Kannada at all educational institutions across the state.

The CM also made a point by saying that Karnataka did not succeed in making Kannada a priority in the last 60 years.

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Bishop Peter Paul Saldanha elected chairman of CCBI Commission for Liturgy

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February 19,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 19: The Plenary Assembly of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) of the Latin Church elected Bishop Peter Paul Saldanha, Bishop of Mangalore, Karnataka, as the new Chairman of the CCBI Commission for Liturgy.

The Conference also elected 26 Bishops of the CCBI to participate in the three-week Golden Jubilee Conference of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) to be held in November 2020 at Bangkok in Thailand. The one day meeting of the CCBI discussed various matters affecting the Latin Catholic Church in India, which consists of 132 dioceses and 190 Bishops.

The CCBI animates the Church in India through its 16 Commissions and 4 Departments. Its main Secretariat is in Bangalore with extensions in Goa, Delhi and Pachmarhi (MP).

The Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) which is the Canonical National Episcopal Conference is the largest in Asia and the fourth largest in the world.

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Karnataka govt to hold first of it's kind virtual job fair on July 10

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July 5,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 5: In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and the fear of layoffs lurking everywhere, the state government is holding a first-of-its-kind virtual job fair on July 10, to help people find jobs commensurate with their skill sets.

Co-ordinated by the Karnataka Skill Development Corporation (KSDC), the job fair will see participation of more than 40 companies for about 6,000 job openings.

The government will connect companies with job seekers who have registered on the recently-launched Skill Connect portal or on the Kaushalya Karnataka’s portal for migrant workers from the state who have returned home.

A candidate can either directly apply to a company, or await the portal to match their skills with available jobs. There is also a self-evaluation section on the website which will suggest whether a candidate needs to further skill oneself or whether they are eligible for jobs with their current set of skills.

Firms such as Life Insurance Corporation, Barbeque Nation and Arvind Mills are among the participants.

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Mangaluru: Six Dubai returnees test positive for covid-19; DK's tally reaches 61

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May 21,2020

Mangaluru, May 21: The coastal district of Dakshina Kannada today recorded six fresh covid-19 positive cases. With this the total cases reported in the district so far rose to 61.

It is learnt that all the six new covid-19 patients are those who had returned to Mangaluru from Dubai on May 18.

Al the six patients are male. Among them two people aged 44 years and three others aged 35, 42, 60 are residents of Dakshina Kannada. Another one is 29-year-old from Kalaburagi.

They were under institutional quarantine after their return. After their throat swab tests confirmed the disease, they were shifted to covid-19 hospital in the city.

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