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Nothing wrong in teaching English: Dr Acharya at Kannada convention

July 4, 2011
Udupi, July 3: Konkani, Kodava, Tulu and Beary languages, which co-exist with Kannada in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Coorg districts have not been a hurdle in the development of Kannada. Hence, there is nothing wrong in teaching English along with Kannada, opined Udupi District in-charge minister Dr VS Acharya.


He was speaking after inaugurating the Udupi Taluk Kannada Sahithya Sammelan, organized at Late Uliyaragoli Bhojaraja Shetty hall of Sri Laxmi Janardana Auditorium, Kaup on Sunday.


Dr Acharya said that the tradition of Kannada Scholars has been deteriorating, since the days Madras Province. Kannada scholars of those days have been the walking encyclopedias. Teachers can contribute a lot to the development of Kannada, he stressed.


Principal of DR TMA Pai College of Education Dr Mahabaleshwar Rao presided was the president of the convention.


Inaugurating the books stalls at the convention venue former Minister Vasanth V Salian stressed the need for taking up the study of litterateurs who contributed to the development of Kannada. He also demanded the government to build district level Kannada Bhavans in each districts.


Kaup MLA Lalaji R Mendon expressed happiness for the convention being held in Kaup constituency represented by him.

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February 4,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 4: The CBI has booked Karnataka cadre senior IPS officers Hemant Nimbalkar and Ajay Hilori along with eight others in connection with Rs 4,000-crore I-Monetary Advisory (IMA) scam in which gullible investors were allegedly cheated in the name of Islamic banking, officials said on Tuesday.

The move came after the CBI received an approval from the Karnataka government to proceed with investigation into alleged role of 1998-batch IPS officer Nimbalkar and 2008-batch IPS officer Hilori, they said.

Along with the two officers, the agency has also named the company IMA, its founder Mansoor Khan and others in the case.

The CBI had approached the state government seeking permission to proceed against the two officers who are in senior positions in the Karnataka Police and allegedly helped IMA founder Masoor Khan, they said.

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May 30,2020

Udupi, May 30: A total of 45 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, including 17 children were discharged after recovery from the designated hospital in Udupi.

This comes as a big relief amid the rising number of cases in the district.

A total of 164 cases has been confirmed in the district so far.

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January 9,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 9: Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner has lodged a complaint with the Police alleging that his signature was forged in a holiday circular for schools and colleges in the district during National General Strike called by Trade Unions.

It may be recalled that the district administration had declared a holiday for all educational institutions on December 20 and 21 in the backdrop of the December 19 violence.

A few miscreants had forged this order and circulated it on social media stating that a holiday had been declared for schools and colleges in the district on January 8.

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