SKDCA holds inter-district chess tournament

October 11, 2011

Mangalore, October 11: South Kanara District Chess Association (SKDCA) in association with Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan conducted a one day inter-district chess tournament at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mangalore on Tuesday.

In the prize distribution programme, chief guest MS Gururaj, president, UKCA, said “SKDCA has set high standards in organising chess events.

“Players should make use of such tournaments” he added.

President of SKDCA Dr Jessy M D'Souza welcomed the gathering. Sumith Bhat was the arbiter for the tournament.

Top seed master Sharan Rao emerged as the champion. Master Pangal Gopalkrishna Nayak and Master Vishruth sham got second and third place respectively.

Category prizes

U-7 boys : Master parithosh

U-7 girls : Liba zainab

U-9 boys : Daniel Marc D'souza

U-9 girls : Ashmitha K

U-11 boys : Shishir B

U-11 girls : Tanya N D'souza

U-13 boys : Sachin Nayak

U-13 girls : Tania Suvarna

U-15 boys : Shrishanth S Rao

Youngest Player: Nikhil Dhyan

winners

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Beary Academy distributes food kits to needy writers, artistes

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April 18,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 18: Food kits were distributed to as many as 100 needy Beary poets, writers and artistes’ on behalf of the Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy at a simple ceremony held at the Academy office here on Friday.

The service initiative during the Lockdown was taken up as per the guidance of Minister for Kannada and Culture C T Ravi.

Dakshina Kannada District in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary distributed the kits to the beneficiaries.

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Special flight under VBM brings nearly 180 people from Qatar to Mangaluru

Deepak Shetty Qatar

June 19,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 19: A repatriation flight from Doha brought 178 passengers to Mangaluru today. This is the first flight operated from Qatar to Mangaluru under the Vande Bharat Mission.

The Air India Express flight, which took off from Hamad International Airport in Doha at 12 noon (Qatar time) landed at Mangaluru International Airport around 6.30 pm IST.

Indian embassy had prepared the list of passengers to be flown in the flight. Stranded people who were in need of emergency repatriation such as pregnant women, senior citizens and those in need of emergency medical treatment were given priority while finalising the list of passengers.

Kannadiga organisations in Qatar such as Karnataka Sangha, Tulu Kuta Qatar, Karnataka Muslim Welfare Association, Mangalore Cricket Club, Bunts Qatar, Mangalore Cultural Association, South Canara Muslim Welfare Association, Qatar Billawas had been striving for the repatriation of stranded Kannadigas by exerting pressure on the elected representatives to operate flights.

Kannadigas in Qatar have thanked former Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Jayaprakash Hegde for persuading the authorities concerned to facilitate the repatriation.

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Mangaluru: Youth dies in lift accident at wedding hall

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March 1,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 1: A youth lost his life in a lift crash at a wedding hall at Kallapu near Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city today.

The deceased has been identified as Hamzah (30), a resident near Thumbay, who was part of the catering team hired for the marriage ceremony.

The tragedy occurred at around 2 p.m. when Hamzah was getting ready to bring utensils and other things by lift from the third floor of the hall. All of a sudden, the lift’s ropes came loose and Hamzah lost his balance and got trapped inside.

He was pulled out and rushed to a hospital in Deralakatte, but he breathed his last on the way. He is survived by his wife and three children.

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Inna lillah.. I think someone with a good computer knowledge under an organisation shud come up with fund raisals so that we can donate in a transparent manner