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Colourful Rajyotsava celebration in DK; 45 achievers honoured with award

November 1, 2011

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Mangalore, November 1: Kannada Rajyotsava celebration in Dakshina Kannada district was held with great fervour on Tuesday as thousands of uniform clad students exhibited the cultural talent.

Hoisting the national flag and receiving the guard of honour at Nehru Maidan, here District in-charge Minister Krishna J Palemar highlighted the achievements of BJP led-stage government in his Rajyotsava message.

He said that special grant has been sanctioned for 121 projects in the second phase for Mangalore's development.

He said that eco-friendly decisions such as solid waste management, ban on use of plastics below 40 micron are being implemented very effectively in across the district.

Wishing all people of the district a joyous 56th Rajyotsava, the minister exclaimed that eight Jnanpith awards are a proof for the prosperity of Kannada language.

Yakshagana

Mr Palemar said that there was a need for a thorough study and research into the contributions of Yakashagana towards Kannada literature.

Suggesting that Yakshagana Bayalata Academy and university should jointly take up this cause, he said the BJP-led state government was committed to extend any necessary aid for this.

Cultural Extravaganza

March past by police band, DAR, Civil Police, traffic police, Home Guards, Fire police, NCC, Bharath Seva Dal and others was followed by a cultural extravaganza by the students from various schools.

Students danced to the tunes of various patriotic songs enthralling the audience. The programme started with a grand procession from Jyothi circle in which various cultural troupes performed spreading the fragrance of tuluva tradition.

Rajyotsava Awards

As many as 45 achievers in various fields from the district were conferred with the Dakshina Kannada Rajyotsava Award-2011.

District-level special talent awards 2011-12 sponsored by Women and Children development department were also conferred on the occasion on Neha B, Shubham Varnekar, Vaishnavi Ballal, K N Bharath Rao, Shalon Johnapas, Ananthram U R, Hasta R Aithal and Chinmaya.

N Yogish Bhat, Dy Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly, N S Chennappa Gowda, Deputy Commissioner, Seemanth Kumar Singh, Mangalore City Police Commissioner, U T Khader, Mangalore MLA, Abhay Chandra Jain, Mulky-Moodbidri MLA, B Nagaraj Shetty, Coastal Development Authority Chairman, Praveen Anchan, Mangalore Mayor, Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, District Kannada Sahitya Parishat President and Dr K N Vijayaprakash, CEO, DK Zilla Panchayat were present among others.

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February 14,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 14: Raja and Rani got married on Valentine's Day at Cubbon Park here.

The bride and the groom were decked up in bridal finery were heralded with traditional wedding music with nadaswaram and thavil (percussion) . The catch was that the married couple were horses.

Pro-Kannada activist and Kannada Vatal Party chairman Vatal Nagaraj performed the marriage ceremony of the two horses.

Nagaraj gave a dhoti and shirt to Raja (male horse) and a saree along with a taali (mangal sutra) to Rani (female horse).

Nagaraj has been conducting such ceremonies in the past too. Last year he had married off two sheep- Jacob and Carolyn in a similar ceremony.

The activist says he is all for love and urged anti-Valentine's Day supporters not to oppose lovers and their Valentine's Day celebration.

He also urged the Central government and the Karnataka state governments to give Rs 1 lakh and RS 50,000 respectively to the "lovers to support their love" by helping them get married.

Meanwhile, sweets were distributed to all the guests who had participated in the Valentine's Day marriage ceremony today.

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January 10,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 10: To deal with the problem of animal waste and illegal slaughterhouses in Bengaluru, Mayor M Gowtham Kumar held discussions with concerned departments and consultants to devise a strategy.

Speaking to ANI, Kumar said, "There are some illegal slaughterhouses in and around Bengaluru. We had a discussion with our Special Commissioner (Health) and Chief Health Officer (CHO) also to take up necessary action. We had a discussion last week also."

He also stated that a program has been framed to find illegal slaughterhouses and to shift animal waste generated every day.

"We have framed a program to find illegal slaughterhouses and design them properly. We have planned with our consultants that for the animal waste generated daily, we need four compactors to shift it either to Hoskote or another place that we have identified. We are on it", he said.

The segregation of animal waste and illegal slaughterhouses has been a continued issue in the Bengaluru civic area, a relief from which is expected after the implementation of proposed steps.

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April 4,2020
Udupi, Apr 4: District Commissioner Jagadeesh has warned that the vehicles of people who break lockdown norms will be seized.
 
Addressing the media, he said, “People who want to buy essential items are allowed come out of the house between 1100 hrs and 1900 hrs, but we have noticed that some are unnecessarily coming out and blocking the roads. If this continues, vehicles of such people will be seized.”
 
No new COVID-19 positive cases were reported since Friday Udupi district.

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