Mangalore University plans grand Kanaka Jayanti on Nov 17

November 11, 2011

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Mangalore, November 11: The Kanaka Dasa Chair in Mangalore University will be organising Kanaka Dasa Keertane on November 17 to mark the 524th birth anniversary of Kanaka Dasa.

Co-ordinator of the programme Dr B Shivram Shetty said, as part of the programme, it has planned to have song recitals and seminars related to the life and times of the great poet.

A book on Kanaka edited in the year 1918 by Pavanje Guru Rao has been re-printed. It will be released on the same occasion, he said.

As a step forward since last year, the University has included participation of the Pre-University colleges as well in the celebration

The inauguration of the public programme will be held at Town Hall in the city, since it is convenient for the public to visit the University campus.

The programme will be inaugurated at 10:30 am. Prof Kalegowda Nagavara will inaugurate the function. Deputy Commissioner N S Chennappa Gowda will be the chief guest.

The Vice Chancellor Prof T C Shivashankara Murthy will preside over the function.

The NSS wing of Mangalore University, Dakshina Kannada Sahitya Parishath, Badriya Junior College and Rosario Junior College will be part of this programme.

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Rs 26 lakhs worth gold seized at Mangaluru Airport, one held

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February 26,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 26: Customs officials at Mangalore International Airport on Wednesday arrested a man for trying to smuggle gold worth over Rs 26 lakh by concealing it in his rectum.

The accused has been identified as Moideen Arzan, a resident of Uppala, Kasaragod.

According to police, he arrived from Dubai by an Air India flight and was attempting to smuggle the gold which he had converted in the form of paste and concealed in rubber capsules inside his rectum.

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Mangalurean kidnapped while travelling in a shared auto from Kerala airport, robbed, released

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February 9,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 9: A youth, native of Dakshina Kannada, was kidnapped and later robbed and then abandoned by a group of criminals, after he landed at the Karipur International Airport in Kerala early on Sunday morning.

In a complaint filed with the Kondotty police, the victim identified as Abdul Nazar Shamsad, said he was kidnapped while he was travelling in a shared auto from the airport to Calicut town. The kidnappers took him to an unknown destination where they tortured him.

Shamshad was reportedly subjected to physical assault and was asked to hand over the gold that he carried with him. It is learnt that the kidnappers had mistaken the youth for a gold smuggler and tortured him in order to get hold of the smuggled gold. They also stole his money and documents before abandoning him.

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NITK-ISRO signs MoU for space research

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January 4,2020

Surathkal, Jan 4: The National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have signed agreementsfor joint research and development of technology for application in space, a statement said here on Friday.

As part of the agreement, which was signed by P Venkatakrishnan, Director of ISRO CBPO Division and Prof Umamaheswar Rao, Director, NITK, ISRO will establish the Regional Academic Center for Space (RACS) at NITK.

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