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President's Secretary expresses concern over situation of minorities in Mangalore

November 28, 2011

Mangalore, November 28: Dr Christy Leon Fernandez, Secretary to the President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil expressed his concern over the situation of minorities, including Christians, during his meeting with Rev Dr Aloysius Paul D'Souza, the Bishop of Mangalore on Sunday, November 27 in the Bishop's House of Mangalore.

He said that minorities should be very cautious lest there should be laws and legislations endangering the existence of minorities and their rights.

He was honoured by the Bishop of Mangalore on behalf of the Christians of Mangalore.

“I am very much impressed by the spiritual geography of central Milagres Church of Mangalore. I will carry a picture of Our Lady of Miracles and add to my collection of unique pictures and statues of Mother Mary,” said art lover Dr Fernandez.

Dr Fernandez is a Christian originally from Cochin. He is a 1973 Gujarat cadre Indian Administrative Service officer. He is holding the top bureaucratic post in Rashtrapati Bhawan since 2007 July immediately after the present President had taken charge of the office. He was the Tourism Secretary in the central government for four years before being appointed as the Secretary to the President.

Even though he was due for retirement in June 2009, he has been asked by the President to continue as her secretary till her tenure is completed in mid-2012.

PRO Fr William Menezes, president of Rachana Marcel Monteiro, president of Konkanni Prachar Sanchalan Roy Castelino, Christian lay leaders Walter D'Souza, Melwyn P. Noronha, Fr Rithesh Rodrigues and others were present on the occasion.

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January 13,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 13: RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat on Monday held a protest march at Ramnagar district’s 
Kapalabetta under the aegis of Hindu Jagran Vedike’s ‘Kanakapura Chalo’ campaign against the construction of the world’s largest Jesus statue there.

Hundreds of protesters of the Vedike staged a protest march in the city starting from the Kanakapura Ayyappaswamy temple.

“We are not here to disturb the peace. We have met each other at the wedding of Sriramulu’s daughter. So you know who I am, DK Shivakumar. How long will you continue with these lies? Is the intention behind the statue of Jesus to solidify your vote bank? Build the statue in America or England, we will not allow it here,” said the RSS leader as the keynote speaker at the rally.

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July 31,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 31: Muslims across coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada today observed Eid al Adha following the safety guidelines issued by the government amidst covid-19 pandemic. 

While coastal Karnataka is celebrating the festival of sacrifice today, it will be observed in other parts of Karnataka and country tomorrow. 

Congregational Eid prayers were held in many mosques while ensuring physical distancing norms. Only 50 devotees were allowed in mosques. Children below 10 years of age and elders above 60 years of age weren’t allowed. 

Eidgahs in the region wore a deserted look as the government has temporarily prohibited prayers in the open grounds. The Eidgah at Lighthouse Hill in Mangaluru, which usually witnessed huge crowd during Eid celebrations, was also closed this time. 

As expected, the celebration this time was a low key thanks to the restrictions placed in tune with the threat of coronavirus infection.

Prayers were held in Kudroli’s Nadupalli and Bundar’s Zeenat Bakhsh Central mosque. All those who entered mosque were wearing masks. 

In Udupi city, Eid prayers were held at Jamia Masjid and other mosques with limited number of devotees. In Bhatkal took some of the mosques hosted Eid prayers with all precautionary measures.

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May 4,2020

Mangaluru, May 4: An engineering student has claimed to have received 600 threat calls in the past few days from unidentified people for starting fish business during the lockdown in Kavoor. 

According to Sakshath Shetty, resident of Kavoor, he started receiving threat calls from various people after he started selling fish during the lockdown. 

Police said they have been able to identify some of the numbers from where the threat calls were made and investigation is under way.

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