Prathibha Patil to inaugurate national Yuvajanothsava

December 11, 2011

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Mangalore, December 11: The 17th National Yuvajanothsava will be held in Mangalore from January 12 to 16. President of India Prathibha Patil will inaugurate the Yuvajanothsava at Mangala Stadium in Mangalore at 5 pm.

Addressing a press meet here on Saturday, District-in-Charge Minister Krishna Palemar said that around 6,000 youth will participate in the Yuvajanothsava.

The State government has sanctioned Rs 10 crore for organising the Yuvajanothsava while the Centre has released Rs two crore for the purpose. The preparatory meeting has decided to deck all the government buildings, churches, mosques and temples in Mangalore, Moodbidri.

VIPs, officials and delegations from 28 states and Union Territories and five SAARC countries will take part in the Yuvajanothsava programme.

About 15 committees have been constituted to look into the arrangement of the Yuvajanothsava.

Youth from 28 states and seven Union territories will be presenting their art forms at the Yuvajanothsava.

18 events

Deputy Commissioner Dr N S Channappa Gowda said that there will be 18 events which will be held in six halls.

If the number of participants for non competitive items like painting competition, sculpture, photography, food festival, yuva kriti, adventure activities are more, then it will be held at Puttur, Bantwal or Moodbidri.

The venue of the competitions are One act play—Town Hall, Mangalore; Folk song—Koragappa Kalyana Mantapa, Kudroli; Classical dance—Gokarnanatheshwara Kalyana Mantapa, Kudroli; Classical music—Devadiga Bhavana; Folk dance—TMA Pai international convention hall, Mangalore; Classical instruments—SDM Law College, Kodialbail and pick and speech—Scouts and Guides Bhavan, Mangalore.

The competitive events include classical dance—bharathnatyam, Odissi, Kuchipudi, Manipuri and Kathak; classical instrument solo—mridangam, flute, veena, sitar, tabla, guitar and harmonium; classical music—Carnatic, Hindustani, folk dance, folk song, one act play and elocution.

The Deputy Commissioner said that valedictory of the programme will be attended by Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda, Governor H Bharadwaj and Union Minister for Sports.

Five states have confirmed their participation so far. The tender has already been floated to prepare and provide food for the participants. The food will be supplied at T M A Pai convention hall which can accommodate 2,000 persons at a time.

Attractions

Boat house from Kerala will be brought to Mangalore and will be anchored at Nethravathi river. Other attractions will be boat race, beach volleyball and Kamabala at Pilikula on January 15.

There will be musical night by well-known artistes.

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74 positive cases of COVID-19 in Karnataka so far

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March 28,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 28: Karnataka has reported 10 new positive cases of COVID-19 between 5 pm yesterday and 8 am today, taking the tally to 74 in the state.

"Ten new COVID-19 cases have been reported between 5 pm yesterday and 8 am today, taking the total number to 74 in Karnataka, which includes three deaths and five cured/discharged persons," said the State Health Department on Saturday.

The total number of active COVID-19 cases in the country has climbed to 873, including 78 cured, discharged and migrated cases and 19 deaths, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday.

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Covid-19: Safety of families of Dubai Kannaidgas is our responsibility: Karnataka Home Minister

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April 18,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 18: State Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai has stated that there is no need for Dubai Kannadigas to be worried during the COVID-19 crisis.

In a statement issued here on Saturday, he said that the State government is with the Dubai Kannadigas and their families residing here in the State, promising that they will not face any problems.

Bommai also sought the cooperation of all Dubai-based Kannadiga industrialists and employees in the fight against the virus.

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Karnataka reports 515 covid cases in 24 hours; total goes up to 4,835

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June 5,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 5: Karnataka registered its highest single-day spike of more than 500 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of infections in the state to 4,835, the health department said on Friday.

The previous biggest single-day spurt was recorded on June 2 with 388 cases.

Of the 515 fresh cases reported, 482 are returnees from other states, mostly (about 471) from neighboring Maharashtra. Udupi district saw a major spike with over 200 cases today and the total tally of the district breaching seven hundred cases mark, to stand at 768.

As of June 5 evening, cumulatively 4,835 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 57 deaths and 1,688 discharges, the department said in its bulletin.

It said, out of 3,088 active cases, 3,075 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 13 are in ICU.

On Friday, 83 patients have been discharged.

According to state COVID-19 war room data, out of the total 4,835 cases, 93 per cent (4,488 cases) are asymptomatic and 7 per cent (347) are symptomatic.

The new cases include 471 from Maharashtra, three from Delhi, two each from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Haryana, and one from Tamil Nadu.

While one is with international travel history from Indonesia. Remaining cases include- contacts of patients earlier tested positive, those from containment zones, those who travelled from other districts, and the ones whose contact history is still being traced.

Among the districts where new cases were reported, Udupi accounts for 204 cases, followed by 74 from Yadgir, Vijayapura 53, Kalaburagi 42, Bidar 39, Belagavi 36, Mandya 13, Bengaluru Rural 12, Bengaluru Urban 10, Dakshina Kannada 8, Uttara Kannada 7, three each from Hassan, Dharwad and Chikkaballapura, two each from Ramanagara and Haveri, and one each from Davangere, Bagalkote, Ballari and Kolar.

Udupi district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 768 infections, followed by Kalaburagi 552 and Bengaluru urban 434.

Among discharges, Bengaluru urban still tops the list with total 271 discharges, followed by Davangere 147 and Mandya 146.

A total of 3,60,720 samples were tested so far, out of which 13,627 were tested on Friday alone.

So far 3,49,951 samples have reported as negative, and out of them 12,797 were reported negative on Friday.

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