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Alva's Virasat kicks off, Pandit Ajoy Chakravarthi conferred award

January 5, 2012

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Moodbidri, January 5: Alva's Virasat-2012, a four day cultural extravaganza got off to a colourful start with conferring of the prestigious Alva's Virasath Award to renowned Hindustani musician Pandit Ajoy Chakravarthi at Shobhavana Mijar here on Thursday night.

The 20th edition of the Virasat began with a lively note. Alva's Virasat-2012 awardee renowned Hindustani musician Padmashree Pandit Ajoy Chakravarthi from Culcutta was carried to the venue in the palanquin in a colourful procession, accompanied by Pancha Vadya, Chende artistes beating the drums, men holding traditional umbrellas used in darbars and the decked up students offering Poornakumbha Kalasha welcome.

Receiving the Virasat awarad, Pandit Ajoy Chakravarthi recited the lines of a 'doha' of Kabir Das – 'Main tumhare paas mein'- and addressed the gathering as the almighty. He said he was overwhelmed to witness such an august crowd in a music programme. “I have always been the student and servant of music. I teach music to children back in my home town from last 15 years and I have always made sure that humanity is imparted to them through music,” he said with humbleness.

He assured that he would come sometime to Moodbidri and perform before the audience. Pandit Chakravarti put an end to his talk reciting a shloka from the Veda which spread the message of peace.

Presiding over the programme Dr D Veerendra Heggade lauded Dr Mohan Alva for his successful experiment of involving students in the cultural, sports and other activities throughout the year.

“The students' community in Alva's college who are made to involve in all the events that are organised by Alva's Educational Foundation round the year, have not lagged behind in academics. The cultural and sports activities have in no way affected the academic performance of the students as they score 95 per cent in the examinations, which stands as a very good example for the rest of the colleges,” he said.

He also said that music and dance programmes offer peace to the mind and body of the receiver.The man behind Alva's Virasat, Alva's Education Foundation Chairman Dr M Mohan Alva said that the intention of Virasat was to reach music and dance to the common audience and to create a receptive audience. He also quipped that the Chief Minister who grants crores of rupees to various work, has not sanctioned even a rupee to Virasat.

The inauguration programme was followed by violin concert from a Chennai team.

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January 6,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 6: JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Monday said he would not get involved in any 'wicked act' of bringing down the B S Yediyurappa-led government in Karnataka, amid claims that 15 to 20 BJP MLAs were ready to come out.

Clarifying that he would not disturb the government, the former Chief Minister said for him, the development of the state was important. "With great difficulty, you (Yediyurappa) have become Chief Minister for the fourth time, (I am) happy, I have nowhere said that I will disturb your government. Even now some people come and ask why I'm sitting silent when 15-20 people are ready to come out of BJP and why don't I make an attempt (to poach them), Kumaraswamy said. Speaking to reporters in Hassan, he sought to know why he should get entangled in that 'sludge' and he was not in a hurry.

"I will not get involved in a wicked act of removing a responsible government like Yediyurappa did. For me the development of the state is important," he said.

Though Kumaraswamy had raised questions about the longevity of the BJP government ahead of the December 5 bypolls, he had even then given clear indications that he would not attempt to pull down the administration as it would affect the development of the state.

The ruling BJP had swept the by-elections by winning 12 of the total 15 seats, helping the Yediyurappa government retain the majority in the Assembly.

With BJP winning 12 of the 15 assembly constituencies, it's numbers went up from 105 (including an independent) to 117, which is well ahead of the halfway mark of 111 in a 223-member Assembly (two seats-- Maski and R R Nagar-- are vacant due to pending litigation in the High Court).

The BJP came to power after the Kumaraswamy-led Congress-JD(S) coalition government collapsed as 17 MLAs had rebelled against the alliance leadership and resigned as legislators, to later favour the saffron party.

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March 30,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 30: Police on Monday registered a case against a man, who, after return from Dubai, had failed to adhere to lockdown guidelines of house quarantine.

The case was filed by Assistant Commissioner, Puttur, Dr Yathish Ullal.

The man, who returned from Dubai on March 21, had a seal on his hand and was supposed to stay at home for 14 days, but was seen roaming around the city, hence he was taken into custody and a case registered.

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August 3,2020

Bengaluru/ Mangaluru, Aug 3: For the first time in many days, if not weeks, the number of recoveries in Karnataka was higher than new covid-19 cases in the state raising hope of some relief against the virus.

Karnataka confirmed 4752 new covid- 19 cases while the number of recoveries stood at 4776 in the 24 hours until 5 pm on Monday. The state also recorded 98 deaths. 

Medical education minister K.Sudhakar said that the recovery rate in Karnataka is at around 42%

"Everyday there is increase in recovery rate which is higher by 9.17% in Bengaluru city. Overall recovery rate of the state by Sunday evening was 42.81 % and it is 35.14% in Bengaluru," the minister posted on Twitter.

The total number of cases in Bengaluru crossed the 60,000 mark including 1497 cases on Monday.

The total number of cases in Mysuru breached 5000 cases as 372 persons tested positive. The mineral-rich district of Ballari recorded 305 cases. Other parts of Karnataka has seen a surge in cases with 15 out of the 30 districts reporting at least a 100 cases.

Dakshina Kananda

Dakshina Kannada district alone has recorded 153 new cases and seven deaths. 
Among the 153 new cases, 119 are from Mangaluru, 11 from Bantwal, six from Beltangady, four from Puttur, one from Sullia, and 12 from other districts.

The total number of covid positive cases in the district mounted to 6,168. Out of these, 3,138 cases are currently active. As many as 2,854 persons have recovered and been discharged, and 176 deaths have occurred so far.

Udupi

Udupi reported 126 fresh cases past 24 hours, according to health bulletin released by the Udupi district administration. They include 58 from Udupi, 34 from Kundapur, 28 from Karkala, and six from other districts. 

A total of 34,500 samples have been collected so far. 29,174 have turned out to be negative. As many as 4,800 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported so far in the district. 

As many as 2,812 patients have been discharged so far, and 1,952 cases are currently active. As per district bulletin, 36 deaths have occurred so far. One positive case has been transferred to Dakshina Kannada.

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