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Congress workers demand shifting of Passport Office to Zilla Panchayat

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July 17, 2012

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Mangalore, July 17: Congress workers led by Ivan D'Souza held a protest outside the Passport Seva Kendra in Mangalore on Tuesday criticizing its functioning and lack of facilities at the centre.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. D'Souza said that more than 350 appointments are given every day but no adequate facilities have been created for the benefit of the people who come to the Centre. People are made to wait unnecessarily for long hours and there are no enough seating arrangements for them. The Centre does not possess enough toilets and the ones which are existing are in pathetic condition. People who come to the centre are asked by the Passport Kendra staff to use the toilets of the nearby petrol bunk, Mr. D'Souza alleged.

The police intervened and stopped Mr. D'Souza and other Congress workers when they tried to enter the office in protest to close it down.

The office must be closed down and an office to offer passport services must be opened at the Zilla Panchayat, Mr. D'Souza demanded.

R R Chitnis, Assistant Passport Officer, stepped out to calm the protestors down. Accusing the staff of the Kendra of behaving rudely with the people, Mr. D'Souza asked Mr. Chitnis to look into the matter and take up the issue of providing facilities to people at the Kendra at the earliest. The improper functioning of the Kendra has been bringing bad name to the Congress party as it is a central government initiative, Mr. D'Souza said, warning that the Union External Affairs Minister would be made to make a surprise visit to inspect the services being offered at the centre in the days to come.

A memorandum listing various demands such as increase in acceptance of applications from 450 to 600, introduction of walk-in facility, setting up of a helpline for the benefit of applicants and illiterate people, non-involvement of agents and simplifying of passport procedure, parking facility, besides other demands, was submitted to Mr. Chitnis on the occasion.

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August 9,2020

Shivamogga, Aug 9: Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi on Saturday virtually inaugurated Malgudi Museum at Arasalu in Karantaka's Shivamogga.

The old station building at Arasalu has been converted into museum.
BJP MP from Shivamogga BY Raghavendra said that the old station building at Arasalu has been renovated keeping with 'Malgudi' theme in mind.

"It is a tribute to the makers of the popular television serial 'Malgudi Days' as the station features predominantly in the episodes which broadcast on Doordarshan in the 1980s," he said.

The museum has been designed by a famous artist John Devraj, who was the part of the serial Malgudi Days. The Mysore Divisional Railway funded the museum.

"The approach road and station area wear a new transformed look. The innovative idea of having a tea-shop in a narrow gauge coach at Arasalu station adds charm to the green surroundings," the MP said.

"Popular and internationally acclaimed serial Malgudi Days was shot here in Arasalu. The SWR Mysore division manager Aparna Garg helped to transform the station to fictional village Malgudi," he added.

The museum is about 30 km from Shivamogga city. It has steam engines and bogies besides collections of photographs hanging on the wall taken during the time of shooting for Malgudi Days.

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July 23,2020

Mangaluru, July 23: Lavanya Ballal, national co-coordinator for social media department of Indian National Congress, has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of destroying the nation by misleading the youth.

In an interview with a regional Kannada news paper, the Dakshina Kannada based activist, lamented that instead of using social media for the welfare of the nation, BJP leaders used it to spread lies for their political gains. 

On one hand BJP fooled people through false promises and colourful dialogues, while on the other hand it misled crores of youth by spreading fake news, twisted facts and false information, she said.

Ms Ballal went on to accuse BJP of following the footsteps of the British. “BJP is following all the methods employed by the British invaders to divide the people of India and make them hate each other,” she said.

She said that Congress always used the social media for the benefit of the country. If the new generation realises this fact, the country will once again turn its direction towards development, she asserted.

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July 1,2020

Mumbai, Jul 1: The Maharashtra government will set up a Marathi medium college in Kolhapur for the Marathi- speaking people residing in the border areas of Karnataka, a minister said on Tuesday.

Higher and technical education minister Uday Samant, in a statement here, said the decision has been taken with a view to cater to the educational needs of the Marathi-speaking population residing in the neighbouring state.

He said the new state-run college will be a sub-centre of the Shivaji University at Kolhapur.

The Kolhapur district collector will provide a five- acre plot for the proposed college following which all necessary official permissions will be given, Samant said.

The college will start functioning from the next academic year, the release said.

Acommittee headed by Shivaji University vice- chancellor Nitin Karmalkarwill work out the modalities for establishing the educational institute, it added.

The border areas of Karnataka have a sizeable Marathi- speaking population.

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