Govt. mulls academy for photographers

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September 17, 2012

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Mangalore, September 17: The Karnataka government is considering to establish Photographers' Academy to protect the interests of photographers, said Minister for Murzai and Ports Kota Srinivas Poojary.

He was speaking after inaugurating the 22nd Annual General Meeting of South Kanara Photographers Association (SKPA) on Sunday at JNC Auditorium at Panambur.

Stating that the proposal was still in the initial stage, he said that he would hold discussion with State Photographers Association and discuss it further with the government and the Chief Minister.

Having been a photographer himself, he said that he had similar views about the requirements of photographers association. The photographers of this generation should make full use of the new technical instruments available and bring newness in photography, he opined.

Minister Srinivas Poojary was felicitated on the occasion. President of Karnataka Photographers Association (KPA) B S Shashidhar and SKPA President K Vasudeva Rao handed over a petition. Award-winning photographers were also felicitated.

SKPA Advisor Vittal Chowta, Treasurer Jagannath Shetty, former president Karunakar Kanangi, Ashok Kumar Shetty, Shivaram Kadaba, Gopal Sullia, Sudarshan Shetty Kundapur, S C Shekhar Brahmavar, Shridhar Shettighar Udupi, Padmaprasad Jain Karkala and Praveen Kaup were present on the occasion.

SKPA President Vasudeva Rao welcomed the gathering, while H K Nayanad and Janardhan Kodavoor compered the programme.

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16 children among Udupi's 27 new covid-19 cases

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May 21,2020

Udupi, May 21: In a shocking development, as many as 27 fresh coronavirus positive cases were reported in the coastal district of Udupi today.

Another shocker is, 16 among 27 covid-19 patients are children. The rest are six men and five women.

Interestingly, all of them have inter-state travel history. 23 had come from Maharashtra and 3 from Telangana. Another one had come from Kerala to Manipal. More details are awaited.

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Beware of these fake UPCL websites! Fraudsters cheating job aspirants

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July 24,2020

Udupi, Jul 24: Udupi Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) has filed a complaint with the Cybercrime Police alleging that fake websites were created in the Corporation name and charging for registration to 1800 engineer jobs amidst covid-19 crisis.

In a complaint submitted to Udupi Cyber Crime, Economic Offences & Narcotics (CEN) police station on Friday, UPCL Association General Manager K Shashidar alleged that four fake websites have been created in the name of UPCL and have claimed that 1,800 engineers posts are vacant in UPCL.

The fake websites have also been demanding Rs 500 fee for the registration of the job aspirants.

The FAKE websites are: www.udupipowerproject.com, www.upclindia.com, www.udupiproject.com, www.udupiproject.in. Helpline numbers +918046800985, +911149409800, +911149409807 too have been given in these fake websites.

Udupi CEN station has registered a case under Section 66(c), 66(d) of IT Act.

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Congress will return to power in Karnataka: says DK Shivakumar

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March 21,2020

Bengaluru , Mar 21: Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar exuded confidence that the party will return to power in the state and praised former chief minister Siddaramaiah's term.

"I am confident that we will come back to power. Everyone in the past has worked their best to build the party. Siddaramaiah being a full-term chief minister gave the best programs to Karnataka, his government's programs were the best of all time," Shivakumar said at a press conference on Friday.

He further assured his full support to anyone who wanted to work for the betterment of the party.

"Though I have become the state president of the party but I am still the worker of Congress and each of us should work for the party as ground workers. I am ready to give any kind of support to those who want to work for the party. We need to take all caste, communities along for the betterment of the party," he said.

Shivakumar was appointed the state Congress President on March 11, while Eshwar Khandre, Satish Jarkiholi, and Saleem Ahmed have been appointed working presidents of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee.

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First Tell your all MP & MLA s that if they wish to join BJP better join from now later after getting elected from the congress they betray the voter, such hiddnen sangis from congress to be kicked out.