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Erection of Diocese and instalation of Bishop of Udupi on Oct 15

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September 21, 2012

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Udupi, September 21: The erection of Diocese of Udupi and installation ceremony of Most Rev. Dr. Gerald Isaac Lobo as Bishop of the new Diocese of Udupi will be held at Kallianpur Milagres Cathedral Grounds here on October 15.

The guests and Bishop designate will be given a reception at Santhekatte at 2:00 pm. The celebration begins with holy mass at Cathedral ground at 2:30 pm. The installation of Bishop of Diocese and erection of Udupi Diocese will take place during the mass. Apostolic Nuncio in India, Dr Salvotore Pennacchio will be the principal prelate along with Bishop Most Rev. Dr Gerald Isaac Lobo as the main celebrant of the mass, stated a press release issued here.

After the mass there will be public reception programme. Most Rev Dr Aloysius Paul D Souza, the Bishop of Mangalore and president of installation ceremony will welcome the gathering.

The guests of honour will be Most Rev Dr Salvatore Pennacchio, Apostolic Nuncio in India Representative of Pope, Most Rev Dr Bernard Moras, Archbishop of Bangalore, Sugunendrateertha Swamiji of Puthige Mutt, Oscar Fernandes, AICC general secretary and Rajya Sabha member, Kota Srinivas Poojary, minister for muzrai and district incharge, Udupi, Jayaprakash Hegde, MP Udupi-Chikmagalur, Raghupati Bhat, MLA Udupi, Dr M T Reju, Deputy Commissioner, Udupi district, Aboobakkar N B, chairman, KMDC and Sunetha S Poojary, president, Kallianpur ZP.

The expected participants in the unique ceremony are around 10-12 thousand along with the Nuncio, around 33 Bishops and more than 250 Priests.

On July 16, the Pope Benedict XVI announced the erection of the diocese of Udupi and appointed the present Bishop of Shimoga diocese Most Rev. Dr Gerald Isaac Lobo as its first bishop.

Present Udupi Diocese was a part of Mangalore diocese since 1887. Catholics settled in this part of district in the middle of sixteenth century most of them were Konkani speaking migrants from Goa.

The new Diocese of Udupi consists of 48 parishes belonging to Karkal, Udupi and Kundapur taluks. There are 1.25 lakh catholics, 58 Diocesan Priests, 20 Religious Priest/Brothers and 225 Religious Sisters.

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January 19,2020

Mysuru, Jan 19: The 'City of Palaces', for the first time in history, got a Muslim woman as its first citizen, on Saturday.

Tasneem, a JD(S) Corporator, is elected as the 22nd Mayor of Mysuru. The 34-year-old Tasneem is a second-time corporator, representing Ward number, 26. She defeated BJP candidate Geetha Yogananda, representing Ward no 65 of Srirampura, by a margin of 24 votes. Out of 70 members, who were present during the election, 47 voted for Tasneem, 23 for Geetha Yogananda.

Tasneem thanking the party leaders said the JD(S) gave her an opportunity to serve the city and its people. JD(S) gives more priority for minorities. The party facilitated the first Muslim Mayor, Arif Hussian, in 1996. Later, Congress corporator Ayub Khan served as mayor in 2008.

Women from different communities had served as mayor of the city, but, Tasneem is the first Muslim woman to be elected as Mayor of Mysuru.

Tasneem, a BA Graduate from Maharani's College, was proud for being the first citizen and thanked party supremo H D Deve Gowda, leaders H D Kumaraswamy, MLAs Sa Ra Mahesh, G T Devegowda, K S Rangappa, and her colleagues in the Mysuru City Corporation. Tasneem extended her gratitude to her voters, who voted her for the second time.  

'Mysuru is known for cleanliness. Thus, my first priority is to maintain cleanliness and I will work towards retaining the 'Clean city' tag. The city is facing issues related to street lights among others for many days. I will make prompt attempts to resolve them,' she said.

JD(S) city president K T Cheluvegowda said the party nominated Tasneem for mayor's post as per the suggestion from the party supremo H D Deve Gowda and other leaders. There were other aspirants, but, they were convinced and nominated Tasneem, he said.

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The BJP high command has decided to bring down Yediyurappa, Jarakhioli said. He added, "Yediyurappa had asked BJP high command to appoint him Chief Minister for six months and due to corona, his period has been extended. But now their own party sources have revealed that he has got only another six months."

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He also said that it's up to their party what they think about Yediyurappa's tenure, whether they keep him as CM or remove him. Being in Opposition, now Congress is only working on strengthening the party, he said.

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Belgaum, Jan 1: Police detained a group of around eight people who were allegedly trying to hoist 'Uttara Karnataka flag' in Hire Bagewadi area here on Wednesday.

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Protesters in Belagavi burnt an effigy of Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, following which Shiv Sena workers had launched a protest near the Kolhapur bus stand on Sunday, and burnt an effigy of Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.

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