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Konkani Academy awards given away

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November 12, 2012

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Mangalore, November 12: The Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy on Sunday honoured three persons each with honorary and book awards.

Inaugurating the award ceremony in the city, Deputy Speaker of Karnataka legislative Assembly N Yogish Bhat said that Konkani community is a knowledgeable community. “Knowledge is essential to understand the life,” he said.

MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik said that there is a need to conserve the Konkani culture and language and pass it on to the future generation. There is a need to document the culture.

Mothers should ensure that they pass on Konkani language to their children. There is a need to construct Konkani Bhavana and Konkani museum.

Writer Gopalakrishna Pai released the news letter brought out by the Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy. Former MLA Sunil Kumar distributed fellowships to the deserving candidates.

The Konkani Academy honoraray award winners are S M Krishnaraya (Konkani language and literature), Harry D'Souza (Konkani art) and Babi Naik (Konkani folklore).

The Academy book awards winners are Maxim G Pinto for his collection on Konkani articles 'Satham Khatham,' Ronald Vaz for his collection of poems 'Awaz' and Ron Maykal for his collection of short stories 'Modthamthlem Gulob.'

Talented youth Mahadevi Kulal (pottery), Vilas Nayk (painting) and Mahalskhmi Shenoy (classical music) were honored with 'Konkani Yuva puraskar.'

The honorary award carried a cash prize of Rs 10,000, citation, memento while the book award carried a cash prize of Rs 5,000, citation and memento. MLA Gopal Bhandary presided. Academy President Kasargod Chinna welcomed.


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Press Release
January 8,2020

Puttur, Jan 8: NCC Officer and two NCC Cadets of St Philomena College Puttur have been selected to participate in prestigious Republic Day Parade on January 26, 2020 in New Delhi.

NCC Officer, Lt. Johnson David Sequeira, Assistant Professor of Bachelor of Social Work has been selected as Contingent Officer of Karnataka and Goa Directorate to train the cadets in New Delhi.

Senior Under Officer Chethan P of first year BCA has been selected to Flag Area and Prime Minister’s Rally.

Junior Under Officer Mahalasa Pai of first year BCom has been selected to participate in cultural event which will be presented on the occasion of VIP’s visit.

These two meritorious cadets of the NCC wing of the College underwent a four months’ rigorous training at various places of Karnataka.

The Correspondent of the College Rev. Fr Alfred J Pinto, Principal Prof. Leo Noronha and Campus Director Rev. Dr Antony Prakash Monteiro expressed their happiness and compliments for the tremendous achievement of the NCC Officer and the cadets.

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March 24,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 24: Bengaluru police registered an FIR against a 23 year-old woman who, while in home quarantine, visited supermarket despite having clear instructions to stay at home.

The Vijayanagar police said that the woman, a resident of Vijayanagar, had returned to the City on March 22 after a visit to Dubai."The city police had visited her house and stamped her for home quarantine and instructed her to stay at home but she visited Reliance Fresh on Monday.

We received information about it and the footage. Following this, we registered an FIR against her under section 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life). We traced her and warned her to stay at home. We are also consulting senior officers and health officers on whether we have to send her to the government quarantine Centre or not,"the police said.

Commissioner of Police Bhaskar Rao strictly warned the people who are home quarantined to stay at home in public interest. If they were found in public places they will be picked up, arrested and sent to government quarantine."Please log in to get detailed story.

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July 29,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 29: Schools will remain closed and are expected to be opened in the month of August or September in the view of rising COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, said S Suresh Kumar, Minister of Primary and Secondary Education and Sakala of Karnataka on Tuesday.

Speaking on the issue, Kumar said, "Schools would not open for the time being. The children will be taught through media."

"The state is also working on the new schemes to improve the learning process for the students," he added.

As many as 5,536 new COVID-19 cases and 102 deaths were reported in Karnataka on Tuesday, according to the State Health Department.

The total number of positive cases in the state stands at 1,07,001 including 64,434 active cases, 40,504 discharges and 2,055 deaths.

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