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Our task will be much harder as communal forces will be among us to provoke: Teesta

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May 19, 2019

Mangaluru, May 19: Groups fighting for the protection of secular values should be more vigilant even when the government of their wish comes to power at the Centre, said activist Teesta Setalvad on Sunday.

Speaking at the seminar ‘We, the people – in defence of secularism’, Ms. Seetalvad said the silence of groups fighting for the protection of secular values will be broken to some extent after May 23. “Our task will be much harder as these [communal] forces will be among us to provoke. We need to be more vigilant,” she said.

Stating that defence of secularism was nothing but preserving constitutional rights, she said there has been a failure in taking to masses the secular narrative in the language they understand. She asked intellectuals, academics and thinkers to come out with a collective voice for the protection of secular values.

Ms. Seetalvad favoured the creation of mohalla committees comprising doctors, engineers and other professionals who will work with the police and the district administration in maintaining peace.

Earlier, Registrar of St. Aloysius College (Autonomous) A.M. Narahari released S. Sathya’s Samvidhanada Kalalu , the Kannada translation of a book written by Ms.Seetalvad.

Communication specialist Sathya S, who translated the book in to Kannada, said, “The narration is made by Teesta in a very well balanced way, without losing perspective. This made the translation of the book, a challenging task.”

Introducing the book, writer G Rajashekhar said one has to voice their protest against the exploitation of common man by the people in power.

Along with some religious centres, folk arts and rituals too had turned into ambassadors of communism, said Journalist Dinesh Amin Mattu.

He lamented that cultural politics is being used to influence people these days. Folk art Yakshagana and Bhootha Kola are being used to propagate a particular ideology.

“In a region like Mangaluru, cultural politics is much stronger than election politics and trade is one of the significant factor which is fostering communism.”

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May 13,2020

Mangaluru, May 13: Kannadigas in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have sought additional flights to return to Karnataka during a video conference with Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa here on Tuesday.

Noting that most of the ex-pats in UAE were from the coastal region, they urged the state government to ensure that most of these flights land in the Mangalore International Airport.

Many Kannadigas in the UAE were left unemployed due to the lockdown. “Many of them do not have the means to return to Karnataka and the state government should aid them,” representatives of various Kannadiga ex-pat groups urged the CM.

Yediyurappa said that the government has made all arrangements to bring back the ex-pats, and assured to fulfil all their demands.

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Media Release
June 4,2020

Dr Soofi Anwar, Director Academics of University of Stirling RAK, UAE Campus, has achieved the prestigious professional recognition of Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) UK. He has achieved this milestone through the Stirling Framework for Evidencing Learning and Teaching Enhancement (SFELTE), the Continuing Professional Development Framework (CPD) for learning and teaching at University of Stirling, Scotland, UK. 

He was recognized for this achievement on recently concluded virtual Learning & Teaching Conference-2020 organized by University of Stirling Campus in UK.  He has secured his Ph.D. in Management from University of Azteca, Mexico.

Dr. Soofi Anwar has over 20 years of experience in teaching and academic leadership at higher education level and has worked in leading universities in UAE, Bahrain and India. He was conferred the prestigious Middle East Education Leadership Award, as the Best Professor in Management-2018 in recognition of his academic excellence, exemplary leadership in higher education. Prior to his current role, he has worked on leadership position in Birla Institute of Technology Offshore Campus RAK.

He has completed his MBA from Dept. of Business Administration, Mangalore University in 1999 and his B. Com degree from Canara College Mangaluru.

He has published numerous research papers in management and in the area of teaching and learning in higher education in reputed academic journals and international conferences proceedings. He is a member of editorial board of two leading management journals and engaged in reviewing faculty research publications in the area of management and marketing. 

He is a son of Haji Abdul Khadar Kodijal and Mrs. Mariyamma from Konaje, Mangaluru.

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July 29,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 29: State officials will conduct Common Entrance Test (CET) exam as per the instructions given by the state high court, said Karnataka deputy chief minister CN Ashwathnarayan on Tuesday.

"Officials have informed that they are all set to conduct exams on July 30 and 31. We will put this matter in front of the high court. As per the instructions of the high court, we will move forward," said Ashwathnarayan.

This comes after Karnataka High court asked the state government to reconsider the decision of conducting the CET exam.

"...I had called an emergency meeting with district collectors, officials of education, transport, health, police department. And, I took information about the preparedness for conducting the CET exam," he added.

Karnataka CET Exam is a state-level entrance exam organised for providing admissions in Engineering, Pharmacy, B Pharma and other courses offered by colleges and institutions located in the state.

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