Pampa award for poet KS Nissar Ahmed

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October 31, 2017

Bengaluru, Oct 31: Kannada litterateur and thinker Prof. (rtd) K S Nissar Ahmed, has been selected for the Pampa award for the year 2017.

Established in 1987 by Government of Karnataka Pampa award carries a cash prize Rs 3 lakh, a citation and a memento. It is one of the highest literary honors conferred by the Department of Kannada and Culture.

Even though Nissar Ahmed was a professor in Geology, he was attracted towards to Kannada literature thanks to his friendship with Kuvempu. He gradually emerged as one of the greatest poets of Kannada.

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Congrats and all the best sir

Great nissar ji

Great achievement sir. Congrats

Congrats

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Surprise rain lashes Udupi, DK, Mysuru brings respite from scorching heat

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March 2,2020

Mangaluru/Mysuru, Mar 2:Unseasonal rain that lashed several parts of Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Mysuru districts on Monday brought big relief from scorching heat experienced since last one week.

According to official sources here, the Port city received rain for more than two hours since 0500 hrs. Mangaluru, Thokkottu, Ullal, Kavoor, Bondel, Bejai and other areas surrounding Mangaluru experienced rainfall.

Power supply was disrupted following rainfall. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted 'generally cloudy sky' for Mangaluru on Monday.

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Mangaluru: 'ABVP holding rallies, meetings, distribute booklets on CAA'

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January 16,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 16: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad is holding rallies and meetings and distributing booklets across the country in support of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, said ABVP National Secretary Harsha Narayan here on Thursday.

Speaking to media persons, he said that the CAA, which provides citizenship to Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Parsis, Jains and Christians persecuted in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, was among the things that the ABVP was fighting for.

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