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Swachh Mangaluru: Attavar area gets a new look after cleanliness drive

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March 31, 2019

Mangaluru, Mar 31: The 17th shramadan of 5th phase of Ramakrishna Mission’s Swachh Mangaluru Abhiyan was carried out in Attavara area of the city today. The event was jointly flagged off at 7.30 am by Yogacharya Dr Jagadish Shetty and Prof Ramya Shetty of SDM Management College, Mangaluru in front of Big Bazar at Attavara.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr Jagadish Shetty said, “This nature is supporting the whole human race. But due to selfish greed of human beings, man is ruining this very nature. This Abhiyan is awakening men to the importance of nature and its preservation is a positive development. I urge all to inculcate cleanliness, both internal & external, in their life”

Prof. Ramya Shetty said, “‘Arise! Awake! Stop not till the goal is reached’’, said Swami Vivekananda. Hence we should not stop this till we achieve the target of clean Mangaluru. We are glad to see more & more youths getting associated with such Abhiyans. Mangalore is becoming cleaner day after day thanks to the effort of volunteers of Ramakrishna Mission” Umanath Kotelkar, Pramila Shetty, Dr Rajendra Prasad, Narendra Kumar, Aniruddha Nayak, Taranath Alva, Subraya Nayak, Masa Hiro, Sandip Kodikal and others were present on the occasion.

Shramadan: Volunteers formed different groups after flagging off. The road leading towards S Madhusudan Kushe School was cleaned. Heaps of mud lying by the side of the road for years together was removed using JCB. Dirt & garbage lying was also removed. Old and unused motor vehicles were removed and the over grown weeds & grass was removed. Umakanth Suvarna guided the volunteers in this initiative. Students of SDM College of Management took up cleanliness work in Ananda Shetty Circle. A park used by senior citizens was in dilapidated condition due to poor management & negligence.

Kamalaksha Pai and team of volunteers have cleaned the park and removed the filth & weeds in the park. Fourth team of volunteers cleaned the road by the side of Chakrapani Temple and cleaned a blackspot in the area, have placed pots with flowering plants thus beautifying it. Subhadra Bhat, Krithika Shetty, Mohan Kottari & others joined their hands. Another team of volunteers under Suresh Shetty visited hundreds of houses in Attavara area and distributed awareness handbills. Dilraj Alva, Souraj Mangalore, Kodange Balakishna Naik also participated in Shramadan.

50th Swacch Soch Seminar & Concluding Programme: Concluding Programme of Swacch Soch Seminars initiated 3 months before as an offshoot of Swacch Bharath Abhiyan was held in Sahyadri Engineering & Management College on 27th March at 3.30 pm. Swami Jitakamanandaji, Adhyaksha of Ramakrishna Math presided over the programme and Dr Manjunath Bhandary, Chairman of Sahyadri College was the chief Guest. Prof. S S Balakrishna was special invitee.

Speaking on the occasion, Swami Jitakamanandaji said, “Awakening young minds to the importance of cleanliness is the need of the hour and hence Mission planned to organise 50 seminars addressing the youngsters about the importance of waste segregation and managing household waste etc.”

Dr Manjunath Bhandary said, “Swacchta Abhiyan has played an important role in instilling a sense of patriotism & social concern in the youngsters.” On this occasion all the resource persons of 50 Swacch Soch Seminars were honoured and given certificates.

Prof. Rajamohan Rao, Rajamani Ramakunja, Suresh Shetty, Gopinath Rao, Subhadra Bhat, Satish Sadananda, Rahul T G, Vishal, Nivedita Kamath, Saritha Shetty and others were present. Ranjan Bellarpady gave a report of the Swacch Soch programme. Sreelatha U anchored the programme.

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Muslim Army
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Monday, 1 Apr 2019

clean your mind before you clean your area...vote for change marons..also dont use child to click photo

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April 24,2020

Wayanad/Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 24: Amid the strict lockdown, a school teacher travelled from Thiruvananthapuram to Muthanga in Wayanad -- a distance of about 465 km -- on her way to neighbouring Karnataka en route to Delhi following which cases have been registered against her and an excise official.

The woman, Kamna Sharma, said to be working in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom, undertook the journey on April 21 along with her two year-old daughter, police sources told news agency PTI.

An Excise Circle Inspector, Shahjahan, had provided his vehicle to travel allegedly on the instructions of Malappuram excise officer, in whose private vehicle, the woman and the child had reached Wayanad border from Thiruvananthapuram, the sources said.

The two were charged under the Kerala Epidemic Act and various sections of the IPC including sect 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection) and 271 (disobedience to quarantine rule).

Because of the lockdown even inter-district travel is not allowed by police and district administration, unless there is an extremely genuine reason.

A senior police official in Thiruvananthapuram said he does not remember issuing any such pass.

The woman may have "misused" government machinery as private vehicles would have been stopped somewhere during the long journey, he said.

She came to Kalpetta in Wayanad allegedly in an official car of the excise department.

Wayanad District police chief R Elango said that an FIR has been filed based on preliminary information and investigations have begun.

"We will check if she has followed procedures in obtaining a pass and if she made any false claim to get the pass."

As per preliminary information the woman came in an excise official's car from Thamarassery (Kozhikode) to Muthunga(Wayanad), he said. Her mode of transport before that--from Thiruvananthapuram to Wayanad--will also be investigated, he said, adding they have no information if she has reached Delhi.

"We will track down her movement," he said Meanwhile, theWayanad district administration has intensified the lockdown protocol from Thursday to prevent people's movement within and from outside the district/state.

Interception at all the check posts on district an state borders of the district, bordering Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, will also be intensified. No one would be allowed to travel frequently to and fro the district under the pretext of official duty.

Wayanad collector Adhila Abdulla said officials from outside the district will no longer be allowed to commute daily.

"Elderly people above the age of 65 should confine to their homes unless it is extremely urgent or unavoidable. Cases will be registered against family members who allow elderly people to go out for buying medicines and other essentials," she said.

Senior citizens, who live alone, can call either the Fire (101) or Police (100) departments for any help and to get things they need, the collector said.

Whatever relaxations were in place have also been withdrawn with effect from Thursday, she added.

Wayanad and Thiruvananthapuram come under the "Orange B" zone where there are some relaxations.

However, Thiruvananthapuram city limits falls under the hotspot area.

Police said a case was also registered against a doctor and her husband who entered Kerala from Tamil Nadu border.

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April 17,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 17: Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, married Revathi, grand-niece of former Congress Minister for Housing, M Krishnappa, on Friday.

According to sources, more than 100 people participated in the marriage ceremony held at Kumaraswamy's farmhouse in Kethaganahally, Ramanagara.

There were around 50-60 members from former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda's family and more than 30 people participated from Revathi's family, sources added.

This comes in the middle of a nationwide lockdown which has been imposed to deal with the coronavirus threat.

Earlier, HD Kumaraswamy had said that the marriage ceremony would be held behind closed doors in the presence of family members.

Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who contested the Lok Sabha election from Mandya, is also the national youth wing president of Janata Dal-Secular.

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July 31,2020

Bengaluru, July 31: Denying irregularities in covid-19 equipment purchase by the Karnataka government, the state unit of the BJP has issued legal notices to Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar demanding that they apologize or face a defamation suit. 

The notices seek a public apology for the allegations levelled against the government on irregularities in the procurement of Covid-19 equipment and supplies. 

Both Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar, the Karnataka Congress president, have been doggedly pursuing allegations of corruption against the BJP government and have demanded a judicial inquiry. 

BJP general secretary N Ravi Kumar said that while the Congress leaders claimed that Rs 4,157 crore was spent during Covid-19, they also allege that the government has not responded to any of the 20 letters written by them. "If the government has not provided any answer to the Opposition, where did they get the figures from," he said.

None of the allegations of corruption is specific and the statements made are factually incorrect. "These statements, without any basis, have been issued calculatedly to lower the image and damage the reputation of the government, the Bharatiya Janata Party, representatives of the party and the ministers in the government," the notice issued on behalf of Ravi Kumar read.

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