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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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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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August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: Police barricades, yellow banners, walls with a fresh coat of paint and the sounds of bhajan mark parts of Ayodhya as the city awaits its big day Wednesday, when the first brick will be laid for the Ram temple.

Ayodhya is decked up for the bhoomi pujan that will be attended at the Ram Janmabhoomi by 175 people, who figure in a select guest list of seers and politicians topped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Concerned over the spread of coronavirus, the authorities are encouraging others not to come to the temple town, asking them to mark the occasion by celebrating at their homes. The groundbreaking ceremony will be telecast live.

Roads leading to Ayodhya display hoardings with the picture of the proposed Ram temple and of Ram Lalla, the infant Ram, the deity now housed in a makeshift temple.

Around the town’s Hanumangarhi area – named after a well-known temple which Modi will visit on Wednesday – both police sirens and ‘bhajans’ in praise of Ram are heard.

Most of the shops in the locality wear a new look, with their fronts painted in bright yellow. A large number of policemen were deployed there on Tuesday. Some sat in the sweet shops, waiting for their next instructions.

Roads leading into the area are barricaded. Yards of yellow cloth and marigold garlands were being hung on poles.

Even on the day before the event, security checks on vehicles heading to Ayodhya begin from adjoining Barabanki district itself on the Lucknow-Ayodhya road. Policemen take down details, including mobile numbers of the travellers.

Senior Superintendent of Police Deepak Kumar said the focus of the force is on maintaining the Covid-19 protocol.

“So we are not going to allow any outsider to enter Ayodhya city,” he said. Prohibitory orders are also in force and not more than four people will be allowed to gather.

“The markets and shops will remain open but with strict adherence to the Covid protocol,” he said. Outsiders will be stopped from entering the city, but Ayodhya residents will be allowed in if they produce any identification document.

“We are also carrying out random checks on people living in Ayodhya to ensure that no outsiders are staying here,” he said.

The city’s temples and mosques will remain open, but no other religious event – except for the bhoomi pujan – will take place on Wednesday.

Pickets have been set up at sensitive points in the city.

Sub-inspector Ram Chandra Yadav and constables Avnish Kumar and Ankit Chaudhary man the Terhi Bazar Chauraha picket near the Ram Janmabhoomi site.

"We are here for the past some days, and were on duty on the Rakshabandhan day. Duty comes first and only after that come other things in life, like festivals," Yadav said.

Mayank Gupta, who runs a restaurant, was handing out food packets to policemen, his customers.

"For the last two months, I have been providing tiffin to them twice a day. There are around 100 policemen to whom I supply tiffin," Gupta said.

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June 22,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 22: Senior Congress leader BK Hariprasad and BJP’s MTB Nagaraj, one of the defectors who helped the saffron party come to power in Karnataka, were unanimously elected to the Legislative Council along with five others on Monday. 

All seven were declared as “duly elected” by Legislative Assembly Secretary MK Vishalakshi, the returning officer for the biennial election to the Legislative Council. 

Hariprasad and Naseer Ahmed of the Congress, Nagaraj, R Shankar, Prathap Simha Nayak and Sunil Vallyapur of the BJP and Govinda Raju of the JD(S) are now MLCs. 

While Ahmed was an incumbent who will get another term, the six others will replace Jayamma, MC Venugopal, NS Bore Raju, HM Revanna and TA Sharavana and DU Mallikarjuna whose term ends June 30. 

While an election was scheduled June 29, it was not necessary as only seven candidates were in the fray for the seven seats on Monday, which was the last date for withdrawal of nominations. The nominations of A Yadavanahalli PC Krishnegowda and Mandikkal Nagaraja were rejected. 

With their rejection as MLCs, Nagaraj and Shankar - who jumped ship to the BJP last year - will now look to become ministers in Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa’s Cabinet. Both Nagaraj and Shankar were ministers when they resigned and defected from the Congress-JD(S) coalition. While Nagaraj lost the December 2019 bypolls, Shankar did not contest. 

Nagaraj, Shankar and Vallyapure were Yediyurappa’s picks for the Council, whereas Nayak is said to have been backed by BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel. 

There were many aspirants in the Congress for the Council berths, but Hariprasad and Ahmed were picked, given their experience. Hariprasad is widely believed to counter Siddaramaiah, who leads the party in the Assembly. 

Raju of the JD(S) runs a poultry business in Kolar and the choice of a fresh face is seen as the party leadership steering clear of any trouble as there were many asking for the ticket. 

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March 11,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 11: Jyotiraditya Scindia has not betrayed the Congress, but he has been betrayed by the Congress and Kamal Nath, said on Wednesday Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs who are camping here after tendering the resignations.

"It is not Jyotraditya Scindia who has betrayed. Instead, he has been betrayed by the Congress and Kamal Nath. Despite the fact that it was his hard work that enabled Congress to form the government in MP after 15 years, yet he was being sidelined. His people were sidelined," Mahendra Singh Sisodia was heard saying in a video.

Taking a veiled jibe at Chief Minister Nath, Sisodia said: "On one hand, you claim that treasury is empty and on the other, works worth Rs 12,000 crore is done in Chhindwara constituency. Are the rest of MLAs and ministers just killing time?"

He also warned other Congress MLAs that the party would be decimated in the state in the future.

"Did not the Congress trick people in MP? What happened to the farm loan waiver announced? When we go to our region, people ask us what happened to loan-waiver.
What happened to curb corruption, Vyapam? Whichever party Scindia joins, we will go with him," he said.

Former MP Minister Imarti Devi said that all 22 MLAs are in Bengaluru out of their own choice.

"All 22 MLAs are here (in Bengaluru) on their own will. We are happy Scindiaji has taken this decision. I will always stay with him even if I had to jump in a well. Kamal Nathji never heard us," she said.

Another leader dismissed talks of being in touch with anyone and said that they are happy with the decision of Scindia, who joined the BJP earlier today. He had resigned from the Congress on Tuesday.

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