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U T Khader leads International Yoga Day celebrations in Mangaluru

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June 21, 2018

Mangaluru, Jun 21: Urban Development and Housing Minister U T Khader inaugurated the international yoga day celebrations organised by the district administration and department of Ayush at Mangala indoor stadium in the city today. 

He performed yoga with Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, Manggaluru South MLA Vedavyas Kamath and others.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Khader said that it was necessary to practise yoga for a healthy life. 

Reminding that yoga is a contribution of India to the world, the minister said that regular practice of yoga helps to achieve perfect balance between mind and body. 

Across Mangaluru

The Yoga Day was also celebrated across schools, colleges, industrial units and social organisations here on Thursday.

Among the few to hold the programme early in the day was the Ramakrishna Mutt where the event was conducted by yoga instructor Mohan Kumblekar. Mr. Kumblekar, who has been conducting yoga sessions at the mutt for several years now, started the session at 6.15 a.m. with warm-up exercises which were followed by several asanas. The session ended at 7.30 a.m. with meditation.

A session by personnel of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited was held at the MRPL Recreation Centre between 6.15 a.m. and 7.15 a.m. The session was conducted by a yoga teacher from Mangaluru University. A separate session was held for students for Delhi Public School, personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force and family members of MRPL employees. MRPL on Wednesday started a week-long yoga programme, according to a press release.

Among the several educational institutions that held yoga sessions on Thursday included the one organised by Nitte Deemed to be University’s NSS wing on the K.S. Hegde Hospital campus in Deralakatte. Following the yoga session, the university felicitated Iddya Karunasagar, Senior Director, International Relations of the University, who has been practising yoga for over four decades. The university also felicitated Nhehern Acharya, the third year Bachelor of Physiotherapy student from Nitte Institute of Physiotherapy, who has won gold medal for two years in a row in the Artistic Display Yoga Competition organised by the International Yoga Federation.

The NCC units of St. Aloysius College celebrated the day on the college premises. Zeena, Assistant Professor of the College’s Commerce Department, conducted the yoga session. Administration Officer of NCC Mangaluru Group, Lt. Colonel Amith and Principal of the College Praveen Martis participated in the programme.

Senior Yoga teacher Gopalakrishna Delampady conducted an hour-long yoga session at the Expert PU College in Kodailbail. Students from Excellent PU College too celebrated International Yoga Day.

Konkan Railway Corporation organised the celebrations at the Konkan Rail Vihar in Nerul, Navi Mumbai. Sanjay Gupta, Chairman and Managing Director of the corporation, participated in the programme. Similar celebrations were held at the regional offices of Konkan Railway in Karwar and Ratnagiri, a press release said.

Indian Coast Guard also celebrated the day. A Coast Guard release said that earlier it had organised the practice sessions on Yoga on June 10, June 17 and June 20 for officers and men in uniform to help acclimatise them to yogic postures. The participants had been introduced to Yogasanas, Kapalbhati, Pranayama, Dhyana, Sankalpa and Meditation as per the common protocol issued by the government.

S.S. Dasila, Commander, Coast Guard Karnataka, also performed yoga along with other Coast Guard personnel. Uma Prashanth, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mangaluru, was the guest.

All officers and men in uniform from all Coast Guard Air Enclave, 75 Air Cushion Vehicle Squadron, Indian Coast Guard Ships Savitri Bai Phule, Rajdoot, Amartya and Kasturba Gandhi at the disposal of No 3 Coast Guard District Karnataka at New Mangaluru participated in the event.

“Braving the rough and high seas, newly based state-of-the-art indigenously built ship, Vikram, showcased the importance of Yoga in facing the challenges posed by high seas so as to enhance a safe and secure coast for the people while on routine patrol off the coast of Karnataka and Lakshadweep and Minicoy group of Islands,” the release said.

Yenepoya University and Father Muller Education Institutions, also celebrated the day.

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June 9,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Jun 9: Malls, restaurants and places of worship opened in Kerala on Tuesday morning after over two-and half months of Coronavirus induced lockdown. There were very few visitors in the malls and restaurants in the early hours and people preferred takeaways in eateries.

Various temples, including the famous Lord Krishna temple at Guruvayoor, a few churches and mosques opened in the state for the devotees. The Guruvayur shrine opened at 9.30 am and around 150 people, who had booked through virtual queue system, offered prayers.

Devotees wearing masks were seen standing adhering to the social distance norm. A faithful at the guruvayur temple said he had booked for darshan on Sunday and was happy to be offering worship after a long gap. "This is a realisation of a dream", he said.

In the state capital while the famed Lord Padmanabha swamy, Pazhavanangadi Ganapathy and Attukal Bhagavathy temples remained shut, the SreekanteshwaraShiva shrine and Lord Hanuman temple near the state assembly were among those which opened for darshan. The names, age and other details of the worshippers are also being collected by the temple authorities before letting people in. Another devotee said it was very painful not to go to the temple and expressed happiness over reopening of the shrines.

The virtual queue booking for devotees to offer worship at the hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala would commence from Wednesday. Devotees from other states have to produce a Covid-19 negative certificate while booking,sources in the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB), administers the temple, said.

The Ayyappa shrine would open from June 14 to 28 for the five day monthly pooja and temple festival and only 10 people would be allowed inside the shrine at a time, sources said.

Most of the over 1,200 temples under the TDB, have opened while those under the Nair Service Society (NSS), an organisation of the Nair community and few other shrines were shut. The state government, which had come under attack from the BJP and Hindu Aikya vedi for opening the temples in a "hasty manner" has maintained that the decision was taken in line with the Centre's Unlock-1 guidelines and said those opposing the move had earlier wanted devotees to be allowed into the shrines.

As per the centre's Standard Operating Procedures, social distancing should be followed in all the places of worship and devotees should wear face mask are among other precautions in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Those above 65 and children below 10 years would not be allowed in places of worship, distribution of food, refreshments and offertory blessings (prasadams), sandalwood paste or ashes should be avoided. Thermal scanners to check body temperatures, sanitiisers, arrangements for washing hands, were all provided in the temples and other places of worship which opened this morning, In churches in the state capital, Kochi and Kozhikode, allowedthe faithful inside after disinfecting the place.

The orthodox church synod is being held on Tuesday which will take a decision on whether or not to open their places of worship. Few mosques were also open in some places.

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August 5,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 5: Normal life was thrown out of gear as heavy rain and gusty winds lashed large parts of coastal and malnad districts of Karnataka in last 48 hours. Widespread power outages due to tree fall and minor landslides were reported in last 24 hours.

Meanwhile, Indian Meteorological Department has sounded a red alert for Uttara Kannada, Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts 8:30am of August 5.

In Mangaluru city there were several tree falls disrupting power supply in key areas of the city. Four electricity poles were damaged after a tree fell on Boloor Jarandaya road due to rain and heavy winds. In Neermarga too, there were a couple of tree falls in the morning cutting off power supply, which was not restored till this report was sent.

Mescom bore the brunt of the rains in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada District and at the last count as many as 148 electric poles, 23 transformers and 65 kilometer conductor wires were damaged due to poles being damaged in tree fall and landslides.

Traffic was affected on Charmadi Ghat on the Mangaluru-Chikkamagaluru route due to a tree fall on the second hair pin bend. 

On Monday, landslides near Kottigehara, Chikkamagaluru District, left traffic badly affected. Though normalcy has been restored on the route after blocking the road for restoration till Tuesday morning, locals fear more landslides due to continuous downpour.

Kodagu district too received heavy rainfall in past 24 hours which resulted in water logging in low-lying areas.

In the Coast, Uttara Kannada received the highest amount of rainfall at 91mm, followed by Udupi at 75 and DK at 73mm. The highest Rainfall of 241 mm was recorded at Castlerock, Supa Taluk in Uttara Kannada District.

KSNMDC bulletin stated that widespread moderate to heavy rains associated with strong surface winds at times and isolated very heavy to extreme heavy rains was likely over Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada districts It also stated that wind speeds ranging between 50kmph to 60 kmph was forecast along the coast of Karnataka from Mangaluru to Karwar, warning fishermen not to venture into the sea.

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July 8,2020

Kasaragod, Jul 8: A 48-year-old man, who died on Tuesday, has tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday.

A native of nearby Mogral Puthur in Kasaragod district, Abdul Rahmn was running a business in Karnataka’s Hubli since long time.

He had recently returned to his hometown from Karnataka through Talapady border on the outskirts of Mangaluru.

Sources said, despite the man having acute fever, the authorities at the Talapady border not only took any action including informing the concerned, but allowed him to cross over the border in a vehicle.

He was rushed to Kasargod General Hospital soon after returning. Those who had accompanied him from Karnataka to Kerala are now under ouarantine.

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