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Mangalorean Konkan Christians Association celebrates 17th annual picnic in Chicago

Media Release
June 25, 2019

Chicago, Jun 25:  Weather was playing hide and seek with colder wintry weather pattern in greater Chicagoland area even though summer was officially began on June 21st. But Mangalorean Konkan Christians Association was blessed with warm sunny weather throughout the day and participants were in great spirit in enjoying the Mangalorean sports and games activities.

The MKCA President, John Dias, conveyed warm welcome to the enthusiastic Mangalorean crowd present.  The day’s activities began with famous Indian pass time, the Cricket.  Throughout the day youths as well as ‘older youths!’ enjoyed playing volleyball and shuttle badminton.

All the attendees enjoyed the food presented by MKCA and its members.  After savoring the variety of food menu items, participants young children to the old were in competitive spirits in engaging themselves in variety of competitions and games arranged by the Picnic Committee Chairperson, Helen D’Souza and past President Queenie Mendonca.

Following were the winners of the day’s activities:

All the winners received gifts from the President, John Dias.  All the participants participated in these activities with true sportsmanship!  Both young and old tumbled and kissed the ground often but their spirits did not fade!  There were variety of snacks, drinks fresh fruits arranged and offered by the MKCA Picnic Committee to renew the participants spirits.  Throughout this events there was melodious music with Konkani songs presented by Francis Lobo.

At its conclusion Patcy Lasrado, conveyed her thanks to the Picnic Committee and all the members and guests who supported this MKCA’s annual pastime.

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News Network
April 17,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 17: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Thursday served a show cause notice to a Kannada news channel for broadcasting a programme in which it purportedly said that the Centre would 'air drop money' to the poor, owing to the COVID-19 lockdown.

The notice said that the channel was "spreading false information, creating panic and social unrest.

" The channel had allegedly aired a show titled, "Helicopter Money" on Wednesday which claimed that the Centre would drop money from helicopters during the lockdown period.

A Twitter user took a serious note of it and complained to the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar.

The fact check team of the Press Information Bureau, under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, refuted the claim.

In its notice to the channel, PIB said, "You are hereby directed to show cause why your channel should not be taken out of air immediately. You are instructed to send your reply in this regard within 10 days of receipt of this notice."

Reacting to the notice, the management of the news channels said, "A programme which has been seen in bits and pieces and those who have not even seen the programme appears to have complained. Notice will be replied accordingly."

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News Network
June 27,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 27: The Bengaluru Police Commissioner’s office on Infantry Road has been sealed after one of the staffers tested Covid-positive. It will remain shut from June 27 to 29. 

A senior police officer from the administrative department, in a media release, stated that almost the entire staff has been asked to work from home, while some have told to work from sub-divisions of DCP’s offices. 

It is said that one of the staffers, who recently reported for duty at Anti-Terror Cell (ATC), tested positive on Friday, and officials took a decision to seal the premises after the media got wind of it. 

Earlier, a function for Drug Observation Day too was held on the premises on Friday. The staff has not been asked to go on quarantine. 

Only a few staffers have been asked to come to the police control room situated in the same building.

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May 13,2020

Bengaluru, May 12: About 101 labourers bound for Rajasthan from Bengaluru in a goods truck were detained near a border Checkpost at Hirebagewadi village in Belagavi taluk on the Pune-Bengaluru national highway and have been sent into institutional quarantine on Tuesday.

Police said that the Labourers comprising of men, women and children had been travelling towards Rajasthan in a goods truck without permission from Karnataka and even from their home State Rajasthan.

In the morning hours, police and other department personnel manning the check post near...check post near Hirebagewadi detained them.

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