Karkala: Classical music festival held at Sri Venkatramana Temple

February 23, 2011

Mangalore, February 23: Shastreeya Sangeeth Sabha (R) of Karkala successfully organised a unique Classical Music Festival "Tataaka Sangeet Mahotsav” at the premises of "Sheshatheertha" Lake of Padutirupati Karkala Sri Venkatramana Temple on February 19, from 6 pm to midnight to celebrate its 19th anniversary.

The Festival was inaugurated by K Jayarama Prabhu, Manging Trustee of Sri Venkatramana Temple by Lighting the Lamp. The Chief Manager of Karnatala Bank Surendra Pai and Chief Manager of Corporation Bank Karkala Anil Joshi Were Present. President of the Sabha S Nithyanand pai welcomed and Secretary Dr Prakash Shenoy proposed vote of thanks.

Three Top Class artistes of International Repute Vidushi S Sowmya( Chennai)- Carnatic Vocal, Vidushi Manju Mehta of Ahmedabad - Sitar Recital and Pt. Venkatesh Kumar of Dharwad- hindustani Vocal kept the audience spellbound throughout. The lakeside Music Festival with special lighting of the whole venue with thousands of Mudlamps (DIYAS) and a very attractive stage of Rajastani Temple Door Pattern inspired all the artistes who gave their best performances.

Vid. Vittal Ramamoorthy(Violin), Vid. Neyveli Narayanan( Mridangam), Vid. K V Gopalakrishnan(Kanjira), Padit Omkarnath Gulvady,Mumbai and Pt. Ravindra Yavagal, Bangalore on Tabla and Pt. Vyasmurthy Katti, Bangalaore (Harmonium) provided excellent accompaniment. The Festival had attracted people from many neighbouring districts and also from Goa and Kerala.

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Mosques in Karnataka lead fight against Corona; caution through loudspeakers four times a day

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March 29,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 29: Mosques across Karnataka are now turning into centers to create awareness against deadly coronavirus that cause Covid-19.

The state government's board of auqaf has issued a notification to the administrations of all mosques to use their loud speakers to create awareness against the virus.

All the mosques in the state have already suspended congregational prayers to prevent the spread of the virus.

As per the decision of the state board of auqaf, now all mosques have to play the audio clips that creates awareness against the virus in three languages.

The clips will be played at 10 a.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. everyday.

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Also need to make call on all prayer places temples and churches to live with humanity without violence.

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Mangaluru: Distribution drive conducted by St Agnes College helps 500 families

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May 2,2020

Mangalore, May 2: More than 500 families received ration kits in a distribution drive conducted by St Agnes College in outskirts of Mangaluru on Wednesday.

Since the lockdown was announced, the management, staff and alumni of St Agnes College are playing an active role in ensuring no one is deprived of food and essentials during these challenging pandemic times.

The College as part of its Agnes towards Community (ATC) programme had adopted villages such as Munnur, Harekala, Amlamogaru, Someshwara and Pavur. Various development drives are conducted in these villages by the staff and students. However, due to the COVID-19 lockdown, the activities undertaken in these villages were kept on hold.

The College recently received information from its network that several families in these villages are struggling for food and essentials.

The College management in association with its alumni and well-wishers took-up the initiative to distribute ration kits consisting of rice, dal, spices, tea powder, hygiene products and other essentials to 500 needy families belonging to these villages.

The drive was held in presence of Zilla Panchayat member Dhanalakshmi Gatty and other Gram Panchayat members.

"We were able to provide food to 600 and more families in different villages and to the stranded migrant workers in the city during this time of crisis because of the generous contributions of our staff, alumni and well wishes" says Sr Dr. M. Jeswina A.C.

The College management expresses its gratitude to all donors, especially the staff, alumni and those associated with the college.

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Kaup MLA Lalaji Mendon new chairman of Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission

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July 27,2020

Udupi, Jul 27: Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa has appointed BJP leader Lalaji R Mendon as the new chairman of the State Backward Classes Commission.

Mendon is a three-time MLA from the Kapu Assembly constituency. During his second term as MLA, he was the Director in Konkan Railway’s Board.

Mr Yediyurappa has appointed 24 MLAs to different corporations in the state. Mendon is only one from coastal Karnataka.

Mendon is the only MLA representing BJP from fishermen's community. He was the president of Kaup unit of BJP Yuvamorcha. He also served as the state BJP secretary.

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