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Hundreds take part in Mangalore International Open FIDE rated chess tournament

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July 16, 2011

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Mangalore, July 16: K Anil, Regional Manager of Indian Overseas Bank, ina ugurated the “Indian Overseas Bank 5th Mangalore International Open FIDE rated chess tournament - 2011” at Radhakrishna Temple Hall in Mangalore , conducted by South Kanara District Chess Association.

A total of 421 players from different parts of the country and from neighboring country are participating on this tournament out of which 356 are International FIDE Rated Players including 4 Grand Masters, 21 International Masters and 6 FIDE masters are the contenders for this Grand Rs 5,55,555 prize money.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Anil said “It is a great opportunity given to Indian Overseas Bank to sponsor this great event. IOB has been supporting sports and cultural events since many decades. We are very happy that SKDCA is providing good oppurtunities and platform to talents of district and the state” he added.

Speaking on the occasion, Managing Director of Karnataka Bank, Mr P Jayaram Bhat said “Karnataka Bank has been supporting and encouraging the activities of SKDCA which is doing great job for chess.”

Justice Ajoy Nath Roy, Chairperson of Human Rights Community of Sikkim State said, “Because of this great event, I could able to come to Mangalore, I am totally impressed by the way tournament was conducted by SKDCA” he added.

Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay was honoured on the occasion for his uninterrupted participation in the Mangalore Open Tournament by SKDCA. In response to the honour, Thipsay said “I was little reluctant to participate in the first Mangalore Open Tournament, But I spoke to Mr M S Gururaj, I was totally impressed and come to Mangalore. The organisers should learn many things from SKDCA”.

Honourary President of UKCA Prof M B Puranik welcomed the gathering. President of SKDCA , UKCA and Jt Secy of AICF Mr M S Gururaj gave brief note of achievements of SKDCA's four and a half years and highlights of this tournament.

Honourary President of SKDCA and UKCA, Director of Mangalore Airport M R Vasudeva gave Presidential address. Secretary of UKCA spoke on the occasion. Superintendent of Police from Nagaland Mr Rajshekhar also spoke on the occasion.

Secretary of SKDCA proposed the vote of thanks.

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June 11,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 11: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Thursday allowed the Opposition Congress party's newly elected state president DK Shivakumar to have a formal swearing-in function.

He told media, “I have spoken to Shivakumar and informed him to conduct the event after taking precautionary measures against the spread of the COVID-19 disease”.

The move came after the state government received flak from the main Opposition Congress leaders, for refusing to permit the newly elected State Congress president to have a formal swearing-in function take reigns from his predecessor Dinesh Gundu Rao.

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January 23,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 23: City Police Commissioner PS Harsha on Thursday said that Aditya Rao, who had surrendered after planting a bomb at the Mangaluru International Airport, had studied how to assemble an explosive device online.

Speaking to media persons here, Dr Harsha said that 36-year-old Rao, who holds engineering and MBA degrees, had worked in the financial sector for some time, but left, after realising that white-collar jobs were not suited for him and turned towards blue-collar jobs.

He took up a job as a security guard of a reputed college in the district. He also worked at few hotels in the city before leaving for Bengaluru.

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February 12,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 11: Renowned journalist and winner of Magsaysay award, P Sainath will be in Mangaluru on February 14 & 15 at St. Aloysius College (Autonomous). He will speak on the topic ‘Indian democracy in post liberalisation and post truth era’.

P Sainath’s two-day visit to St. Aloysius College will also feature a workshop by the veteran journalist on his rural development project PARI (People’s Archives of Rural India). It is a part of the tenth edition of Media Manthan, a National level media fest organised by the post-graduate department of Journalism and Mass Communication of St. Aloysius College.

P. Sainath is a veteran journalist and media activist who has an avid interest in rural reporting. People’s Archives of Rural India (PARI), a digital journalism platform is an initiative put forward by him which aims to document rural Indian lives and livelihood. Sainath is also a teacher who has trained over 1000 media persons across 27 years.

Media Manthan is a media festival by the PG Department of Mass Communication of St. Aloysius College (Autonomous). Besides endowment lecture and workshop by P. Sainath, the fest holds various media-related competitions for the students of various colleges from across the state.

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