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National Youth Awards to be conferred on 35 young achievers

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January 3, 2012

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Mangalore, January 3: As many as 35 young achievers would be conferred with the prestigious 'National Youth Awards' during the 17th National Youth Festival, which will be held from January 12 to 16, said Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Dr N S Channappa Gowda.

He said that the State and Union governments have already released Rs 5 crore and Rs 2 crore respectively for taking up necessary arrangement for the mega event, which would attract over 5,000 youth from across the country including Union Territories.

The DC said the preparations for the Youth Festival were guided by as many as 400 officials from Nehru Yuva Kendra, 18 top officials from the Centre and 25 officials from the State government.

Mr Gowda said that that the demand for synthetic track at Mangala Stadium would be met utilizing the pending amount of the Youth Festival and the foundation for the synthetic track would be laid during the valedictory of the five –day event.

Various competitions of Yuvajanotsava will be held at Town Hall, T M A Pai Convention Centre, Devadigara Bhavana in Mannagudda, SDM Law College, Kudroli Koragappa Kalyana Mantapa and Gokarnanatheshwara hall in Kudroli.

The Youth Festival will be inaugurated on January 12 at 5 pm at Mangala Stadium. The youth who come from different parts of the country will be entertained with 'Celebrity Nights' at Mangala Stadium from January 13 to 15 from 7 pm.

On January 13—Hariharan and Leslie Louise will enthrall the participants. On January 14—Euphoria, On January 15—Shivamani, Kadri Gopalnath, Praveen Godkhindi and Narasimha Vadavatti will perform. Vasundhara Das will perform on January 16.

He said as part of Youth Festival, food festival and 'Yuva Krithi' will be held at Karavali Utsav grounds, grounds sports at Nehru Maidan, water sports at Panambur beach.

The special attraction of the Youth Festival will be boat race at Panambur beach on January 14, beach volleyball and throw ball on January 15. Kambala and flower show will be held at Pilikula on January 15.


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January 21,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 21: Operations at Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) are normal, a day after security agencies detonated a bomb recovered from the airport in a controlled explosion, an official said on Tuesday.

"All operations are normal at Mangluru International Airport. Everything is normal," told the airport director V.V. Rao to IANS.

Rao said even on Monday, there was no interruption to the airport operations, except for that one recalled IndiGo flight to Bengaluru.

"As the explosive was isolated and taken away from the airport, there was no disturbance to flights, except one Bengaluru-bound IndiGo flight which suffered a few hours delay and took off later," said Rao.

Meanwhile, security has been tightened at the airport.

Mangluru north assistant commissioner of police Belliappa told media that the police are still on the hunt for the culprits who planted the bomb at the airport.

"We are trying to trace the culprits, we got the footage of the suspects," said Belliappa, highlighting that the police are yet to find the name, age and other details of the suspects.

At Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), the number of police personnel has been increased in a bid to tighten the security and 24 hour searching of vehicles is underway.

"We have set up two check posts on the way to the airport and randomly checking vehicles," told Devanahalli assistant commissioner of police Subramanya to media.

All Karnataka airports, including Hubballi and Belagavi, are on high alert.

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April 7,2020

Mysuru, Apr 7 Following a tiger at Bronx Zoo in the US, testing positive for COVID-19, Mysuru Zoo authorities here have taken measures to contain the spread of the dreaded disease as per the directions of the Central Zoo Authority (CZA).

The Zoo is on alert and the animal keepers are not allowed to enter the enclosures without safety gear. It is mandatory for the personnel to undergo thermal screening before entering the Zoo. The personnel are provided with safety gears such as masks, gloves and Sanitisers. The CZA has directed to spray disinfectants near the enclosures of the animals and has also directed to monitor the animals’ behavior.

Zoo Authority of Karnataka Member Secretary B P Ravi said, "COVID-19 was detected in a domestic cat two weeks back in Hong Kong. Due to the outbreak of bird flu in Mysuru, we have taken all precautionary measures to combat COVID-19."

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April 10,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 10: The Karnataka Education Board on Friday further postponed the annual examination for SSLC to May due to extension of lockdown to arrest spread of coronavirus which is spreading like wildfire in the state.

Minister for Primary and Higher Education S Suresh Kumar also announced that the PUC examination were also postponed to May.

"However, depending upon the situation we will announce the date in May and will inform the students one week earlier of the examination date to give time for preparation,"

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