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Rahim Uchil is new president of Beary Sahitya Academy

January 19, 2012

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Mangalore, January 19: Karnataka State Government has appointed Rahim Uchil as the new president of Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy.

In a notification, H.V. Ramachandra Rao, Under Secretary, Kannada and Culture Department, Government of Karnataka, stated that Uchil would lead the Academy for next three years from February 6, 2012.

Mr Rahim will succeed M B Abdul Rahman, the first president of the Academy which came into existence three years ago.

Currently Mr Rahim is serving as the General Secretary of the Dakshina Kannada District unit of BJP Minority Morcha. He is also one of the members of District Wakf Advisory Council.

Mr Uchil has been active in Beary cultural activities for several years.

He was the director and script writer of 'Mami Marmol' Beary film. He also played prominent roles in small-time Beary movies like 'Beary', 'Sandola', 'Sahana' and 'Nangalo Kutumba', and dramas like 'Terrorist' 'Kunchali', 'MBBS', 'Birndar', 'Kurfath Katte' etc.

He was the founder-editor of 'Beary Varthe' magazine. He also served as Beary news reader in one of the local TV channels.

He was the office-bearer of many local organizations like 'Beary Sahitya Mathu Samskrithika Sangha', 'Kendra Beary Sahitya Parishat' and 'Bearys Welfare Association'.


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Bengaluru, May 27: A 69-year-old woman from Yadgiri became the 45th COVID-19 related fatality in Karnataka, where 122 fresh cases have been reported, taking the total number of infections in the state to 2,405, the health department said on Wednesday.

With 45 deaths and 762 discharges, there are 1,596 active coronavirus cases in the state, the department said in its mid-day bulletin. It said, the deceased woman, a returnee from Maharashtra was brought dead to designated hospital in Yadgiri on May 20 and tested positive for COVID-19.

Fourteen patients have been discharged in the state so far on Wednesday. Of the 122 new cases, 108 are returnees from neighboring Maharashtra, three from Tamil Nadu, and one each from Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Delhi. While two are returnees from foreign countries- one each from UAE and Nepal.

Remaining four cases are contact of patients earlier tested positive.

Among the districts where new cases were reported, Kalaburagi accounted for 28, Yadgiri 16, Hassan 15, Bidar 13, Dakshina Kannada 11, Udupi 9, Bengaluru Urban 6, five each from Uttara Kannada and Raichur, Belagavi 4, Chikkamagaluru 3, two each from Bengaluru Rural and Vijayapura, and one each from Ballari, Mandya and Tumakuru.

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The theft which reportedly took place on Wednesday late night, came to light today morning.

Notably, this is the fourth incident reported during the last two months.

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The residents of the residential complex have mentioned in their complaint that they have the CCTV footage of the two spitting in the lift.
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