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Sandesha Awards-2012' announced; Indhudhara Honnapura, Peter Lewis among 10 recipients

February 16, 2012

Mangalore, February 16: Kannada journalist Indhudhara Honnapura and renowned artist Peter Lewis are among the ten individuals who have been selected for the 'Sandesha Awards 2012' conferred by Sandesha Foundation for Culture and Education.

The award ceremony will he held on February 26, under the auspices of the Karnataka Catholic Bishop's Council, announced Fr. Valerian Mendonca, Director of the Foundation at a press meet here on Thursday.

He said Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Bishop of Mangalore would preside over the function and Vaidehi, noted writer would be the chief guest. Also Rev. Dr. Henry D'Souza, Bishop of Bellary and Chairman, Sandesha Foundation will grace the occasion.

Fr. Mendonca said that ten different awards would be conferred on the occasion and each award carries a cash prize of 10, 000 rupees, a citation, a shawl and a trophy.

Dr. Na D'Souza Selection committee President announced the list of awardees.

Sandesha Kannada Literature Award will be conferred on Dr. KV Tirumalesh, A prolific writer in Kannada; his 30 works comprise poetry, short stories, novels, reviews, columns and linguistics.

Sandesha Konkani Literature Award will be conferred on M Madhava Pai, a great name in the Konkani translation field. He has contributed 750 pages 'Kannada-Konkani Dictionary'-a great service to Konkani Language.

Sandesha Literature Award goes to Catherine Rodrigues, who has written 57 Tulu dramas in her 30 years of Tulu Literature career. She is a ten time winner of the Late Dharmastala Ratnavarma Heggade Tulu Drama Writing Competition.

Sandesha Cinema Award will be conferred on Geethapriya (Laxman Rao Mohite), a great star in the cinema world, a song writer, story-writer, dialogue-writer as well as a great film director.

Sandesha Arts Award will be given to Peter Lewis, an artist of international fame, who got international recognition for his art exhibition at Texas in USA.

Sandesha Journalism Award will be conferred on Indhudhara Honnapura, editor of the monthly 'Honnapura Samvada'.

Sandesha Media Education Award will be given to Shree Padre hailing from Kasargodu, a well-known as an agriculturist. Rain-harvesting has been one of his creative contributions.

Sandesha Best Teacher Award goes to Rev. Sr. Maria Jyothi, AC, a pioneer in the education of the specially-abled children in Mangalore, Founder Principal of St. Agnes Special School.

Sandesha Konkani Music Award will be conferred on Late Sri Jerome D'Souza, who has composed more than 1000 songs in Konkani, brought out 14 music albums and published 2 anthologies called 'Amchim Podam'.

Sandesha Special Recognition Award will be given to John D'Silva journeying from Kerala to Mumbai; he has been a crusader of cooperative banking, an educationist and a philanthropist.

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August 1,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 1:: Karnataka Minister BC Patil on Friday said that he has tested positive for Coronavirus.

"The report has confirmed me to be corona positive. I am in home quarantine at my residence in Bangalore," he said in a tweet.

"During a recent visit to Koppal district, five of the staff members who accompanied me were reported to be coronavirus positive," he tweeted.

Meanwhile, a total of 5,483 new COVID-19 cases and 84 deaths were reported in Karnataka, the state's health department informed on Friday.

Karnataka now has a total of 1,24,115 coronavirus cases, including 72,005 active cases and 49,788 discharges.

So far, 2,134 deaths have been reported from the state.

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January 25,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 25: The local police will provide security for Sri Nijagunananda Swami and his Kittur Nishkal Mantapa Mutt following a letter containing a threat to his life that was received on Friday.

The letter, containing the names of 15 liberal thinkers and activists, was circulated widely on social media and shown on some Kannada TV channels. The letter is addressed to the seer, and it condemns his lectures where he speaks in favour of liberal values.

“The decision to eliminate you will be taken on January 21. You will be eliminated, along with 15 of your followers and people who think like you,” the letter said. 

Among those threatened are Nidumamidi Channammalla Swami, Jnyana Prakash Swami, the former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, actors Prakash Raj and Chetan Kumar, writer Chandrashekar Patil, Brinda Karat of the CPI(M) and writer K.S. Bhagavan.

It is not the first time that the seer is getting such threats. Two years ago, Belagavi Police had provided security to the seer following threats to his life. Last year, he got a phone call from a person from Shivamogga district. But the seer did not bother to complain.

This time, the district police will seek a written complaint from the seer. “We will assess the threat perception and the security levels. Adequate security will be provided,” the police said.

The seer is now camping in Jewargi in Kalaburagi district. “We have intimated the Kalaburagi Superintendent of Police of the need for immediate security arrangements. We will take steps to provide adequate security to him once he arrives in Belagavi district,” Superintendent of Police Lakshman Nimbaragi said.

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February 27,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 27: An utterly unprofessional thief, who fell asleep after breaking into a house, was caught by the house owner and handed over to the police in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada.

The hilarious incident took place on Wednesday in the one-storey, tiled-roof house owned by Sudarshan at Ullas Junction under the limits of Uppinangady police station.

The thief, who gained entry into the house by removing the roof-tiles, has been identified as Anil Sahani, a native of Bihar’s Majipur district. He was snoring on the sofa with a set of keys clutched in his hand when the house owner woke up in the morning.

The house owner, who was sure that the thief was drunk, woke him up by hitting him with a stick and then handed him over to the police.

According to police, the thief was tired after removing the tiles on Tuesday night and hence he decided to take a nap soon after entering the house.

He grabbed a bunch of keys kept near the TV stand and then lied down on the sofa. He woke up only when the house owner hit him with a stick the next morning.

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