Kalkura continues his reign; re-elected president of KSP

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April 29, 2012

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Mangalore, April 29: In a major setback to the splinter group, Pradeep Kumar Kalkura has been re-elected as the president of Dakshina Kannada district unit of Kannada Sahitya Parishat.

In a triangular fight Mr Kalkura defeated his closest rival journalist Sarvotham Anchan by a margin of 106 votes.

Although there were 1,932 registered voters in the district, only 977 candidates cast their votes in the decisive poll.

The polling was held at Mangalore taluk office, Bantwal taluk office, Puttur taluk office, Belthangady taluk office and Sullia taluk office from 8 am to 4 pm.

Sources from the Parishat said that Mr Kalkura bagged 464 votes, while Mr Anchan got 358 votes. Another candidate Harish Bantwal bagged only 149 votes. Mr Kalkura has been holding the post for almost 10 years.

While Mr Kalkura got major share of the votes in Bantwal, Puttur and Belthangady, Mr Anchan managed to get majority in Mangalore taluk.

Kalkura got only 192 votes in Mangalore taluk where Anchan was way ahead bagging 272 votes of the 472 votes polled.

Harish Bantwal got 118 votes in Sullia taluk where 138 members exercised their franchise.

Adiga in Udupi


Meanwhile, Neelavara Sugunendra Adiga has been elected as the president of Udupi district unit of the Parishat.

Mr Adiga won by a wafer thin margin of three votes against his nearest rival Tingle Vikramarjuna Hegde, in a direct contest.

While Mr Adiga got 298 votes, Hegde managed to secure 295 votes. Adiga bagged highest number of 211 votes in Udupi taluk where as Hegde got maximum number of votes (116) in Kundapur taluk.

Naik in U K

Rohidas Naik was re-elected for the third consecutive term to the post of Uttara Kannada district Kannada Sahitya Parishat.

Rohidas Naik, who polled 336 votes, defeated Sharada Bhat by 97 votes. Ms. Bhat, Aravind Karkikodi, and Sayyad Jameerulla polled 239, 216, and 107 votes respectively. There was a clamour for the change of the president this time. Despite this, Mr. Naik won the election again.

The election of an elite organisation was reduced to a fight over personal issues by different candidates who accused each other in press meets. While Mr. Naik won the highest votes in Kumta, Ankola, and Joida taluks, Ms. Bhat won the highest votes in Karwar, Siddapur, Yellapur, and Haliyal taluks.

Mr. Karkikodi won the highest votes in Honnavar, Sirsi, and Mundgod taluk. Mr. Shareef won the highest number of votes in Bhatkal. The total percentage of polling was 60.22.

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July 31,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 31: Gyms in Bengaluru carried out sanitation work on Thursday following the Centre's nod to reopen gyms from August 5, after several weeks of COVID-induced lockdowns.

"We are taking all the precautionary measures prescribed by the government and will follow the guidelines very strictly. A thermal scanner, oximeter and hand sanitizers have been placed at the entrance of the gym. 

We request all other gym owners also to follow the guidelines strictly to keep their members safe and healthy," said Prasad Kumar, a gym owner in Bangalore.

He added, "The last few months have been very difficult for us gym owners and fitness instructors. We are very grateful to the government for allowing us to re-open. 

We are going to be very cautious when we open. Even before this COVID-19 pandemic, we used to sanitise all the equipment before and after every use so hopefully, this won't be too difficult for us. We are getting rid of the air conditioners to allow cross ventilation and open the space a little more."

According to Chandu Gowda, an actor and frequenter of the gym, working out at home was not the same as working out in the gym with the proper equipment.

"I'm very glad that I get to come back and work out as I used to before this lockdown. For an actor, working out is extremely important, not just for my physical health but also mental health. 

Doing exercises at home is never as good as exercising in a space dedicated to one purpose. I hope other members of the gym follow the rules and regulations religiously," Gowda said.

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February 23,2020

The euphoria over the claim that around 3,000 tonnes of gold reserves, worth Rs 12 trillion, have been discovered in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district could not last even 24 hours, with the Geological Survey of India (GSI) clarifying on Saturday there had been no such discovery.

The GSI, headquartered in Kolkata, rebutted the claims of the Uttar Pradesh Directorate of Geology and Mining (UPDGM), and said “miscommunication” must have led to the wrong reporting of facts.

M Sridhar, director general of the GSI, said nobody in the agency gave any such data. He said 52,806 tonnes of gold ore was found in Sonbhadra district during the exploration work in 1998-2000. From this reserve, only 160 kg of gold can be extracted.

“There must have been some miscommunication of facts because of which the gold ore deposits have been overestimated. We have written a letter to Uttar Pradesh (UPDGM), stating the facts. The GSI has not estimated such kind of vast resource of gold deposits in Sonbhadra,” Sridhar said.

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The UPDGM had said on Friday that gold deposits were found in Son Pahadi and Hardi areas of the district. Sridhar said while gold ore was found in the area during the GSI’s exploration work in 1998-2000, it had told the state government about the discovery in November last year.

Under the new regulation, which came into effect from 2015, the GSI has to inform the state government when ore deposits are discovered. Earlier, no such action was mandatory. In its report, the GSI estimated that only 3.03 gm of gold can be extracted from a tonne of ore. It also clarified that even the extraction amount was tentative and could not be established for certain.

Moreover, Sridhar said the deposits were spread across only 0.5 sq km in forest land, which made the mining of ore economically unviable. “When there are several mines nearby, we can club it into a block and then it makes sense to mine the ore. But in this case, the deposits are too small to make it viable for any company to mine it,” he said. The GSI usually prioritises its exploration work based on the needs of the Centre. While strategic minerals like tin, cobalt, lithium, beryllium, germanium, gallium, indium, tantalum, niobium, selenium, and bismuth are atop the list in GSI exploration, gold is another commodity on its priority list.

According to the World Gold Council, India has reserves of 630 tonnes of gold.

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June 29,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 29: A three year old child lost its life after being hit by a car at Nadupadavu village under the limits of Konaje police station on the outskirts of the city today. 

The victim has been identified as Faheema (3), daughter of  Farooq, a resident of Nadupadavu. 

The mishap occurred when the girl ran towards the road when the car was entering a main road from an inner road.

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