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Sharjah Karnataka Sangha celebrates 15th anniversary; Sarvotham Shetty conferred with Mayura Award

Shodhan Prasad | photos by Floyd Kiran
November 21, 2017

Sharjah: It was a grand jubilant event of Sharjah Karnataka Sangha which hosted its 15th anniversary along with 62nd Karnataka Rajyotsava day celebrations and ‘Mayura Vishwamanya Kannadiga Award’ presentation programme on November 17 at the auditorium of Sharjah Indian Association. The event commenced at 4 p.m.

Flag hoisting

President and Committee Members of Sharjah Karnataka Sangha assembled along with Patron Mark Denis D’Souza on the stage who unfurled the Karnataka Flag waving off the start of the day’s programme.  Advisory Board Member, M.E. Moolur rendered the good wishes to all the audiences.

Students of Klassical Rythms Dance Institute presented the welcome dance and the programme started in a grand manner.  This was followed by group dance presentations by Radical Dance Studio Group & Billawas Dubai Group which gave a vibrant touch and a good start applauded by audience. 

Visiting guest, Kumari Lahari Kotiyan rendered a beautiful melodious song followed by singing by past winners of UAE level singing competition & other guest singers to include, Kum. Sannidhi Vishwanath Shetty, Madhura Vishwanath, Shahid Shahabaz, Harish Sherigar, Sai Mallika, Kum. Akshata Rao & Amogh Varsha who rendered soulful melodies appreciated and applauded by the whole audience.

Awardees felicitated

All those who were awarded ‘Mayura Vishwamanya Kannadiga’ Award in the past since year 2004 were all invited on to the stage.  Recipient’s Sujatha Shyam Sunder, Mark Denis D’Souza, Irshad Moodabidri, B.G. Mohandas, B.K. Ganesh Rai, Prakash Rao Payyar, James Mendonca, Shodhan Prasad, Harish Sherigar, M.E. Moolur, Sudhir Kumar Shetty, Pravin Kumar Shetty & Joseph Mathias were honouredwith ‘Golden Badge’ presentation from visiting Guest, Honourable Minsiter of Karnataka, U.T. Khader.

Mayura Vishwamanya Kannadiga Award 2017 

Sharjah Karnataka Sangha as every year identifies one Kannadiga who has served for Kannada and Karnataka in the overseas and honour him with the award.  This year’s award was presented to community leader Sarvotham Shetty and the award was presented by Dr. B.R. Shetty along with Minister from Karnataka, U.T. Khader and the presence of guests, Rev. Fr. Maxim Pinto of Sharjah Church, Advocate Y.A. Rahim, President of Sharjah Indian Association, Sudhir Kumar Shetty, President of UAE Exchange, Praveen Kumar Shetty, President of Karnataka NRI Forum, Dr. Sadashiva Bangera of Ajman Gulf Medical College, Harish Sherigar, Mark Denis D’Souza, Patron of Sharjah Karnataka Sangha and Sugandhraj Bekal President of Sharjah Karnataka Sangha.  The programme which started with a procession was ably handled and conducted by Past President of Sharjah Karnataka Sangha, B.K. Ganesh Rai who concluded the programme in his own imitable style successfully.

Couple felicitated

Like every year Sharjah Karnataka Sangha identifies a best worker in the organization and this time it was Shashikanth & Latha Shashikant Kanangi who were felicitated on the stage with shawl, flower bouquet, memento & felicitation certificate in front of the whole audience.

Yaksha Mayura Award

Shekar D. Shettigar who have been serving Yakshagana Ballet Art in this part of the world, contributing and training youth into this rare art form and presenting various performances in the UAE was identified and honoured with ‘Yaksha Mayura’ Award and felicitated during the programme.

Guests Honoured

Chief Guest, Dr. B.R.Shetty, Karnataka Minister U.T. Khader, Rev. Fr. Maxim Pinto, President of Sharjah Indian Association, Y.A. Rahim, Dr. Sadashiva Bangera of Gulf Medical College were all felicitated with flower bouquet, shawl & memento during the programme.

Mayura Natya Manjari

There were three Groups who participated in the above competition and all the three groups have put all their efforts to present the best possible dance presentations.  Judges Sujatha Shyamsunder Rao, Saumya Sudheer & Guruvinder Singh ably judged the participants and announced the results.  Ocean Kids Dance & Music Institute grabbed the winning position title followed by Natya Lasya &Rythms Sharjah winning the first & second runners up.  Praveen Kumar from Ocean Kids was adjudged the best Choreographer and the best performance was again by Team Ocean Kids who were felicitated and honoured during the event.

Yakshagana ballet by children

Children’s trained by Guru Shekar D. Shettigar who performed “Dasharathi Darashana’ a beautiful Yakshagana Ballet performance which was appreciated by the whole audience and applauded gave a stunning performance.  The convener Dinesh Shetty was recognized and felicitated during the programme.

The entire programme which was ably presented by Master of Ceremony Arati Adiga &invitee from India Yogesh Nirjaan was appreciated by the whole audience.

The programme concluded with vote of thanks and free food samplings by various sponsors.

 

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January 6,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 6: Chief minister BS Yediyurappa has plenty on his plate ahead of the 2020-21 state budget to be presented on March 5 what with the economic slowdown and a sizeable shortfall in revenue, but the biggest worry is the uncertainty surrounding Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation from the Centre.

There is also uncertainty over the state’s share under devolution of funds as per the 14th Finance Commission recommendation.

Finance department officials say that while Rs 3,500 crore is expected as GST compensation for every two months, the devolution of funds would have yielded about Rs 7,000 crore for the current fiscal. But the economic slowdown appears to have hit the Centre’s finances and is likely to impact the state’s share of funds.

“The GST payment for August-September came only in December and we are unsure how much we will get for October-November and December-January,” an official said. Estimates suggest the state’s share under devolution of funds could be reduced by half.

At a meeting of finance department officials last week, Yediyurappa is said to have admitted that unlike those states where non-BJP parties are in power — they have threatened agitations and court cases — the government cannot go “against” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regime.

Instead, Yediyurappa has urged senior IAS finance department officials to lobby for funds with their counterparts in New Delhi. On his part, Yediyurappa is said to have already written to Modi and finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to at least release the state’s share of GST compensation for the current calendar year of 2019. He is planning to personally meet the PM in Delhi to push the state’s case.

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June 28,2020

Mangaluru, June 28: Three fresh deaths in last 24 hours have taken the total number of covid-19 deaths in Dakshina Kannada district to 13.

While a 31-year-old youth from Idya in Surathkal and a 57-year-old woman from Bantwal passed away last night, a 52-year-old woman from Jokatte breathed her last today. 

The youth from Suratkal breathed his last in Wenlok. The woman from Bantwal’s Loretto Padav village was unwell for last 1 year. She was tested positive three days ago and passed away at a private hospital. 

The woman from Jokatte was reportedly suffering from tuberculosis. On June 26, she was admitted to a private hospital in the city, where she was tested coronavirus positive.

As per the district health bulletin on Saturday June 27 evening, a total of 12,919 samples have been sent for tests till date, out of which 12,198 have turned out negative, and 576 positive, including 10 persons from other districts. 

Out of these, 148 are currently active. As many as 416 persons have recovered and been discharged.

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February 1,2020

New Delhi, Feb 1: The budget is a little more demanding of the non-resident Indian. Firstly, to be categorized a non-resident, an Indian now has to stay abroad for 240 days, against 182 previously. In other words, an Indian national, to claim the non-resident status, can’t stay in India for 120 days or more in a year.

“We've made changes in Income Tax Act where if an Indian citizen stays out of the country for more than 182 days, he becomes non-resident,” said Revenue Secy Ajay Bhushan Pandey. “Now in order to become non-resident, he has to stay out of the country for 240 days.”

The second rule is more deadly: a non-resident Indian, who is not taxed in the foreign country, will become taxable in India.

“If any Indian citizen is not a resident of any country in the world, he'll be deemed to be a resident of India and his worldwide income will be taxed,” said Pandey.

"It's a very big disadvantage for Indians residing overseas only to save on tax,"  said Dinesh Kanabar of Dhruva Advisors. He expects that many Indians stay abroad in countries, where the income tax is low or nil such as Dubai. Now they will be taxed in India if they are in the income tax bracket.

For Indians, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman revised income tax rats and proposed new tax slabs.

The new income tax rates will, however, not allow exemptions under Section 80C. Home loan exemption, insurance exemptions, the standard deduction will also not stay under the regime.

"The new tax regime will be optional and the taxpayers will be given the choice to either remain in the old regime with exemptions and deductions or opt for the new reduced tax rate without those exemptions," Sitharaman said while unveiling Budget.

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Saturday, 1 Feb 2020

Good news NRIs vote for modi . 

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