Tulu Paterga Tulu Oripaga’s 7th anniversary ‘Gauji Gammat’ in Dubai

Shodhan Prasad

March 18, 2019

Dubai: ‘Tulu Paterga Tulu Oripaga Dubai’ celebrated its 7th year’s ‘Gauji Gammat’ program ‘Gobbuleda Lace’ in a grand manner on Friday the 15th March, 2019 at Zabeel Park in Dubai.

Organiser Shobitha Prem Jeet welcomed the guests in Tulu Nadu traditional way with jaggery and water. Well known businessman Prabhakar Shetty inaugurated the sports activities by writing in Tulu script, "Tulu Paterga Tulu Oripaga and Gauji Gammatt 2019. Later Prabhakar requested everybody to take active interest in learning the Tulu Script and explore this to all our Tuluvas so that we can save our mother tongue for the future.

The main guests include Nama Tuluveru Dubai's Chief Ajmal, Mogaveers Balkrishna Salian, Tulunada Rakshana Vedike’s, Dubai President Ashok Bailoor, Billavas Dubai's Satish Poojary, Karnataka Sangha, Dubai, President Anand Bailur, BiruverKudla Dubai's Suresh Poojary and Tulu Film Actress Navyata Rai who participated and congratulated the organiserson the event.

Various types of Tulu sports viz., Kabbadi, Lagori, Tug of war, Bicycle wheel racing, Movie quiz game etc., were played in four teams ‘Kudla, Udupi, Barkoor and Kasaragod’. The Sports activities were ably conducted by Noel Almeida and Amar Nantur. All the teams played sportingly, especially the topics of marriage, school, farm, fair were mind blowing. Supriya Shetty conducted games for women and children. Every one enjoyed all the games thoroughly.

Even though there were slight rain drizzling throughout; there were more than 300 members sportingly taking part in all the activities and enjoying the gloomy weather.

Laterone of the well-known couple Anand Salian and Usha Anand Salian along with social worker Noel Almeida were felicitated and bestowed with ‘Appe Bashe Tulava Tudar’ title.

Sumptuous buffet lunch with some of the special savory from Tulu Nadu, Kukkuda Chutney, Kadaley Balyar, Nungel Nang fried, Padengisolaipayasa were all served in traditional disposable leaf trays. In the evening tea was served with Pova.

All those contributed to the success of the programme were honoured with mementos and the winners were also honored with an Award, Certificate and Medal.

Presence of active membersof various teams, SatishUllal, Satish Poojary, Kaviraj Kunder, Manoj Kulal, ShobitaPremJeet, Ashwini Satish, Deepak Sanil, Premshree, BhaskarAnchan, PurandaraKulal, Pavan Shetty, Naveen Sarapadi, RavindraPoojary, Suraj, Pratik Ullal and Gurudut Belchada collectively resulted in success of the program.

Ritu Anchan Kulshekara the General Secretary of ‘Tulu Paterga Tulu Oripaga’ conducted the programme, read out the achievements of the Group and rendered the vote of thanks.

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Death toll in northeast Delhi violence rises to 20

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February 26,2020

New Delhi, Feb 26: The death toll in northeast Delhi communal violence over the amended citizenship law rose to 20 on Wednesday, according to GTB Hospital authorities.

On Tuesday, the death toll was 13.

"The death toll has risen to 20 today," Medical Superintendent of GTB Hospital, Sunil Kumar, told PTI.

Earlier, at least four bodies were brought to the Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital from the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, a senior official said.

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Karnataka imitates Kerala, to home deliver groceries to anganwadi students

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March 14,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 14: Following the footsteps of the neighbouring state Kerala, the state government has decided to deliver groceries to the mid-day meal scheme beneficiaries at the anganwadis.

The state govt has also declared one-week holiday for anganwadis, as a precautionary measure to control the spread of COVID-19 among children.

The respective district administrations have been directed to take necessary steps to ensure that the groceries are delivered to the students’ homes as well.

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Police issue warning amidst lockdown in Mangaluru; impact in Udupi too

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March 23,2020

Mangaluru/Udupi, Mar 23: The coastal district of Dakshina Kannada including the city of Mangaluru today refused to return to normalcy from yesterday’s Janata Curfew, as the government imposed lockdown in the district till the month end to contain the Covid-19 caused by the deadly novel coronavirus.

The lockdown coupled with the prohibitory orders under Section 144 has forced all the commercial establishments barring few to remain closed in the district.

The police started issuing stern warning to the people through loudspeakers against venturing out of their homes unnecessarily. People are allowed to move only in case of any emergency or basic needs.

The police warning came after a few people started ignoring the lockdown and ban orders. A few private buses also were seen plying on the roads in the morning.

Under the proibitory orders, the district administration banned from venturing out of their homes except in case of emergency or extreme necessity. All public programmes including religious ceremonies, cultural programmes also are banned. All shops, commercial establishments, workshops and godowns with other unessential goods are supposed to remain closed. Bus service, both government and private, are to suspended. Mass prayers and religious ceremonies are not allowed in temples, mosques and churches. Beaches and other tourist spots are closed.

Udupi

The lockdown in 9 districts of Karnataka has forced many private buses in Udupi to stay off the roads for second day on Monday. Some buses plying between Udupi to Kundapur have resumed service a day after Janata Curfew, with very minimum occupancy.

Due to lockdown in Dakshina Kannada, all services operating from Mangaluru to Udupi, Manipal, and Kundapur have been suspended till the month end. Buses on Karkala-Udupi route have also stopped their operations.