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Carol Singing held in
On the Christmas Day for the first in the history of U.A.E. a Konkanni Mass will be celebrated at St. Joseph's Cathedral -Abu Dhabi at 5 p.m. - a rare honour for all Konkanni speaking people of Abu Dhabi.
News : Our Abu Dhabi Correspondent
Conference of Catholic Colleges from today
Bangalore,
December 20:
The Conference of Catholic Colleges of Karnataka (CCCK) will organise a
two-day State-level conclave on "Envisioning the future" on
December 21 and 22 at Christ College here. Disclosing this to media
persons here on Thursday, Sebastian, Principal of the college, said a
workshop on autonomy would be held on the first day of the conclave and a
symposium on "Educational rights of the minorities" on the
concluding day. The workshop would discuss the impact, implications, and
outcomes of autonomy.
Thimmappa, Vice-chancellor of Bangalore University, would inaugurate the
workshop. D. Victor, Director, Academy for Quality Excellence in Higher
Education, Chennai, would participate. The symposium would focus on the
ramifications of the Supreme Court judgment relating to the scope and
meaning of the right of minorities to run educational institutions. The
Minister for Higher Education, G. Parameshwar, would inaugurate it. Kapil
Sibal, MP, would deliver the keynote address. Mr. Sebastian said 30
delegates were expected to participate in the workshop, and 100 in the
symposium.
Seminar on contributions of Konkanis on Dec 22
Mangalore, December 20: A seminar on the topic 'Contribution of Konkani people to Karnataka' and distribution of prizes for this year's best Konkani books will be held at Dongarakeri Canara Girls High School auditorium here on December 22, according to Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy president Rev. Alexander D’Souza.
Water supply scheme for rural areas
Udupi,
December 20:
Vinaya Kumar Sorake, Udupi MP, has said that 10 rural areas and as many
rural schools in Udupi Lok Sabha Constituency have been recommended for
inclusion of the Swajaladhara Drinking Water Scheme of the Union Government.
In a press release, Sorake said he had urged the Union Minister for Rural
Development, Shanthakumar, to immediately sanction water projects for these
places and schools. The scheme aimed at community-based and participatory
water supply in rural areas. The Centre bore 90 per cent of the cost, and
the grama panchayaths and the schools, the rest.
The release said the rural areas recommended were Shiroor, Uppunda, Gangolli,
Siddhapura, Uppur, Kodi, Udyavar, Ma nipur, Padubidri, and Kaup. The
schools were
Christian
Assn. plans to protect tenant's interest
Mangalore,
December 20: Indian Christian Service Association president P. B.
D'Sa said here that the association was formulating an action plan to
protect the interests of the tenants living on lands owned by Christian
Missionaries.
Addressing a press conference, D'Sa said that they have already initiated
steps to obtain freehold right for its members. He said negotiations were
going on with concerned landlords to settle the issue mutually. He alleged
that after the introduction of the new Rent Act, many landlords had started
demanding exorbitant rent and some had served eviction notice against a
number of tenants who were not only compelled to pay huge amount of money as
bribe but also had to suffe r unnecessary delay in official works.
He said that the association had submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister S.
M. Krishna requesting for steps to simplify the conversion process. He also
declared that they would be organising an agitation if their demands were
not met. Replying to the queries he said the association had enrolled
many non-Christians tenants as its members and would help all.
Court Complex to come up in Udupi
Mangalore,
December 20: Mattar Rathnakar Hegde, president of the Udupi Bar
Association, said that the District Court Complex would be built in the city
at an estimated cost of Rs. 2.5 crore. He told reporters here that
administrative sanction had been obtained for the complex and a sum of Rs.
75 lakh released for the work. The Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, N.
K. Jain would lay the foundation stone for the court complex on Saturday.
The Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, D. B. Chandre Gowda, would
preside over the function. A V. Srinivas Reddy, Karnataka High Court Judge
and Administrative Judge of Udupi, P. Vishwanath Shetty, High Court Judge
and District In-charge and Ports and Fi sheries Minister Vasanth V Salian,
would be the chief guests. Diwakar Shetty, secretary of the association, was
present.
KCCI demands separate railway division
Mangalore,
December 20: Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has
demanded creation of a separate railway division with Mangalore as
headquarters and the same to be included in the newly formed southwestern
zone at Hubli. In a memorandum submitted to Southern Railway General
Manager V. Anand, KCCI has made out a strong case for creation of the
Mangalore division and its inclusion in the new South Western Zone
headquartered in Hubli in the nest interest of coastal region.
KCCI said the new arrangement would help growth if the region economically
and would provide a big boost to commercial and industrial activities. KCCI
president Giridhar Prabhu said after t he creation of the Konkan Railway,
which connected all the coastal cities from
Another important demand of the KCCI was expansion of the Mangalore-Panambur
rail line from Thokur to Kudremukh Iron and Steel Company (KISCO) to
transport the world class pig iron produced at KISCO to
Pramod Madhwaraj quits posts
Udupi,
December 20: Pramod Madhwaraj, secretary of the National
Fishworkers Fourm, resigned as president of South Kanara Mogaveera Mahajana
Sangha, the Coastal Karnataka Fishermen Action Committee, and the Mogaveera
Vyavasthapaka Mandali, Mumbai. In a press release here, Madhwaraj
attributed his resignation from the posts to personal reasons. However, he
would continue as a member of the Governing Committee of the three
organisations.
He thanked the
Rs. 31 crore Luxury train in Karnataka
Teachers' co-op society opens in Brahmawar
Udupi,
December 20: The Mangalore Teachers' Co-operative Credit Society
Ltd opened its branch in Brahmawar, Udupi district, on Saturday.
Society President Krishna Naik and directors told reporters in Udupi that
the ever since inception, Society has been registering growth with support
from the teaching fraternity. The Society has Rs. 7.25 crore in deposits and
more than Rs. 2 crore in share capital account. Teachers from primary
schools to colleges and professional institutions can become members of the
Society, which offers various types of loan facility to its members.
The Society office-bearers said they have chosen Brahmawar as the new branch
since that town and nearby places play ho st to many educational
institutions and expected "good support" from teachers. The
president said the Mangalore office has already been computerised and the
Brahmawar branch will follow suit soon. The Society is planning more
branches in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts.
Door-to-door garbage collection in Bangalore City
Once the system stabilises, the BCC will remove community bins in two
months, BCC Special Commissioner I. S. N. Prasad said. After covering
BCC health wards, the system will be extended to private health wards.
Once the new private contracts are approved by the government, 100 per cent
door-to-door garbage collection will be made mandatory. "We are not in
a hurry to make
At potential garbage collection points, the BCC will replace the ugly cement
bins with small, stylish bins that do not look shoddy. In nonresidential
areas, small litterbins will be placed at various points for collection of
only dry garbage. The strategy: three rounds of cleaning every day;
pourakarmikas collect garbage from households in the mornings; make another
round after
Touching the heart of the poor
The two children Sachin (9) and Megha (8) from rural Karnataka were admitted
to the Heart Centre to undergo surgery. They are among the 15 selected by
the hospital from a mini camp conducted at Dharwad recently. Both Megha from
Dharwad and Sachin from Ramdurga had a condition known as artial septal
defect (ASD) and needed a closure of the hole. Megha's father has a small
store at Hubli, which does not yield much income, and Sachin's father is a
small - time businessman.
Dr. S. S. Ramesh, Chief Cardiologist, BMJ Heart Centre, said both these
children had a problem commonly called a hole in the heart, which resulted
in the mixing of red oxygenated blood with blue deoxygenated blood. It was a
potentially fatal condition because they could never lead normal lives and
faced the risk of early death, he added. Mr. Ravishankar Bhooplapur,
Chairman, Gift of Life,
Mr. Bhooplapur said since its inception in 1975, Gift of Life had flown more
than 2,500 children to the US from several nations for sophisticated
open-heart surgery--from Europe, the Carribean, South and Central America,
Africa, Asia and within US. Till now, Heart Care Foundation has funded
19 cardiac operations, costing about Rs. 25 lakh. The most recent one was an
eight-hour major cardiac surgery costing Rs. 3 lakh on a 46-year old man
from Chintamani of Ko lar district.
Dara Singh's mother honoured
New Delhi, December 20:
In an apparent endorsement of Dara Singh, prime accused in the killing of
the Australian missionary, Graham Staines, and his two children, the VHP
president, Vishnu Hari Dalmia, honoured his mother and gave her Rs. 25,000
at a function here on Wednesday. Raj Rani, mother of Singh, who is
behind bars after surrendering to police, his brother Arvind Kumar and
Mukesh Jain, president of the Dharmarakshak Shri Dara Sena, were honoured at
a function organised to celebrate the birthday of the former MP and VHP
leader, B. L. Sharma `Prem.'