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`Muslims neglected'

Belgaum: Belgaum city and district units of the Indian Union of Muslim League (IUML) have alleged that the JD(S)-BJP coalition Government led by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy had neglected Muslims during the Rajyotsava celebrations. In a press release here on Saturday, IUML district unit vice-president M.M. Pachapuri said Muslims had been participating in golden jubilee celebrations with great enthusiasm. But the Government had not selected even a single person from the community for the Rajyotsava Award. — Staff Correspondent

Cancer detection

Belgaum: The Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Pathology of KLES Hospital will organise a free Gynaec cancer screening (pap smear) camp at the hospital premises on the occasion of World Pap Smear Day on November 7. Women aged above 30 can attend the camp, according to a press release issued here on Saturday. — Staff Correspondent

Science exhibition

BELGAUM: SCIFAIR, a science exhibition aimed at building scientific temperament among schoolchildren, will be organised by Rotary Club of Belgaum at Mahila Vidyalaya on College Road in the city next week. According to Satish Dhamankar, "Rotary Candyman Sci-fair 2006", a three-day event, would give an opportunity to schoolchildren to display and hone their skills in science, mathematics, quiz, elocution, and science parliament. Interested schools should send entries signed by their principals. — Staff Correspondent

Institution lauded

SHIMOGA: Minister for Higher Education D.H. Shankaramurthy said here on Friday that the Manasa Education Foundation for Mental Health was eligible for the deemed university status. Inaugurating "Vinodini", a postgraduate mental health centre, he lauded the initiative taken by psychiatrist K.A. Ashok Pai and his wife Rajani Pai in promoting mental health. Vice-Chancellor of Kuvempu University B.S. Sheregar said the university would have a tie-up with the foundation to conduct mental health classes through Doordarshan. — Special Correspondent

Kodava cultural fete

Madikeri: The Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy here will organise a Kodava cultural evening and release Kodava cassettes at Cauvery Kalakshetra at 6 p.m. on November 6. Kodava singers from all over the district will participate in the event, president of the academy Ulliada Dotty Poovaiah said in a statement here on Saturday. — Staff Correspondent

Speed Post articles, passports missing

Udupi: A bag containing Speed Post articles and passports meant for Udupi is missing, according to a complaint lodged by the Department of Posts with the Udupi Town Police station here on Friday. In his complaint, the Assistant Superintendent of Posts, Mangalore, K.R.N. Murthy said three bags of the Postal Department were sent from Bangalore to Udupi by a KSRTC bus on October 11. But the conductor of the bus handed over two bags to the postal staff at Udupi and one bag containing 63 Speed Post articles, 17 passports and others was missing. The police have registered a case. — Staff Correspondent

Guru Nanak birth anniversary

Bidar: Devotees from across the country will converge on the Gurudwara Guru Nanak Jhira in Bidar on Sunday to celebrate the 537th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak. The celebrations in Bidar have a special significance as the faithful believe the founder of the faith visited this city on his way to Sri Lanka in 1512. Bidar also has a sacred place in Sikh history as Bhai Saheb Singh, one of the Panj Pyare, the five holy warriors of the faith, was born here in 1662. He died fighting a holy war in Chamkaur in 1704. — Staff Correspondent,

Air Deccan offers tickets at Rs. 9

Bangalore: To mark 50 years of Karnataka's formation, Air Deccan is offering one lakh tickets at Rs. 9 plus taxes. These tickets can be used for travel across all sectors up to March 25, 2007. Bookings will open on Sunday morning. The budget airline is launching flights between Bangalore and Hampi, from November 15, Managing Director G.R. Gopinath said here. For bookings log onto www.airdeccan.net or use the call centre 39008888. — Special Correspondent

Protest

Davanagere: Activists of the Karnataka Hitarakshana Vedike staged a protest in front of cinema houses screening non-Kannada films. They asked people watching movies to go out and later removed posters of non-Kannada films. They urged owners of cinemas to screen

Kannada films. — Staff Correspondent

Conference

Raichur: A two-day 16th general conference of the Insurance Employees' Union of Raichur division will be held here from Sunday. Amanulla Khan, joint secretary of the All India Insurance Employees' Union, will inaugurate it, according to a release here on Saturday by union secretary J. Suresh. He said the conference would discuss the prevailing socio-economic and political situation in the country and the State. It would urge the Union Government to implement the pro-people policies in the Common Minimum Programme, he said. — Staff Correspondent

Two die of snake-bite

Raichur: Udayakumar (12), son of Eranna, was bitten by a snake while he was asleep at his house in Amareshwara Camp of Manvi taluk on Friday. He died while being shifted to a hospital. The Manvi police have registered a case. Ashok (6), son of Yenkappa, was bitten by a snake on a field in the limits of Toralbenchi village of Manvi taluk on Friday. He died at the government hospital in Lingsugur. The Manvi police have registered a case. — Staff Correspondent

Killed in accident

Raichur: Aziza, wife of Sheik Khaja Hussain, died after she sustained serious injuries in an accident on Friday. The autorickshaw in which she was travelling with her husband had overturned and fallen into a ditch on Yapaldinni-Raichur Road near here. She died at the Rajiv Gandhi Super-speciality Hospital. The Raichur Rural police have registered a case. — Staff Correspondent

Succumbs to burns

Raichur: Naseema Banu (28), wife of Mohammed Shahid Pasha, who was admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Super-speciality Hospital with severe burns a month back, died on Friday. Police said the woman sustained burns while she was trying to light a kerosene lamp at her house in Hutti village on October 5. She was admitted to the Hutti Gold Mines Company Hospital and later shifted to the super-speciality hospital. The Hutti police are investigating. — Staff Correspondent

Celebrated

Bidar: Students of the Parvati Primary School in Rajeshwar in Basavakalyan taluk celebrated Tulasi Kalyan festival by planting saplings in their houses on Friday. Students took out a rally to create awareness about environment protection and the need to preserve forests.

Forest officials distributed over 500 saplings to students. Shailendra Kavadi, president of Humnabad-based NGO Parisara Vahini, asked the villagers to plant more saplings and preserve the existing ones. — Staff Correspondent

RPI support

MYSORE: The State unit of Republican Party of India (RPI) has decided to support the former Deputy Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah in the bypoll to Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency. RPI's Karnataka unit president M. Venkataswamy said his party was supporting Mr. Siddaramaiah as he represented secular forces. — Staff Correspondent

Yoga camp

MYSORE: Brahma Sree Narayana Guru Yogamandira Trust will hold a 21-day free yoga camp for men, women and children above the age of eight on its premises in Nimishamba Nagar here from November 10, according to a statement.

Details can be obtained on Ph: 2462934 or mobile phone 94496-96998.

— Staff Correspondent

Mass marriage

MYSORE: The Akhila Karnataka H.D. Kumaraswamy Fans Association will hold a mass marriage programme in February. Registrations can be made by calling mobile phone numbers 9342111788/9342125734 before February 5. — Staff Correspondent

Health varsity releases results

Bangalore: The Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences has released the examination results of first year BAMS (OS, RS and RS2 batches). Details such as marks secured in each subject, class obtained, result and names of colleges are available on the website www.rguhs.ac.in. — Special Correspondent

Moroccan Minister visits BEML

Bangalore: Rachid Talbi Alami, Minister for Economic and Social Affairs, Morocco, visited the Bangalore complex of Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. (BEML) on Saturday. BEML plans to open a branch in Morocco as it supplies mining equipment to Moroccan companies. BEML expects to achieve an export turnover of Rs. 100 crore and total sales turnover of Rs. 2,500 crore for the financial year 2006-07, according to a BEML press release. — Staff Reporter

Skill development programme

Bangalore: The Small Industries Service Institute will conduct a one-week skill development programme on soaps and detergents from November 13 to 17 at the institute. For details, call 23351581 or 23204018. — Staff Reporter

Northern districts neglected: Vaijnath

Bangalore: More than 65 per cent of all projects cleared in the State between April and August this year are to be located in Mysore and Bangalore districts, according to the former Minister Vaijnath Patil. He told presspersons here on Friday that seven northern districts had not got a single project in this period. This was just one instance of how the Hyderabad Karnataka region continued to be neglected.

Denying reports that the Hyderabad Karnataka Horata Samiti had hoisted a separatist flag on November 1, Mr. Patil said the samiti had dropped the demand for a separate State after the setting up of the Nanjundappa committee. The samiti had only observed November 1 as a "black day" in protest against discrimination.

— Special Correspondent

Need to update curriculum stressed

BANGALORE: Minister for Higher Education D.H. Shankaramurthy has called upon business schools to update their curriculum to make students competitive in the changing global economy. He was presiding over the 10th convocation of the Institute of Finance and International Management (IFIM) here on Saturday.

In his convocation address the former ISRO Chairman K. Kasturirangan said that in the past five years 307 overseas companies had been acquired by Indian firms.

IFIM chairman V.B. Padode and IFIM director Vijayasarathy spoke about the achievements of the institute. — Special Correspondent

Two-day festival of humour

BANGALORE: Antharanga, a Bangalore-based amateur theatre troupe, will hold a two-day humour festival here on November 11 and 12. The festival is dedicated to the late K. Hirannaiah, renowned theatre personality, and the late K. Sunandamma, comedic writer.

Many humorists, including Master Hirannayya, Yamuna Murthy, M.S. Narasimhamurthy and Sudha Baragur, and writer of limericks H. Dundiraj will participate in the event at H.N. Kalakshetra, National College, Jayanagar. For details, contact Antharanga, 43/5, Akkare, Puttanna Road, Basavanagudi, Bangalore 560004 (phone 26671585 or 9880914509). — Staff Reporter

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