'Weaves' handloom exhibition begins in city

November 29, 2012

Mangalore, November 29: It was a mixture of colours, prints and fabrics at the 'Weaves' exhibition organised by Revathi Creative Communications Ltd, at Moti Mantap here in Hotel Moti Mahal for a period of five days starting from Thursday.

Featuring fabrics and handlooms designs from 14 states including Karnataka, the exhibition promises to showcase traditional and ethnic attire from various parts of the country.

Several stalls displaying silks and cottons in rich colours from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Assam, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal and others, were a feast for the eyes. Each stall had its own special handloom woven fabrics and prints; such as Kota silk from Kota in Rajasthan, Benaras silk from Uttar Pradesh, hand-embroidered cottons from Kolkata, woollen shawls and coats from Kashmir, block prints from West Bengal, Bandhej from Gujarat and Kalamkari from Andhra Pradesh.

Director-Co-ordinator of Weaves, Madhuri Naidu said that the main social objective of the handloom exhibition was to promote weavers and encourage and provide a market to the handloom industry.

“The original handloom industry is slowing fading away, thanks to power looms and industrialisation. Weaves has conducted over 150 exhibitions from its inception in 2006 in 25 cities across India. Through these exhibitions, we have been able to create good market for the weavers and their handloom woven ware, even in places where exhibitions are not feasible. The speciality of fabrics and prints from each state is different from the other. Such is the variety of the fabrics and designs in the exhibition,” she said.

Along with sarees and dresses, there were bed covers, table covers and sofa covers on sale at the exhibition.

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Please do the exhibition in manipal or udupi

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Lokayukta to probe Siddaramaiah as special court orders filing of FIR in MUDA case

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September 25,2024

In a significant development, a special court tasked with handling cases against Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assemblies (MP/MLAs) has ordered that a First Information Report (FIR) be filed regarding the Muda case.

Additionally, the Karnataka Lokayukta, which is an anti-corruption body, has been tasked with investigating allegations against Siddaramaiah, who is reportedly involved in the case.

The court instructed the Lokayukta (an anti-corruption authority) to provide a report within three months. It also ordered the relevant authorities to file a First Information Report (FIR) regarding the case.

Judge Santhosh Gajanan Bhat issued the directive, compelling the Mysuru Lokayukta police to commence an investigation following a formal complaint lodged by Snehamayi Krishna.

The Karnataka Lokayukta in Mysuru is required to carry out the investigation under Section 156 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code, which mandates the registration of a First Information Report (FIR).

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BJP fields Kishore Kumar Puttur from DK-Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency

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October 1,2024

The BJP has selected Kishore Kumar Puttur as its candidate for the bypoll to Karnataka Legislative Council from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency. The by-election will be held on October 21.

Kishore Kumar is presently serving as the General Secretary of Dakshina Kannada BJP unit. He had served as vice president of State BJP Yuva Morcha from 2014 to 2016.

The by-election will be held to the seat vacated by Kota Srinivas Poojary of the BJP who has been elected as the Lok Sabha member from Udupi-Chikmagaluru Lok Sabha constituency. The vacancy was created on June 15, 2024 following Poojary’s resignation to the Council. His term in the council was till January, 2028.

In the last Council election held for the dual member constituency in December 2021, Poojary had secured 3,672 votes while the Congress candidate Manjunath Bhandary had secured 2079 votes. Poojary and Bhandary had secured required votes from the first preferential votes and had won the election.

There were several aspirants for the BJP ticket including former MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, DK BJP president Satish Kumpala, Mangaluru divisional in-charge Uday Kumar Shetty, former minister Pramod Madhwaraj and former Udupi district BJP president Kuilady Suresh Nayak.

The Congress is yet to announce its candidate for the election. KPCC working president Manjunath Bhandary in a recent press meet in Mangaluru had said that an opportunity will be given to congress leaders from Udupi district to contest by-election.

The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency has 6037 voters including 3551 from Dakshina Kannada comprising eight MLAs, one MP. The last date for filing nomination is October 3 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is October 7. The counting will be held on October 24.

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