Five achievers from Catholic community conferred Rachana Awards-2018

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November 17, 2018

Mangaluru, Nov 17: Five achievers from the Catholic community were conferred the 'Rachana Awards 2018' at a glittering ceremony held at the Milagres Jubilee Hall in the city today.

The awardees are Faye D’Souza (Rachana Professional of the year), Ronald Castelino (Rachana Entrepreneur of the year), Lawrence Pinto (Rachana Agriculturist of the year), Aloysius Richard Lobo (Rachana NRI of the year) and Sr Maria Jyothi A C (Rachana Woman of the year).

The much-awaited event of the year was presided over by Bishop of the Mangalore Diocese, Dr Peter Paul Saldanha. Karnataka Circle chief postmaster general, IPS, Dr Charles Lobo was the chief guest.

Inaugurating the event, Dr Charles said, "Most of our youth goes to the Gulf when there is a huge need for the people of our community to be in the bureaucrat service here. Today's post office has everything. Its new e-commerce program will be the best in India very soon."

Speaking about his efforts to help the community, he said, "I have done my best to promote Konkani in my area and tried to bring special covers on different occasions, one even depicting the Monthi Fest," he added.

Appreciating Rachana's initiative of honouring achievers, he suggested conferring the award on handicapped Catholic businessmen and supporting all businessmen with the means to strengthen their ventures.

On the occasion, all the past presidents of Rachana were honoured and the newly ordained Bishop of Mangaluru Rev Dr Peter Paul Saldanha was felicitated.

In his presidential address, the Bishop said, "The Rachana award has become renowned in our community. Rachana promotes native talents. Winners never quit and quitters never win. The ones who have been awarded believed in their capacity and never quit. 'Hardwork' is how you spell success." He then appreciated the organisers for also selecting a agriculturist for the award.

All the award winners expressed their gratitude to Rachana for the recognition. Alwyn D'Sa compered the programme. President Stany Alvares welcomed the gathering. Award committee head John Monteiro briefed about the award and the awardees, Secretary of Rachana, Anil Vas delivered the vote of thanks.

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DK-Udupi local authorities' constituency by-poll: 4 candidates – Cong, BJP, SDPI, Ind – in fray

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October 8,2024

Mangaluru: The by-election to the legislative council from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi local authorities' constituency will be a contest among four candidates. An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.

Deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP stated that candidates Kishore BR (BJP), Raju Poojary (Congress), Anwar Sadat S (SDPI), and Dinakar Ullal (independent) will be in the fray.

Polling will be held at 392 booths in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between 8am and 4pm on Oct 21.

A total of 6,032 voters from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are eligible to vote. While there will be 234 polling booths in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi will have 158 stations. Gram panchayat members, corporators of the Mangaluru City Corporation, members of city municipal councils, town municipal councils, town panchayats, MLAs, MLCs, and Lok Sabha members are eligible to vote.

Election observer of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Pankaj Kumar Pandey, reviewed the poll preparations at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday. He issued directions to officials regarding arrangements to be made during the election and counting of votes.

The deputy commissioner stated that out of 6,032 voters, 3,127 are women and 2,905 are men. He said the counting of votes will be held at St Aloysius PU College in the city on Oct 24.

Udupi deputy commissioner Vidya Kumari K, city police commissioner Anupam Agrawal, Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Anandh K, Dakshina Kannada SP Yathish N, Udupi SP Arun K, and additional deputy commissioners Santhosh Kumar G and Mamatha Devi were present.

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