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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December 2,2025

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Bengaluru: 'Nati koli saaru' (country chicken curry) considered one of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s favourites along with steaming hot idlis was on the breakfast menu at Deputy CM D K Shivakumar’s residence on Tuesday, according to official sources.

The spread also included 'nati koli' fry, vada and pongal, among other items, they said.

In an apparent show of unity, Siddaramaiah visited Shivakumar’s residence for breakfast, just days after the two leaders shared a meal amid a simmering power tussle in the state Congress.

Siddaramaiah drove to the Deputy CM’s residence in Sadashivanagar, where he was received by Shivakumar and his brother D K Suresh, who is a former Congress MP.

Suresh and Kunigal MLA H D Ranganath, a relative of Shivakumar, joined them for breakfast, which featured a mix of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes.

Speaking to reporters later, Siddaramaiah said Shivakumar had invited him during his visit to the CM’s residence for breakfast on Saturday.

Asked about the difference between the two meals, the chief minister said, "At his (Shivakumar’s) house it was non-veg, while at my house it was veg. He is a vegetarian, I am a non-vegetarian. I had not prepared non-veg. I told DK to get chicken from the village as you won’t get the original in Bengaluru."

Shivakumar said he had initially invited Siddaramaiah to his residence, but the CM had suggested visiting his place first and reciprocating later. "It was a vegetarian breakfast at the CM’s house on Saturday," he noted.

"Today, I invited him (the CM) to my house. He enjoyed the breakfast, which had his Mysuru taste," Shivakumar added. At this point, Siddaramaiah remarked that Shivakumar’s wife is also from Mysuru.

Saturday’s breakfast at Siddaramaiah’s official residence, held as part of efforts by the Congress high command to ease tensions in the leadership dispute between the two, reportedly included idlis and sambar, according to official sources.

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December 4,2025

Udupi: A 40-year-old NRI from Udupi has reportedly lost more than Rs 12.25 lakh in an online investment scam operated through Telegram.

According to a complaint filed at the CEN police station, Leo Jerome Mendonsa, who has been working in Dubai for the past 15 years in computer accessories sales, maintains NRI accounts in Karkala and Nitte.

On November 12, 2025, Mendonsa was added to a Telegram group called Instaflow Earnings by unknown individuals. Users identified as Priya and Dipannita persuaded him to invest in “Revenue Tasks.” Initially, Mendonsa transferred Rs 1,100 multiple times and received the promised returns, encouraging him to continue.

On November 14, another user, Nishmitha Shetty, directed him to register on a website, digitvisionuoce.cc, and invest Rs 4 lakh in various shares. Over the next few days, he made multiple transfers totaling Rs 12,25,000, including Rs 50,000 via Google Pay, believing the scheme was legitimate.

After receiving the money, the alleged handlers stopped responding, and neither the invested amount nor the promised profits were returned.

The CEN police have registered a case under Sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act and Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and investigations are ongoing.

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December 3,2025

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Mangaluru, Dec 3: A group of Congress workers gathered at the Mangaluru International Airport on Wednesday to welcome AICC general secretary K C Venugopal, but the reception quickly turned into a display of support for Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar.

Venugopal arrived in the city to participate in the centenary commemoration of the historic dialogue between Mahatma Gandhi and Narayana Guru. The event, organised by the Sivagiri Mutt, Varkala, in association with the Mangalore University Sri Narayana Guru Study Chair, is being held on the university’s Konaje campus.

KPCC general secretary Mithun Rai and several party workers had assembled at the airport to receive Venugopal. However, the moment he stepped out, workers began raising slogans backing Shivakumar.

The university programme will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

This show of support comes just a day after Siddaramaiah remarked that Shivakumar would lead the government “when the high command decides.” The chief minister made the comment after a breakfast meeting at Shivakumar’s residence—another public display of camaraderie between the two leaders amid ongoing attempts by the party high command to downplay their leadership rivalry.

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