Mysore Round Table-21 (MRT-21) and Mysore Ladies Circle-9 (MLC-9) will be felicitating deserving Police Constables at its 41st annual event ‘Knights in Khaki’ today at 4 pm at the Durbar Hall of Hotel Regaalis in city.
Eight Constables from Mysore City and District serving in Crime, Traffic, Law and Order, Women’s Police Wing branches will be felicitated during the event.
Police Commissioner K.L. Sudheer and Superintendent of Police R.Dileep will be present as the chief guests. Tr. Vineet Parekh, National President, Round Table India (RTI); Tr. Harish Shenoy, Vice-President, RTI; Tr. Manoj Mehra, Chairman, Area 6; Cr. Namratha Shenoy, National Secretary, Ladies Circle India (LCI) and Cr. Kajol Bhatia, Chairperson, Area 6, LCI, will be the guests of honour.
‘Knights in Khaki’ honours the unsung heroes — the Police Constables who do the real legwork in the Police Force and receive very little in terms of recognition. The awardees will be presented with a rolling shield, a memento, a certificate and gifts donated by the sponsors.
MRT-21: For over 30 years, Mysore Round Table 21 has offered support to schools in and around Mysore and has built much-needed classrooms and other infrastructural necessities at K.R. Nagar and in Mysore. Freedom Through Education (FTE) is the national project of Round Table India to build classrooms in rural areas. Mysore Ladies Circle-9 are the wives of MRT-21 members. Ladies Circle India has adopted “Knights in Khaki” at national-level. For details, contact Convenor Tr. Manish Raj on Mob: 9980943616.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / May 18th, 2013
The semi finals and finals of ‘YayaInd-YaMayaya’, the first All India Konkanidance contest will be held at Kalaangann, Shaktinagar in the city on May 18 and 19.
The top two winners in group and duet category from seven audition centres of Mumbai, Goa, Bangalore, Honnavar, Kasaragod, Udupi and Mangalore will be competition in the semi finals. Winners in the finals will be awarded prizes worth over Rs five lakh. In addition, they will also be honoured with trophies and certificates.
The contest has been jointly organised by four leading Konkani organisations – Jagotik Konkani Songhotton, Mandd Sobhann, Konkani Prachar Sanchalan and Nach Sobhann. The main objective of organising the programme is to promote Konkani dance form to raise the huge resources required to fund their activities at the regional, national and international level, said organising committee convenor Eric Ozario.
“In accordance with the spiriti of the contest, many non-Konkani people also have qualified to compete in the semi finals. The semi finals and finals, which is a free show, will begin at 6.30pm. The grand awards ceremony will unfold at 8.30pm on May 19,” he said.
Industrialists Ronald Colaco and MLA JR Lobo will be the guests, he added.
source: http://www.articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / Home> City> Mangalore / by Vinobha KT , TNN / May 16th, 2013
Jnanayogasharma’s Siddeshwara Swamiji releasing writer K.C. Shivappa’s five poetry collections at a function organised at Shivaratri Rajendra Bhavan in JSS Hospital premises here last evening. Others seen are Suttur Mutt’s Sri Shivaratri Deshikendra Swamiji, litterateur Dejagow, Dr. N.S. Taranath, Prof. Maleyur Guruswamy, Publisher D.N. Lokappa and K.C. Shivappa.
Mysore :
Bijapur Jnanayogashrama’s Sri Siddeshwara Swamiji released writer K.C. Shivappa’s five poetry collections (Chitta Bhitti, Chitta Vruthi, Chitrambara, Chanbelaku and Chidananda), brought out by Samvahana Prakashana, at a function organised at Shivaratri Rajendra Bhavan in JSS hospital premises in city last evening.
Speaking on the occasion, Siddeshwara Swamiji, likening life to that of continuous travel, said Kannada is a rich and prosperous language, with many scholars contributing their mite for the enrichment of the language.
Regretting that the number of Kannada readers was on the decline, the Swamiji called upon the people to read books and to decipher the richness and beauty of Kannada literature.
Suttur Mutt Seer Sri Shivaratri Deshikendra Swamiji graced the occasion. Litterateur Dejagow, Dr. N.S. Taranath, Prof. Maleyur Guruswamy, Publisher D.N. Lokappa, author K.C. Shivappa and others were present.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / May 16th, 2013
INTRICATE: The paintings inside the tomb of Sufi saint Syed Shaha Qhabululla Husayni, at the dargah of Sufi saint Khwaja Bandanawaz Geusdaraz in Gulbarga. / Photo: Arun Kulkarni / The Hindu
600-year-old artwork used natural dyes
Intricate paintings done over 600 years ago inside the tomb of Sufi saint Syed Shaha Qhabululla Husayni, at the dargah of Sufi saint Khwaja Bandanawaz Geusdaraz, could soon be replaced with glasswork.
Artist and scholar Rehman Patel, who brought to light the work going on inside the tomb, described as “shocking” the dargah authorities’ decision to replace the paintings made of natural dyes with “cheap glasswork”. The next generation would be deprived of the priceless artwork, he said.
Dr. Patel, who forte is the Surpur form of miniature paintings, said here on Monday that the paintings were in the old Persian style, popularly known as Deccani art. They were done by artistes from Iran, who decorated the walls and the domed ceiling.
The tomb was constructed in the 14th century by Bahamani kings Firuz Shah Bahamani and Ahmed Shah Al Wali, he added.
Dr. Patel, who has applied to the Ministry of Culture to undertake a study on Islamic art of north Karnataka, said the paintings had been replaced by glass in half of the tomb when he visited two days ago.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Gulbarga – May 21st, 2013
The buses are cost-efficient, like other battery-powered vehicles | EPS
Come July and BMTC commuters from Shantinagar depot can look forward to travelling in Bangalore’s first battery-powered bus.
With rising fuel costs and increasing pollution, the BMTC is getting into an agreement with a private company, Utopia Automation and Control, for a three-month field trial of the bus, named K-9. If K-9, which costs an estimated `2 crore after a 40 per cent subsidy, can handle Bangalore’s speed breakers and pot-holes, the BMTC will work out the purchase details.
“Our buses, on an average, travel about 220 kms across the city. If the bus cannot meet this requirement, commuters could be stranded and we want to avoid this,” BMTC managing director Anjum Parvez told Express.
Currently operational in China and manufactured by BYD Auto Co Ltd, the K-9 is said to be able to travel up to 250 km after charging the battery for about 3-6 hours. It is air-conditioned and has a seating capacity of 33+1, and can reach speeds of up to 90 km per hour.
“In three months, we hope to get an idea about the quality of the bus, its capability to cope with the traffic and whether the operational cost of the bus is worth the investment,” said Parvez.
With over 5,000 K-9 buses plying in countries such as Australia, the Netherlands and the USA, Vishwas Shetty, director, Utopia Automation and Control, is confident that their buses will pass Bangalore’s test.
“We had to make a couple of changes to the bus to ensure that it was able to operate on Indian roads — for instance the ground clearance had to be increased to comfortably go over speed-breakers. Before the bus is brought to India, it has to be cleared by the Automobile Research Institute of India. This usually takes about two months. But the tests should be cleared by the end of May,” he said.
Shetty said a complete charge of the bus requires about 400kW of electricity. “A readymade kit is available, which will be installed at the Shantinagar depot. It takes about two days,” he said.
Shetty said the buses are cost-efficient, like other battery-powered vehicles. “Operation costs are very low — about Rs 4 per km. For a Volvo A/C bus, this is `18 per km. Apart from charging the bus and changing tyres, there are hardly any other maintenance costs. It does not even require oil,” he points out.
source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Cities> Bangalore / by Merlin Francis – Bangalore / March 16th, 2013
DELIGHTED BUNCH: The Karnataka team which won the 64th Rangaswamy Cup senior National hockey championship in Bangalore on Thursday. / Photo: G.P. Sampath Kumar / The Hindu
Karnataka rode on Deepak Beijawad’s insatiable appetite for penalty corners to capture the 64th senior National hockey championship here on Thursday.
Karnataka has won this Rangaswamy Cup (donated by The Hindu group in 1951) for the first time since the inaugural edition in 1928.
At the floodlit KSHA Stadium, Beijawad (who has converted eight penalty corners and one penalty stroke in this tournament) pulled the host through with a brace, after the teams were tied at 1-1 at half-time.
The captain’s first goal came three minutes into the second-half, with a thunderous flick at the left post. Twenty minutes later, another penalty corner was awarded to Karnataka. This time, Uttar Pradesh had a plan to counter Beijawad. Diwakar Ram was positioned to man the left post, but the ferocity of the shot saw the ball thud into goal off Ram’s stick.
Earlier, an electric run by K.R. Umesh brought Karnataka the lead. Off a pass from Bijju Yirkal, Umesh dribbled the ball from just inside the half-line all the way into the ‘D’. A quick halt, followed by a reverse-flick, flew past the Uttar Pradesh goalkeeper.
A goal of equal quality brought Uttar Pradesh level. From the edge of the box, Imran Khan lifted his head for just a moment to take stock of his position, and then came down hard with a powerful hit.
The Beijawad show then began, and it was curtains for Uttar Pradesh.
In the 3rd-place play-off match, an instinctive goal by Victo Singh took Mumbai past Punjab in a match which was decided in a penalty shootout.
The Karnataka team received Rs. 1 lakh from L.T. Nanwani, the owner of World Series Hockey team Chennai Cheetahs, and R.K. Shetty, the IHF Chairman. The runner-up was awarded Rs. 50,000 by the same duo (in an individual capacity). The winner also received Rs. 1 lakh from the KSHA, who wished to honour the team for clinching this prestigious trophy for the first time in its history. A further Rs. 25,000 was presented to the team by KSHA office-bearer, N.S. Basavaraj.
3rd place play-off: Mumbai 2 (Upendra Pillay, Vikram Singh) bt Punjab 2 (Sanjeev Kumar 2) (Extra-time score: 0-0, Mumbai won in penalty shootout).
Individual prizes: Best goalkeeper: Sudhir Dixit (Mumbai), Best defender: Deepak Beijawad (Karnataka), Best half-back: Y. Nagasrinu (Karnataka), Best forward: Satwinder Singh (Punjab),Top goal-scorer: Victo Singh (Mumbai, 12 goals), Player of the championship: Diwakar Ram (Uttar Pradesh).
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Sport> Hockey / by Ashwin Achal / Bangalore – May 17th, 2013
Maradona’s former club will become the first Latin club to do this
Bangalore:
Club Atlético Boca Juniors, one of the premier football clubs in the world, Wednesday launched the first ever Boca Juniors Football School India (BJFSI) here.
Juniors, home to legendary football stars like Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, and more recently Carlos Tevez and Juan Roman Riquelme, will be the first Latin American football club to launch a football school in India. Boca Juniors is one of the most successful and popular football teams in Argentina, and one of the most successful in the world, having won 43 official titles to date. Internationally, the team has won 18 international titles.
Boca Juniors plans to take the BJFSI around the country with the first school being launched in Bengaluru. BJFSI will run the football school on an ongoing basis round the year and provide progressive training to the students through weekly classes following Boca Juniors methodology. All these classes would be administered by coaches from the Argentine club.
Additionally, there will be periodic football camps, customized school camps and Boca Juniors Chairman, Daniel Angelici was excited to bring the Argentinean style of football to India.
Angelici commented: “We are thrilled to bring BJSFI to India. Football is growing in popularity in India year by year and we strongly believe we can play a role in developing the sport. As a country, India not only has a wealth of young talented children who are extremely passionate about football, but a genuine desire to learn and apply new skills and knowledge.
“Our style of football is completely different to the rest of the world and we hope to pass this on to the young generation here. It needs to be positive, inclusive, structured and above all create a fun in safe learning environment in order to nurture young talent.
“Our style is more open and attacking, has flair and more entertaining to watch. The coaches in BJFSI will instill the same playing style to the students from an early age.
The first Summer Camp will be held June 10-14 at Ascendas ITPB Ground here for the aspiring footballers aged from 4 to 18. There will be an exclusive Corporate Camp for Parkites of Ascendas ITPB June 18 and 19.
Trainings for ongoing Football School will commence from July 13 at various centres in Bengaluru.
source: http://www.gulfnews.com / Gulf News / Home> Sport> Football / by IANS / May 15th, 2013
The national men hockey team’s core probables will start their training camp at the Netaji Subhas Southern Centre (NSSC), Bangalore on Thursday to prepare for the FIH World League Round 3 (Semi-Final) to be held at Rotterdam, Netherlands from June 13 to 23.
The camp will be on till June 4.
Indian men’s team performed well at the recently-concluded preparatory tour to The Netherlands, where it had defeated the national side twice and also played five games against top clubs of The Netherlands.
India qualified for the FIH World League Round 3 (Semi-Final) by winning all the matches of the Round 2 tournament held at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here in February.
The FIH World League Round 3 (Semi-Final) is a qualification tournament for the FIH Men’s World Cup 2014 to be held at The Hague, Netherlands.
Nagesh Panathale, Senior Photojournalist of Vijaya Karnataka newspaper here in city has won a gold medal in an international photography competition organised by Jodhana Photojournalist Society at Jodhpur in Rajasthan.
Nagesh Panathale has been awarded Gold Medal in Journalism category for his photo titled ‘Leopard Attack’ [see pic. above]. A total number of 8,164 photographers had participated in the competition from 50 countries around the world.
Previously, Nagesh had also won a gold medal in a competition organised by the same organisation in 2011.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / May 13th, 2013
Jude Felix, founder, Jude Felix Hockey Academy —R. Samuel.
Bengaluru:
Every morning at the crack of dawn, rain or shine, the children from St Mary’s Orphanage forget their woes and cares as they troop out onto the field brandishing their hockey sticks, feeling on top of the world. No matter what the world throws at them — and most of them have seen far too much — for 90 minutes every morning, their dreams seem within arm’s reach.
The children are coached by one of India’s most renowned hockey players, Arjuna awardee, Olympian, and former captain of the national hockey team, Jude Felix, founder of the Jude Felix Hockey Academy, a charitable trust that promotes hockey among underprivileged children.
Helping children had always been at the back of his mind, says Felix. “I didn’t have the money to do anything, but I wanted to teach them what I knew best.” The need to revive hockey among the youth was also growing — the sport’s glory was fading fast as cricket took over the streets of India.
It all fell into place through a chance remark four years ago. Felix, who wanted to sponsor a dinner at St Mary’s Orphanage on Christmas Day, told the then director, Father John Anthony that he would like to coach the children in hockey. “Father John loved the idea. It was nothing short of a miracle, really.”
A prominent group of philanthropists promised help and the academy spluttered to a start. But it didn’t last long. The group lost interest in the project and Felix was left in the lurch. “There was only one man who stood by me at the time,” said Felix. That man was Shanmugam P., who has worked with the underprivileged for 12 years. He helped the JFHA get back on its feet.
“We had no idea how to start a trust at the time, but we met some like-minded people who really played a big role,” said Shanmugam. “Jude was like a role model and mentor to us, we all looked up to him.”
Starting an academy was not the intention at the time. All they wanted to do was teach kids hockey, something they would never have had the chance to learn otherwise. The field adjoining Marianiketan School, where the children from the orphanage studied, was covered in rubbish, save for one small patch, where the practices began.
It took one month of gruelling hard work to level, clean and convert the field into one of the finest pitches in the city. The JFHA, which now has six trustees on its board, is fuelled entirely by goodwill. Volunteers donate water and juice during hockey matches, others donate banners and trophies. “We don’t take money, we just ask people to contribute in any way they can,” says Shanmugam.
Father John provided the budding team with a small kit room and friends helped collect equipment. Equipment was a tremendous challenge as it is expensive. Things looked bleak until JFHA received a contribution of a 100 hockey sticks from an anonymous donor.
“We still use those sticks and because of them, we have equipment for 200 children now,” said Shanmugam. Meanwhile, Felix’s old friends began to look him up as well. International hockey player Tushar Khandekar and his uncle Subodh donated 60 hockey sticks to the academy, which started out with about 40 children. “Manufacturers also stepped up because I had not collected royalties for using their equipment,” Felix said. “So our kids had the best shoes, the best hockey sticks and the best equipment by far.”
In time the school team started doing very well at tournaments and the boys got their first taste of victory. “We had two boys selected for the Sports Academy of India. One boy, Rajendra, represented the state in the sub junior level,” says Felix. Now, the children needed competition, to play against the best. “Our kids were never invited to the more prestigious hockey tournaments,” said Felix. That’s how the JFHA hockey tournament came into being two years ago.
Playing under floodlights, the children competed against teams from Singapore and a team from Ananthapur supported by the Spanish hockey team. “I have seen tournaments the world over and this is absolutely world class,” Felix says proudly.
Volunteers come in from the Community Involvement Programme in Singapore and twice a year from the Kelly School of Business to spend time with the children.
“The kids are so excited by the game and some of them are extremely skilful,” says Felix. Despite this, the discrimination they face is daunting. “They are smaller than the rest, and although that doesn’t matter, the bright people on our selection committee look for tall, athletic people, so our children lose out,” Felix added.
Even so, hockey is more than just a game to these children. “You can see the difference in the way they talk and carry themselves,” said Felix. He started out with a good thought and a small ambition, but has managed to create, even for a sport that has lost much of its popularity, a world class academy. “We don’t know what traumas these kids have seen, but sport is a miracle healer,” says Shanmugam.
source: http://www.deccanchronicle.com / Deccan Chronicle / Home> News> Current Affairs / by Darshan Ramdev, DC / May 13th, 2013
