Mangalore: Kodial Khabar, a Konkani fortnightly published from Mangalore, organized a variety cultural competition named “Konkani Galgalo’ at Town Hall on December 5, Wednesday, to mark its fifth anniversary.

 Basti Vaman Shenoy who inaugurated the competition wished every success to Kodial Khabar and said it was doing a commendable job in developing reading habit among Konkani speaking people. President of Konkani Sahitya Academy Kasargod Chinna was also present as a chief guest. He said Kodial Khabar was coming up with very useful write-ups and added this has made the fortnightly popular among Konkani speaking people.

Geetha C Kini was honoured on the occasion for her outstanding contributions to the society. Dayanand Pai, Chairman of Century Group, Bangalore, released a special issue of Kodial Khabar.

M Raghunath Shet, Venkatesh Baliga, Ratnaker Kudva, Ananth Pai and others were present.

As many as eight Konkani teams participated in the cultural contests and enthralled the audience.