Mysore: Activists of a Kannada outfit threw black ink on Ram Rajasekharan, the director of Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), here on Thursday, for what they claimed was his “anti-Kannada” stand. As soon as Rajasekharan alighted from his car at Rani Bahadur auditorium around 9.55 am, a group of Kannada Rakshana Vedike (KRV) activists, […]
Bantwal : The teachers are visibly not pleased with the sixth standard Kannada text books. The text book has lessons on cinema stars and also mistakes while referring to some dramas. The text books have lessons on Jayamala, Kananda actress, P Sheshadri, film director and also a lesson on Gunasagari Pandaribai authored by Jayamala. The […]
Bangalore: State Minister for Kannada and Culture Govinda Karajola has regretted the fact that none of the 11 universities in the state have completely utilized the Rs one crore grant sanctioned by the government to each of them for Kannada promotional works. The minister was speaking at the Anupama Award presentation ceremony held at the […]
Mangalore: The editor of a Women’s Kannada monthly ‘Anupama’ a magazine published here is selected for an award in journalism for Visvesvaraya Engineering Foundation Trust this year, for her regular Concern for common female populace, on its 21st anniversary. M. Shahnaz, the winner, would be presented the sectional award on March, at Kalakshetra auditorium in […]
Mangalore: A singing, acting, story-telling session in Kannada, to mark the 50th programmed of such collective activity to save and develop Kannada, by Dakshina Kannada district children’s Literary Forum, is arranged at Sharada Vidyalaya in Kodialbail in city-heart as on Dec 31, the last day of 2011, at 10 AM. Resource person Savitri S. Rao, […]
Udupi: A national workshop on ‘Coastal Kannada Dialects’ organised by Central Institute of Indian Languages of Mysore, with Central HRD ministry, and RG Pai Research Centre for Southern regional languages, disclose that there were several dialects of Kannada quite varying, on west coast in Kanara district, with changes in grammar and even words. These dialects […]
Bangalore: Popularly known as G. Narayana(88), the eminent writer, thinker and Kannada administrator passed away on Sunday, leaving wife and 3 sons here. He was a fighter for Karnataka state formation, and established district units of KSP as its chief. He promoted the first folklore University in the world in Karnataka. He Governed Kannada Development […]
Udupi: Dr. V.S. Acharya, a senior state minister hoisted the flag and took the salute at Ajjarkad on Tuesday morning, as the district people organised 56th Rajyotsava celebrations in great splendour. The new district Headquarters complex would be duly completed by December end to be inaugurated by CM DVS Gowda. Infrastructural facilities will be raised […]
New Delhi: the former minister and present MP from JD-S, Cheluvarayaswamy made a speech in Kannada for the first time in several years in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, Aug.3. He attracted members’ notice by speaking on a resolution about Price Rise and economic inflation. It may be noted that in 1967, (late CM) JH Patel […]
Mangalore: The 20th year celebration of ‘Madhu Taranga’ known for promoting young singers around Mangalore was inaugurated by DKCC leader B.Janardhana Poojary who praised it as a popular music group. Jagdish Shivpur, otherwise known as junior Rajkumar in singing for his likeness to the legendary actor in kannada, had built up the team, which held […]
