Mangalore, January 1: As another year goes by, leaving with us many fond as well as disturbing memories, we take a look at some of the important events and incidents of the year 2011 in coastal Karnataka.
In January
Vishwa Hindu Parishad international general secretary Praveen Bhai Togadia delivers provocative speech at Hindu Samajotsava organized by Sri Hanumad Shakti Jagarana Samiti at Nehru Maidan.
In February
BJP candidate Shailaja Bhat is elected as the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat President and Dhanalakshmi Janardhan as the Vice President. They defeated the Congress candidates for the post by bagging 24 votes each.
Katpadi Shankar Poojary and Jyothi S Shetty elected as the President and Vice-President of Udupi Zilla Panchayat respectively.
Art of Living Founder Pandit Ravishankar Guruji’ visits Mangalore for the first time after the launch of Art of Living in Mangalore University in the year 1996.
Diocese of Mangalore with other Christian organisations stages a huge protest rally at Nehru Maidan to reject the Justice B K Somasekhara Commission of Inquiry (JBKSCOI) report and to urge the government to hand over the church attack cases of September 14 and 15, 2008 to the CBI.
Mayor Rajani Dugganna’s term ends and Praveen Kumar takes charge as the 14th Mayor of Mangalore City Corporation.
In March
Team Mangalore, the city based hobby group of kite flyers, attended the ‘Uiseong International Kite Fest’ from March 31 to Arpil 3 at Uiseong, South Korea.
In April
Controversial yoga exponent Baba Ramdev visits Mangalore to promote his yoga camps
MCC launches its ‘Civic Tiger,’ which creates huge debate in the city over the operations.
Then Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde lunches ‘Coastal Mirror’ monthly magazine in Mangalore
In May
Kerala based Matha Amritanandamayi visits Mangalore to launch ‘Clean Mangalore’ campaign as a part of her dream project ‘Amala Bharatam’.
Dr N S Channappa Gowda takes charge as the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada.
Condolence meet held to pay homage to Mangalore air crash victims on first anniversary.
Dr M T Reju takes charge as the Deputy Commissioner of Udupi district
In June
Then-chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and his predecessor H D Kumaraswamy swear before idol of Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara following the latter’s claim that the chief minister tried to ‘buy’ his silence over graft charges.
Double murder wherein mother and daughter done to death in Panjimogaru on the outskirts of Mangalore. The city police have failed to solve the case so far.
In July
Karnataka government announces withdrawal of the process of acquiring land for the II phase of MSEZ through gazette notification.
In August
Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda was accorded a rousing reception in M’lore on his first visit to home district after assuming office.
In September
Kasargod Chinna appointed as the Karnataka Konkani Academy President.
A boat from Mangalore capsizes off the coast of Kerala. 6 killed, 1 survived.
Mangalore Air Crash Victim’s Families Association decide to approach Supreme Court
Dr Harish Kumar takes charge as the Commissioner of Mangalore City Corporation.
In October
Police constable Mahadev Mane killed in a Naxal encounter. ANF intensifies combing operations in DK, Udupi, DGP announces Rs 10 lakh compensation, govt job to victim’s kin.
Two people were killed in blast at phase III of MRPL in Bala.
BJP veteran L K Advani’s Janchethana Yathra arrives in Mangalore.
In November
Miscreant attacks St Alphonsa church in Mangalore
Union Minister of State for Railways K H Muniyappa flags off the Mangalore-Palakkad intercity Express from Mangalore Central Railway station.
Serial killer Mohan Kumar’s trial begins in Mangalore.
Kukke Subramanya temple staff beat backward classes leader Shivaram for raising voice against Made Snana.
In December
Akshara Santha Harekala Hajabba inaugurates two-day Beary sammelana in Mangalore.
Umanath A Kotian takes charge as the new president of Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy.
Pratap Reddy takes charge as the Inspector General of Police (Western Range)
72nd All India Inter University Athletic Championship begins at Swaraj Maidan in Moodbidri.
Four students from Beary Institute of Technology (BIT), Mangalore, drown in Nethravati river at Inoli near Konaje.
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