Alva's Nudisiri from November 11

September 19, 2011

Mangalore, September 19: Alva's Education Foundation will organise this year's 'Alva's Nudisiri', a Kannada literary and cultural convention at Moodbidri for three days from November 11, chairman of the foundation M. Mohan Alva said in a release.

This will be the eighth annual convention which will be held at Vidyagiri.

The foundation had been organising the convention for the past seven years without accepting any grant from the government, he said.

Mr. Alva said that the foundation planned on organising pre-convention consultation meetings at select places in the State this year.

Those who wanted to take lead in organising such meetings could contact the foundation office.

He said the intention was to ensure that people from all districts in the State participated in the convention from this year. Mr. Alva said more youth should come forward to promote Kannada in the State by participating in such conventions.

Kannada could be promoted only if younger generation took interest in literary and cultural activities.

He said that the foundation would announce this year's theme of convention, details about literary sessions, guests who will attend, and cultural programmes in a few more days.

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‘Nothing for Karnataka’: DKS slams Union Budget, flags Bengaluru neglect

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Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday criticised the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, claiming it offered no tangible benefit to the state.

Though he said he was yet to study the budget in detail, Shivakumar asserted that Karnataka had gained little from it. “There is no benefit for our state from the central budget. I was observing it. They have now named a programme after Mahatma Gandhi, after repealing the MGNREGA Act that was named after him,” he said.

Speaking to reporters here, the Deputy Chief Minister demanded the restoration of MGNREGA, and made it clear that the newly enacted rural employment scheme — VB-G RAM G — which proposes a 60:40 fund-sharing formula between the Centre and the states, would not be implemented in Karnataka.

“I don’t see any major share for our state in this budget,” he added.

Shivakumar, who also holds charge of Bengaluru development, said there were high expectations for the city from the Union Budget. “The Prime Minister calls Bengaluru a ‘global city’, but what has the Centre done for it?” he asked.

He also drew attention to the problems faced by sugar factories, particularly those in the cooperative sector, alleging a lack of timely decisions and support from the central government.

Noting that the Centre has the authority to fix the minimum support price (MSP) for agricultural produce, Shivakumar said the Union government must take concrete steps to protect farmers’ interests.

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