Cops from DK, Udupi conferred Prez medals

January 27, 2012

Managalor, January 27: T R Puttaswame Gowda, Circle Police Inspector, Karkala Circle and K Rajesh, APC -169, DAR, Udupi have bagged the President's Police Medal for Gallantry.

In a grand ceremony President Pratibha Patil conferred the medals to the police officers on the occasion of Republic Day - 2012.

The President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service were conferred on - R H Auradkar, Secretary to Government, (PCAS), Home Department, Alok Mohan, IGP (Western Range), Mangalore (currently ADGP), N R Chandiram Singh, SP, STF, and P S Gachinakatti, ACP, Devanahalli Sub-Division, Bangalore City.

Following officers have bagged the Police Medal for Meritorious Service: B K Singh, (DIG & Director, S & V , BMTC, Bangalore), N Shivaprasad, (SP State Intelligence, Bangalore), S B Bisnalli, SP, Ramanagar District, M B Naidu, (SP & PRO, Police Head Quarters, Bangalore), B S Marturkar, (Additional SP, Bidar District), Muniratnam Naidu, (ACP, JC Nagar Sub-division, Bangalore City), S N Gangadhar (ACP, Malleswaram Sub-division, Bangalore City), Vishwanath, DySP, Excise & Lottery, Mangalore), V M Jyothi, (DySP, Bidar Sub-division, Bidar), A K Suresh, (ACP, Narasimraja Sub-division, Mysore City), H Veerabhadre Gowda, (ACP, Banashankarai Sub-division, Bangalore City), B S Angadi, (PI, Siddapur Police Station, Bangalore City), Vithal Das Pai, (PI, Railway Police Station, Mangalore), N A Ramesh Kumar, (PI, State Intelligence, Bangalore), Arun R Naik, (PI, IGP Office, Northern Range, Belgaum), M Pasha, (CPI, East Circle, Raichur), N Mahadev, (ASI, K R Pura Police Station, Bangalore City), M S Nataraju, (ASI, Town Police Station, Hassan) and C R Honnaiah, Magadi Road Police Station, Bangalore City.

Home Guards

Five officers of Home Guards have bagged President's Medal for Distinguished Service and President's Medal for Meritorious Service on the occasion of Republic Day-2012:

Mariswamy, Commandant, Home Guards Kolar district and A Suresh, Deputy Commandant, Home Guards, Mandya district have bagged the President's Medal for Distinguished Service.

K M Suresh, Commandant, Home Guards, Hassan district; Sadananda A K Senior Platoon Commander, Udupi; and K Ravindra Kumar Sainik, Commandant, Home Guards and CD Academy Bangalore, have bagged President's Medal for Meritorious Service.

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From malls to highways, Kannada signboards to be enforced in Dakshina Kannada

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February 4,2026

Mangaluru: Urban local bodies and gram panchayats should make the use of Kannada on signboards mandatory while issuing trade licences to commercial establishments, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Darshan HV said. He also called for regular inspections to ensure compliance.

Presiding over the District Kannada Awareness Committee meeting at the deputy commissioner’s office, Darshan said the city corporation would be directed to ensure that shops operating in malls prominently display their names in Kannada. “All commercial establishments, including shops, companies, offices and hotels, must mandatorily display their names in Kannada on signboards,” he said.

The deputy commissioner added that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) would be instructed to include Kannada on signboards along national highways. Banks, he said, would be directed through committee meetings to provide application forms in Kannada.

“Even if English-medium schools and colleges impart education in English, their signboards must display the institution’s name in Kannada. Steps will also be taken to ensure that private buses display place names in Kannada,” Darshan said.

During the meeting, committee members raised concerns over the closure of Kannada-medium schools in rural areas due to a shortage of teachers and stressed the need for immediate corrective measures. They also pointed out that several industries employ workers from other states while overlooking local candidates.

Members further demanded that nationalised banks provide deposit and withdrawal slips in Kannada. It was brought to the deputy commissioner’s notice that the presence of staff without knowledge of Kannada in rural branches of nationalised banks is causing hardship to local customers.

Meanwhile, MP Srinath, president of the District Kannada Sahitya Parishat, urged the district administration to allot land for the construction of a district Kannada Bhavana in Mangaluru.

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