St Aloysius College celebrates 25 years of women students

February 25, 2012

Mangalore, February 25: To commemorate the silver jubilee year of women's presence in St Aloysius College, the institution on Saturday organized a national-level seminar on 'Women as catalysts of change' at Eric Mathais Hall.

Delivering the key note address, Stanly K V, founder secretary and director of Odanadi (Mysore), said that the women are better decision makers than men, who according to him are aggressive by birth.

“Educated women are more capable of making better social and domestic decisions”, he added.

Speaking on the occasion, College principal Fr Swebert D'silva said: "The year 1986 was a path-breaking one in the history of the college. Being the silver jubilee year of the presence of the women students in the campus, we decided to organize seminar and other related sessions."

The themes short-listed for the seminar are 'Women as innovative entrepreneurs', 'Women and advocacy rights', 'Women and decision-making', and 'Women and NGOs', he said.

There was also an exhibition-cum-sale of artefacts made by self-help groups of women from the region.

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

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February 1,2026

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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