Mangaluru Journalist Vijay Kotian donates award money of PaGo Award to feed hungry
Mangaluru: The winner of the 2019 Pa Go (Padyana Gopalakrishna) Rural Correspondent Award conferred by Dakshina Kannada Working Journalist’s Association, Journalist Vijay Kotian set an example by donating the winning award money to the Karunya Scheme run by M. Friends Charitable Trust.
Vijay Kotian, who is a senior correspondent for the Vijay Karnataka Newspaper donated a sum of Rs. 5,001 of the Award money along with an additional amount of Rs 2,499, a total of Rs 7,500 to the Karunya Scheme, through the senior journalist Arif Padubidri, the secretary of M. Friends Charitable Trust during the Pa Go Award Presentation Ceremony, which was held at the Mangalore Press Club on 31st of December.
During the occasion, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Dr. Rajendra K.V, District Police Superintendent B.M Lakshmiprasad, DCP Vinay Gaonkar, D.K District’s Working Journalists Association’s President Srinivas Nayak Indaje, and several others were present.
Under the ‘Karunya Scheme’ developed by the M. Friends Charitable Trust, everyday dinner arrangements are made to feed the people accompanying the patients at the Wenlock Government Hospital in Mangalore. The daily expenditure for this cause amounts to Rs. 7,500 as per the Trust. Vijay Kotian took it upon himself to oversee a day’s feeding and thus donated the required amount at the award gathering.
Through their ‘Karunya Scheme’, M. Friends has been feeding the hungry for the last 3 years in the city.
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Priyanka Gandhi urges Nitin Gadkari to expedite road projects in Kerala's Wayanad
Wayanad/New Delhi (PTI): Congress MP from Wayanad Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said she met Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, seeking his intervention to expedite pending road infrastructure works in her constituency, including those aimed at addressing landslide issues at the Thamarassery pass.
Sharing photographs of the meeting on the social media platform 'X', Priyanka said Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, heard her concerns and sought updates from the relevant officials.
In her post, she expressed hope that the pressing issues she raised, which directly affect public safety and daily life, would receive the attention and urgency they deserve.
“Met respected Gadkari to raise issues concerning my constituency, Wayanad, and urged that pending works be expedited without further delay. He was kind enough to hear my concerns and get updates from the relevant officers,” she said.
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“I sincerely hope these pressing issues, which directly affect people’s safety and daily lives, will receive the attention and urgency they deserve,” she added.
A day earlier, Priyanka had sought an appointment with Gadkari in Parliament, saying she had been seeking an opportunity since June to discuss issues related to her constituency.
Responding to her request, the minister had said his doors were always open and that she could meet him at any time.
She subsequently met him at his office later the same day.
Met respected Shri @nitin_gadkari to raise issues concerning my constituency, Wayanad, and urged that pending works be expedited without further delay.
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) December 19, 2025
He was kind enough to hear my concerns and get an update from the relevant officers.
I sincerely hope these pressing issues… pic.twitter.com/UkxnXP6gxn
