Vartha Bharati's Pushparaj B.N., Ibrahim Adkasthala selected for Press Club Annual Honour 2022
Mangaluru Press Club day, Award ceremony on March 5
Mangaluru: Pushparaj B.N., Mangaluru Bureau Chief of Vartha Bharati and Senior Correspondent Ibrahim Adkasthala are among the 10 senior journalists who will receive the Mangaluru Press Club Annual Honour for the year 2022.
The award ceremony will be held on March 5 at Kudla Kudru Paradise Island in Boloor, the program will begin at 10 am.
K. Sadashiva Shenoy, president of the Karnataka Madhyama Academy, will inaugurate the award ceremony and Annu Mangaluru, president of the Mangaluru Press Club, will preside over the event. Senior journalist K. Anand Shetty and general secretary of the Press Club Mohammad Arif Padubidri will be the chief guests for the ceremony.
Senior journalists Jinnappa Gowda, I. B. Sandeep Kumar, Vinoba K. T., Prakash Ilanthila, Pushparaj B. N., Stanley Pinto, Ramakrishna Bhat, Ramakrishna R., Ibrahim Adkasthala and B. Ravindra Shetty will be felicitated with the ‘Mangaluru Press Club Annual Honour 2022’.
Raviraj H. G., senior assistant director of the Department of Information and Public Relations, will honour the children of journalists with the talent awards. Cardiologist Dr. Padmanabha Kamath will hand the new ECG equipment to the journalists’ association.
Rajani Shetty, who is feeding and supporting stray animals in Beedadi, will be honoured with the Press Club Award by film actor and Big Boss show winner Roopesh Shetty.
Srinivasa Nayak, president of the Dakshina Kannada District Working Journalists’ Association; P. B. Harish Rai, member of the Indian Working Journalists’ Association; and Jagannath Shetty Bala, member of the Karnataka Madhyama Academy, will attend the program.
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Mangaluru–Muscat direct flight to resume from March 1: MP Brijesh Chowta
Mangaluru: The long-pending demand of passengers from Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and neighbouring Kerala, as well as Non-Resident Indians, has finally been addressed, with direct flight services between Mangaluru and Muscat set to resume from March 1, said MP Brijesh Chowta.
In a statement, he said a large number of people from the coastal region travel to Muscat for employment and business purposes, and there had been strong demand to restart the direct service. He said he had written to the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation requesting the resumption of the flight. Following this, Air India Express will operate the service.
As per the current schedule, the flight will operate twice a week, on Sundays and Tuesdays. The direct service is expected to reduce travel time and provide major relief to NRIs by enabling them to travel directly to their hometown.
The sudden suspension of the Mangaluru–Muscat direct flight had caused serious inconvenience to thousands of passengers from the coastal belt settled in Muscat. Those travelling to Mangaluru were forced to take connecting routes via Delhi, Mumbai or Kannur.
