The Rachana Awards instituted by the Catholic Chamber of Commerce and Industry were presented on four achievers at a glittering ceremony held at the Milagres Jubilee Auditorium here on Sunday.

Senior writer, thinker, and critic Ramzan Darga said that there would be no other great text in the world if the scriptures of Sufi saints of Karnataka were translated into English.

Mangaluru: Funds getting released for the North Karnataka districts is at a very low level, as the funds in the state budget are not being distributed equally. There is a need to form a new commission for the development of the North Karnataka, opined YSV Datta.

Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industries chairman Sudhakar S Shetty said that the FKCCI has introduced ‘Youth India’ scheme to ensure business opportunities for youth in the industrial sector and encourage them.

Food and Civil Supplies and Minorities and Wakf Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan said that land would be identified at Adyar on the outskirts of the city and Hajj Bhavan would be constructed shortly.

A grand procession depicting the culture and tradition of the land was taken out prior to the inauguration of the 15th edition of literary and cultural extravaganza ‘Alva’s Nudisiri’ organized by Alva’s Education Foundation, Moodbidri in Sundari Ananda Alva campus in Moodbidre.

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and former prime minister and JDS supremo HD Deve Gowda arrived in Mangaluru on Friday evening. They landed at the Mangaluru airport at 5.30 pm.

Kundapur: A cheetah fell into a trap laid by the Forest Department near the house of one Dayanand Hegde in Kalawar based on a complaint filed by the locals. The forest department has succeeded in capturing two leopards within a week from the same place.