Aneesh Balan Get Surendran Nileshwaram Award

Kasaragod,jan.01: Aneesh Balan, Mangalore reporter of ‘Deshabhimani’ Malayalam daily has been awarded the prestigious ‘Surendran Nileshwaram Award’ for his excellence in reporting the problems and grievances of Malayalis living outside Kerala.

The Award, which carries cash Rs.10,001 and citation, was instituted by Surendran Memorial Committee to commemorate former Asianet reporter Late Surendran Nileshwaram. Jury comprising media critic Dr Sebastian Paul, Asianet senior co-ordinator Mangad Ratnakaran and Professor KP Jayarajan had selected Aneesh for the award.

Aneesh received the award from Kerala Assembly Speaker G Karthikeyan at the 10^th death anniversary of Surendran Nileshwaram held at Nileshwaram in Kasaragod district on December 22.

Aneesh, who has been working as the reporter of Deshabhimani in Mangalore for the past 10 years, is the son of Balakrishnan – Padmakshi couple from Chural in Mathil of Kannur district in Kerala. Aneesh announced that the cash prize of the award will go to Ms.Jisha Mathew, who is an endosulfan victim and also a cancer patient. Ironically this endosulfan victim was out of the list of Government of Kerala and jishas parents dont have a house of their own house.

Former MLC Octavia Albuquerque NO More

Mangalore:Former MLC Octavia Albuquerque passed away on Wednesday, March 9 in a private hospital in city.She was 92.Octavia Albuquerque was member of Karnataka legislative council from 1970 to 1972. She was member of Congress party. She was also a social worker and a fireband activist all her life. Octavia Albuquerque an ex- MLC , a Rajyotsava awardee, and Founder MBeing the daughter of a Deputy Collector and later through marriage she was the daughter-in-law of the late Felix Pai Albuquerque, the famous tile business magnate of Mangaluru, Smt Octavia got the exposure and opportunity to turn philanthropic dreams and desires into reality. Her husband the late Cyril Albuquerque too was a guiding force and encouragement to her in all her activities. Unfortunately he passed away when she was just 54 years old but yet she did not deter from her set goals of doing good to society.ember of Cheshire Home-. Octavia Albuquerque is an Institution by herself ! in Mangalore, Known to all

First man who landed in Mangalore Airport

First man who landed in Mangalore Airport. War hero Vonthibettu Prabhakar Hegde made the first-ever landing in Mangalore, 59 years ago. His passenger: India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru . He tells Rajul Hegde the airport is tricky but not unsafe. War hero and pioneering aviator Vonthibettu Prabhakar Hegde won’t forget December 25, 1951, for as long as he lives.On that day the retired wing commander, now a spry 84, then an air force flight lieutenant, flew India first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on the first-ever flight to Mangalore airport (then called Bajpe Aerodrome) on a DC-3 (Dakota).Talking about the maiden flight from his home in Bangalore, Wing Commander Hegde told us, “When I landed for the first time at Bajpe, they were just digging and levelling the hill to build the runway. So it was just a non-tarmac, level ground, there was no airport as such. But the DC-3 is a small aircraft and it was easy for me to land it.”On being asked Nehru’s observation or if he comm

Veteran freedom fighter B V Kakkilaya passed away

Mangalore, Jun 4: Veteran freedom fighter and well-known leader of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and former member of Parliament B V Kakkilaya passed away at 2 am on Monday June 4. He was 93. Kakkilaya was admitted to a private hospital on May 23 and was being treated for brain haemorrhage. He was on ventilator and his condition is said to have deteriorated two days ago. Born on April 11, 1919, Kakkilaya was the pioneer of the Karnataka unification movement. A prolific writer and scholar, BVK, as he was popularly known, was involved in several people’s movements since his early days and was instrumental in setting up the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) in Karnataka. He played an important role in bringing about land reforms in the state. Apart from being member of the Rajya Sabha in 1952-54, he was also a legislator in the Karnataka assembly from Bantwal in the 1970s. In the 1940s, he participated in the Quit India Movement and many other freedom struggle

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