"MECHVALAAM "  Nelson's Debut in Konkanni Album World!

Nelson Lewis, Brahmavar, the well-known singer Carol Beats fame released his first Konkanni album named MECHVALAM on the occasion of Easter in front of the jam packed crowd at the Nirmala High School ground. Nelson went into the history as the second one from Udupi district to produce a Konkanni music album, first one being Mr. Wilson Olivera of Padukone who incidentally was the chief guest for the occasion. Mrs. Elizabeth and Mr. Alexander Lewis , parents of Nelson and the inspiration for him were present at the stage along with Fr. Joel Pinto, Mr. Mark Lewis and other dignitaries. The album was released by Fr. Joel Pereira.

A cultural extravaganza that followed the release of the album left the audience spellbound with lots of music, dances and jokes skits. Some of the songs from the album were sung by Baby Eden and Manisha. Mr. Wison Olivera also joined the artists by rendering his melodious voice to a song.

The  lyrics for the songs from the album are written by Mr. Loy castelino Kallianpur and Vidya Manisha, Edin, Laila, Loy, Anil, Vinay, Senek and D. Alwyn joined Nelson with the melodies.

For CDs and cassettes please contact Carol Beats Brahmavar. Phone 0091-820-2562566.

-Marina Gonsalves, Barkur

William Pinto expired in accident

April 10: A lorry plying from Kundapur towards here hit one William Pinto (69), who was standing near the bus stand at Mabukala at 7-30 am on Saturday. Seriously injured, he was rushed to the Ajjarkad hospital, where he succumbed to injuries by noon.

Hilary Pinto, son of the deceased, has filed a complaint against the lorry driver with the police here.

No dissidence in Congress in Brahmavar: Sorake

BRAHMAVAR, APRIL 12: Vinaykumar Sorake, former MP, has said that the Congress has been freed of the problem of dissidence in the Brahmavar Assembly Constituency. He told presspersons here on Saturday that local leaders of Brahmavar, including the former President of the Udupi Zilla Panchayat, B. Bhujanga Shetty, and B.N. Shankar Poojary, a member of the zilla panchayat, who had filed their papers to contest the election as rebels, had opted out of the race. They had agreed to support the candidature of PramodMadhwaraj, who had been given the Congress ticket to contest from Brahmavar.

The former MP said the party had held workers' convention at the gram panchayat and zilla panchayat constituency level. Emphasis was being given to door-to-door canvassing. The party workers had been told to propagate the achievements of the Krishna government

and to highlight the "failures" of the BJP-led-NDA Government, he said. `People seeking change' Speaking on the occasion, the Congress candidate for Brahmavar Assembly Constituency, Pramod Madhwaraj, said the people of the constituency were seeking a change after a gap of 10 years, and wanted to vote the Congress to power. He told presspersons that development works had come to a standstill at Brahmavar. Only a Congress MLA could expedite development. If elected, he would give importance to construction of roads and bridges, and take steps to commission more water projects.

When asked about his mother and former Minister, Manorama Madhwaraj, contesting as the BJP candidate from the Udupi Lok Sabha Constituency, Mr. Madhwaraj said he respected his mother. But politics were about principles. He had never believed in the principles espoused by the BJP. The cooperative leader, Sarala Kanchan, and Mark Lewis and Janardhan Tonse, party leaders, were present.

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Barkur Rathothsava

Illuminated Panchalingeshwara Temple at the occassion Barkur Rathotsava

The decorated Ratha and Thattirayas at Car Street  on 29th March.

Fotos: Vishwas , Barkur

Udupi: Sorake, Manorama file papers in Udupi 

The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates in the Udupi Lok Sabha Constituency filed their nomination papers on Monday. Also, nine candidates — one each from the Congress and the Janata Dal (United), three from the BJP, and two each from the Kannada Nadu and the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) — filed their papers for contesting in the Assembly constituencies in the district.

Vinaykumar Sorake, Congress candidate in the Udupi Lok Sabha Constituency, submitted his papers to the Deputy Commissioner, S.R. Umashankar, who is the Returning Officer. The Minister for Transport, Ramanath Rai; the District Congress Committee President, M.A. Gafoor; the former MLA, Gopal Poojary; and the zilla panchayat President, U. Vanajakshi, accompanied him.

Sorake, who is from Puttur in Dakshina Kannada district, snatched the seat from the BJP by defeating its candidate, I.M. Jayaram Shetty, by over 30,000 votes in 1999. Shetty won here in 1998.

The former Minister, Manorama Madhwaraj, is the BJP candidate now. V.S. Acharya, MLC; and the Vice-President of State unit of BJP, A.G. Kodgi, accompanied her. Ms. Madhwaraj had been in the Congress for three decades and was Minister in the various Congress governments for over 15 years. Till recently, she was the chairperson of the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation. She joined the BJP a few months ago. She is trying her luck in the Lok Sabha election for the first time.

The Minister of State for Ports and Fisheries and district in-charge, Vasanth V. Salian, filed his nomination papers as the Congress candidate in the Kaup Assembly Constituency. He had won here four times in a row.

K. Raghupati Bhat, President of the BJP district unit, filed his nomination papers for contesting in the Udupi Assembly Constituency. Kota Srinivas Poojary, General Secretary of the unit, submitted his papers as the BJP candidate in the Brahmavar Assembly Constituency. He was defeated here in the 1999 election. K. Sudhakar Shetty filed his papers as the Kannada Nadu candidate in the Brahmavar Assembly Constituency. I.M. Jayaram Shetty, General Secretary of the Janata Dal (U), submitted his nomination papers as the party candidate in the Byndoor Assembly constituency. Narasimha Billava filed his nomination papers in the constituency as the Kannada Nadu candidate. Sunil Kumar filed his nomination papers from the BJP in the Karkala Assembly Constituency.

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Jayaprakash Hegde file nomination papers. 

As many as seven persons  three each from the Congress and the BJP and an independent  filed their nomination papers for the Assembly elections in Udupi district on Friday.

The former MLA from Udupi, U R Sabhapathy, filed his nomination papers for the Udupi Assembly Constituency on the Congress ticket at the Taluk Office. He submitted two sets of nomination papers to the Election Officer. Sabhapathy, who won as the candidate of the Karnataka Congress Party floated by the former Chief Minister, S Bangarappa, in 1994, later joined the Congress. He contested as a candidate of the Congress from the Udupi Assembly Constituency in 1999 and retained the seat.

Gopal Poojary, former MLA from Byndoor, filed his nomination papers as a candidate of the Congress for the Byndoor Assembly constituency. He filed his nomination papers at the Kundapur Taluk Office.

The former president of the district unit of the BJP, Lakshminarayana, filed his nomination papers as the BJP candidate for the Byndoor Assembly Constituency at the Kundapur Taluk Office.

The former MLA from Kundapur, Halady Srinivas Shetty, filed his nomination papers on the BJP ticket for the Kundapur Assembly Constituency.

The former Minister and the former MLA from Brahmavar, K Jayaprakash Hegde, filed his nomination papers for the Brahmavar Assembly Constituency as an independent candidate. He was taken in a procession from Brahmavar. He filed his nomination papers at the Taluk Office in Udupi. The former MLC, M C Nanaiah, was with him. Hegde won from Brahmavar in 1994 as a candidate of the Janata Dal, and as an independent candidate in 1999. Hegde was the Minister of State for Ports and Fisheries in the J H Patel Government.