Veteran Konkani writer Gratian Pius D’Silva, 66, passes away
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February 23, 2021
Mangaluru, Feb 23: Veteran Konkani writer Gratian Pius D’Silva who was popular as Herolpius, passed away Monday night.
He was 67 and survived by his wife and two children.
He was a former Immigration Director of Mangaluru International Airport. Gratian had authored 10 novels, 170 short stories and about 200 poems. He had to his credit over 300 articles and 1200 humorous write-ups.
Gratian was the recipient of several awards including Goa Bhasha Mandal, Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy and Konkani Kutam Bahrain and Daiji Dubai Awards.
His four decades of assiduous and constant work makes him the ‘hidden giant’ of Konkani literature. He is one among the rare breed of Konkani writers whose work has been found worthwhile for translation into Kannada and Hindi languages.
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The broad gauge line of Talaguppa-Birur section of Mysuru Division of South Western Railway was inspected by SWR General Manager A.K. Singh on Friday.
A release said the focus of the annual inspection was on the operational safety of the section. Major and minor stations including Talaguppa, Sagara Jambagaru, Arsalu, Shivamogga Town, and Birur were inspected after which there as a review of the performance of the Division.
The team inspected sanitation, water supply, waiting rooms, refreshment rooms, retiring rooms, booking offices, Running Room, Route Relay Interlocking cabins, crew lobby etc at the railway stations besides railway quarters.
Officials of RPF post at a mock fire drill at Cuttack station.
BHUBANESWAR: At 11.30am on Sunday, an incident of fire was reported in Route Relay Interlocking (RRI) building of Cuttack railway station. Officials of RPF post, Cuttack, immediately reached the spot with available fire buckets and fire extinguishers to douse the fire.
The RPF team immediately informed to the fire brigade, ambulance services, government railway police (GRP) and station manager, Cuttack about the incident. Around 10 railway employees working inside the RRI building were confined and isolated. RPF personnel cordoned the area with rope and barricade till arrival of the fire brigade.