Basheer commemoration on Monday
The Hindu
A Vaikom Muhammed Basheer commemoration meet will be held on July 5 at 7 p.m. through the Kozhikode District Collector’s Facebook page. The meet is held on the 27th death anniversary of the renowned w
A Vaikom Muhammed Basheer commemoration meet will be held on July 5 at 7 p.m. through the Kozhikode District Collector’s Facebook page. The meet is held on the 27th death anniversary of the renowned writer. The programme is organised under the aegis of Nammal Beypore, a project envisaged by Beypore MLA and Tourism Minister P.A. Mohammed Riyas. Mayor Beena Philip will preside over the event in which poet K. Satchidanandan will deliver the keynote address. Writer and orator M.N. Karassery will deliver the Basheer commemoration lecture. Actors Mammootty and Manju Warrier will render voice to the works of Basheer on the occasion.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.