Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations held across north Karnataka
The Hindu
Karnataka Rajyotsava was celebrated with joy across northern Karnataka on Wednesday. Cultural programmes, lectures, and sports events were held at various places. District in charge Ministers unfurled the national flag and addressed crowds. Rajyotsava celebrations were held in schools, colleges, offices, industries, and various associations across the region.
Kannada Rajyotsava was celebrated with joy across northern Karnataka on Wednesday. Cultural programmes, lectures, and sports events were held at various places. District in charge Ministers unfurled the national flag and addressed crowds. Rajyotsava celebrations were held in schools, colleges, offices, industries, and various associations across the region.
In Belagavi, PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi inaugurated the celebrations. He said that the State government had kept the promises it made to the people by implementing the guarantees. The other guarantee of Yuva Nidhi stipends to the youth will be implemented in a few months, he said.
He gave away district Rajyotsava awards to around 25 eminent persons from various walks of life. Among journalists, Pundalik Badiger, photojournalist who contributes to The Hindu, was also awarded. Senior journalists like Naushad Bijapur, Keerthana Kumari Kasargod, Chandrakant Sugandhi, Shridhar Kotargasti, Saleem Dharwadkar, Sunil Gawade, Yallappa Talwar, and news paper distributor Shivanand Wagodekar, were felicitated. Social worker Santosh Darekar and sports personality Sunita Dundappanavar were among the awardees.
M.B. Patil, district in charge Minister, inaugurated the celebrations in Vijayapura. He denied allegations that the demand for renaming of Vijayapura after Sri Basaveshwara was political. He said that he had demanded as the demand had come from some cultural organisations. He said the State government would declare Tikota as a drought-hit taluk in a few days. He said the State government had noticed the demand for a separate development board for Basavana Bagewadi, the birth place of Sri Basaveshwara. “We will consider it,” he said.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.
The 16th edition of Bhoomi Habba was held on June 8, at the Visthar campus. The festival drew a vibrant crowd who came together to celebrate eco-consciousness through a variety of engaging activities, creative workshops, panel discussions, interactive exhibits and performances, all centered around this year’s theme: “Save Water, Save Lives.”