Well-known Kannada poet K S Nisar Ahmad passes away
Bengaluru: Noted Kannada poet and Padma Shri awardee, K S Nissar Ahmed died on Sunday at the age of 84.
Known as "Nityotsava Kavi" (Nityotsava poet) Ahmed, passed away at his residence in the city, sources said. He was battling cancer and was hospitalised for some time, they said adding that his son too had died of the disease recently in the US.
Ahmed had become the household name through his Nityotsava poem "Jogada siri belakinalli...." which went on to become a popular song.
His works include Nityotsava, Sanje Aidara Male, Nenedavara Manadalli, Naanemba Parakeeya, Manasu Gandhi Bazaru, Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu among others.
Born at Devanahalli in Bengaluru rural, he was a post- graduate in Geology and worked as an Geologist.
He also worked as lecturer of Geology at Central College in Bengaluru, also in Chitradurga and at Sahyadri college in Shivamogga. He is a recipient of awards like Padma Shri, Rajyotsava, Pampa, Kannada Sahitaya Academy awards among several others.
He was the chair of 73rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held in Shivamogga, and had the pride of inaugurating the the 407th edition of Mysuru Dasara.
Condoling the death of Ahmed, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa termed it as an "irreparable loss" to the state and Kannada literary world.
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No stone pelter, terrorist will be released in J-K: Amit Shah
Nowshera (J-K) (PTI): Talking tough on terror, Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said no stone pelter or terrorist will be released in Jammu and Kashmir and there will be no talks with Pakistan till terrorism is wiped out.
At an election rally in Nowshera in support of J-K BJP president Ravinder Raina, the senior BJP leader said he would like to talk to the youth of Jammu and Kashmir, whom he referred to as "lions".
“They (NC-Congress alliance) want to release stone pelters and terrorists (after formation of their government as promised in their manifesto). Farooq Abdullah is talking about revival of terrorism in Jammu hills but I want to tell them that this is Modi government and we will bury terrorism in ‘patal’ (deep inside earth). No terrorist or stone pelter will be released,” he said.
Shah said the NC and Congress are batting for talks with Pakistan.
“I want to tell Farooq Abdullah and Rahul Gandhi that there will be no dialogue with Pakistan till terrorism is wiped out. I will talk with my lions (youth of J-K) and not with Pakistan.”
Referring to underground bunkers constructed by the government for the safety of border residents over the years, he said there will be no need for such structures as “nobody has the power to open fire” from across the border.
“If they fire a bullet, we will respond with a shell,” he said.
He also slammed the NC-Congress leaders' remarks on reservation, and said nobody will be allowed to touch reservation given to deprived sections, including Paharis, Gujjars, Dalits, other backward classes.
“Rahul Gandhi is saying in Amercia that there is no need for reservation. I want to tell him that you will not be allowed to finish reservation for the deserving communities,” he said.
