Bantwal: Veteran Talamaddale artiste Bare Keshava Bhat passes away at 84
Bantwal: Veteran Talamaddale and Yakshagana artiste Bare Keshava Bhat died of age-related health issues at his residence in Sannayabail, Ira village, on Saturday. He was 84 and is survived by his wife and two sons.
Bhat, who was born into a family of agriculturists in Bare of Kairangala village, Bantwal taluk, in 1941, received his schooling in Kairangala and Vitla before getting teacher’s training at a centre in Mangaluru. He worked as a teacher in Kairangala, Shirankallu and Adyanadka.
While he was popular as a teacher, Bhat is known to have contributed greatly to art and culture as he was also a writer, art event coordinator and critic. In addition, he was an amateur Yakshagana artiste, earning respect for his knowledge of the tales presented in the shows and the roles he performed. Bhat also presented several roles in the conversational art form of Talamaddale, with his contemporaries, juniors and the audience finding his slow style of developing a character unique and informative.
Post-superannuation as a teacher, Bhat worked with senior artiste Vasudeva Samaga’s team ‘Samyamam’ for several years, participating in the shows held in various places. He had also contributed greatly to the week-long Talamaddale show held by Udupi Yakshagana Kalaranga in multiple ways.
Bhat was honoured with the Perla Krishna Bhat Award by Yakshagana Kalaranga a decade ago.
President of Yakshagana Kalaranga M Gangadhara Rao and Secretary Murali Kadekar have expressed grief at the passing away of Keshav Bhat and offered condolences to the bereaved family.
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ED searches: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah accuses Centre of targeting Cong leaders
Chamarajanagara (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday accused the central government and its agencies of consistently targeting Congress members by using searches on their properties, and questioned why similar action is not taken against BJP leaders.
He was reacting to searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on Monday on several individuals, among them the sons of Karnataka Congress MLA N A Haris and the grandson of former Union Cabinet minister K Rahman Khan, in connection with a cryptocurrency-linked money laundering case.
"The central government always targets Congress leaders. Will they raid the houses of BJP leaders?" Siddaramaiah said in response to a question. More than a dozen premises in the city were searched as part of the operation carried out by the ED under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The premises searched comprised those of Mohammed Haris Nalapad and Omar Farook Nalapad, the sons of the MLA; Aqeeb Khan, the grandson of veteran Congress leader K Rahman Khan; and an alleged crypto hacker, Srikrishna Ramesh, alias Sriki, officials said.
The money laundering case stems from Karnataka Police FIRs and charge sheets filed in a 2017 case involving the hacking of national and international websites, theft of bitcoins, and the sale of these stolen virtual digital assets (VDAs) through crypto platforms by the alleged hacker Sriki and his associates.
Mohammed Haris Nalapad, Omar Farook Nalapad, and Aqeeb Khan are alleged to be beneficiaries of the proceeds of crime generated through this crypto-linked activity, officials added.
