Dakshina Kannada to host Karavali Utsav from Dec 19 to Jan 4
Mangaluru: This year’s Karavali Utsav has been scheduled from December 19 to January 4, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Darshan H announced on Monday.
He was speaking after chairing the preliminary meeting held at the DC office to plan the annual festival. He said the focus this year will be on programmes that draw public participation, with a mix of cultural, visual art, adventure and nature-based activities. Officials have been asked to prepare accordingly.
The festival will feature beach events, Kala Parba, Chitrasanthe, and a fruit-and-flower exhibition. The district administration is planning special activities across major beaches. Sports will be an important part of the festival, particularly beach football and volleyball.
Events will be spread across the Lalbagh Karavali Utsav Grounds, Kadri Park and multiple beaches. A bike, car and dog show has also been planned. Some of the festival activities may be held at Pilikula as well, the DC said.
As part of the festival, the administration is also exploring the possibility of allowing the public to visit ships at the New Mangalore Port and view Coast Guard vessels, based on permission from the concerned authorities.
Deputy Commissioner Darshan H was joined by DCP Mithun HN, Mangaluru Revenue Sub-Division Officer Meenakshi Arya and other officials.
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
