Moodbidri: Four people attending wedding ceremony die of drowning in Shambhavi river
Moodbidri: In a tragic incident reported from Moodbidri on Tuesday, four people including a woman drowned in Shambhavi River under Paladka Gram Panchayath here.
According to the reports, the four people had come here to attend a wedding ceremony on Tuesday.
The deceased have been identified as Nikhil (18), Harshita (20) of Vamanjoor. Subhash (19) and Ravi (30) of Bajpe. The bodies of Harshita and another person have been recovered while the search operation for locating and recovering the dead bodies is underway.
The four people went swimming in the river on Tuesday evening when the incident took place.
Moodbidri police, fire fighting teams, and other officials are on the spot overlooking the search operation.
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Sculptor Ram Sutar, designer of Statue of Unity, passes away
New Delhi (PTI): Noted sculptor Ram Sutar, known for designing the world's tallest statue — Statue of Unity — in Gujarat, passed away late on Wednesday night at his Noida residence, his son said.
He was 100 and ailing with age-related illnesses.
"It is with profound grief that we inform you of the passing of my father Shri Ram Vanji Sutar on 17th December midnight at our residence," his son Anil Sutar said in a note shared with the press on Thursday.
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Born in a humble family in Gondur village under the Dhule district of present-day Maharashtra on February 19, 1925, Sutar is known to have been drawn to sculpting from his childhood.
A gold medallist from JJ School of Art and Architecture, Mumbai, Sutar, has to his credit a long list of achievements.
The iconic statues of Mahatma Gandhi seated in a meditating pose and of Chhatrapati Shivaji riding a horse on the Parliament premises rank among his finest creations.
The Statue of Unity honours Sardar Patel, country's first deputy prime minister and home minister.
Sutar was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016.
Recently, Sutar was conferred with the Maharashtra Bhushan Puraskar, the state's highest award.
