Bengaluru: Kannada and Culture Department Minister, CT Ravi on Monday announced that 64 people will be honored this year with the prestigious Rajyotsava Award for their services in various fields.

The awards will be given by Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa on November 1 in a ceremony at Banquet Hall of Karnataka Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.

The list of people who will receive the prestigious honor of the state can be found below.

Literature 

Dr Manjappa Shetty Masagali 

Prof B Rajashekarappa 

Chandrakanth Karadalli 

Dr Saraswathi Chimmalagi 

 

Theatre 

Parashuram Siddi 

Pal Sudarshan 

Hooli Shekhar 

N Shivalingaiah 

Dr H K Ramanath 

Bhargavi Narayan 

 

Music 

Chote Rahmath Khan 

Nagavalli Nagaraj 

Dr Muddu Mohan 

Srinivasa Udupa 

 

Folk Art

Neelgararu Doddagavibasappa 

Holabasaiah Dundaiah Sambalad 

Bheem singh Sakaram Rathod 

Usman Saab Khadar Saab 

Kotresha Chennabasappa Kotrappanavar 

K R Hosalayya

 

Sculpture 

V V Deshpande 

K Jnaneshwar 

 

Painting 

Ramesh Rao 

Mohan Sitanoor 

 

Sports 

Vishwanath 

Bhaskar Ganiga 

Chenada A Kuttappa 

Nandita Naganagoudar 

 

Yoga 

Srimathi Vanithakka 

Kumari Khushi 

 

Yakshagana 

Dr. Shridhara Bhandary 

 

Bayalata 

Y Mallappa Gavayi 

 

Films 

Shailashree 

 

TV 

Jayakumar Kodaganura 

 

Education

N R Gunjaal 

Prof T Shivanna 

Dr K Chidananda Gowda 

Dr. Gururaj Karajagi 

 

Miscellaneous

Dr Vijay Sankeshwar 

N T Shantha Gangadhar 

Dr Channaveera Shivacharya 

LT Gen BNBM Prasad 

Dr N Someshwar 

K Prakash Shetty 

 

Journalism 

B V Mallikarjunaiah 

 

Co-operation 

Ramesh Vaidya 

 

Social service 

S G Bharathi 

Kattige Channappa 

 

Agriculture 

B K Deva Rao 

Vishveshwar Sajjan 

 

Environment 

Saalumarada Veerachar 

Shivaji Chatrappa Kagnekar 

 

Organisations/groups 

Prabhat Art International 

Sri Patanjali Yoga Shikshana Samiti, Hanumanthapura 

 

Medicine

Dr Hanumantharaya Pandit 

Dr Anjanappa 

Dr Nagarathna 

Dr G T Subhash 

Dr Krishna Prasad

 

Judiciary 

Kumar N 

 

Expats 

Jayavanth Mannoli 

Gangadhar Bevinakoppa 

B G Mohandas 

 

Cottage industry 

Navaratna Indukumar 

 

Literary criticism 

K V Subramanyam

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Agra (UP) (PTI): Four people were arrested, after a prompt response by police following a social media alert, for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman and a girl inside a moving bus here, officials said on Tuesday.

According to an official police statement, at 12:27 am on April 27, information was received on the social media platform X about an incident of sexual assault on a bus travelling from Kanpur to Ahmedabad, which was approaching Namner crossing in Agra.

Acting under the direction of Police Commissioner Deepak Kumar, the Agra Police social media team immediately alerted the Rakabganj police station within minutes and coordinated with the victims to confirm the incident and obtain the exact location, it stated.

Police teams launched intensive checking at Namner crossing and intercepted the bus as it reached the spot. The four accused involved in the incident were apprehended on the spot, and legal action was initiated against them, the statement said.

The police said the swift response and coordination between the social media team and field units ensured timely action, bringing relief to the victims and other passengers, who expressed gratitude towards the police, it added.