Senior Journalist Ravish Kumar to receive first 'Gauri Lankesh Award'
The award will be given in a ceremony in Bengaluru on Sept 22
Bengaluru: Gauri Memorial Trust President H S Doreswamy and Secretary K L Ashok on Thursday told reporters that senior journalist and executive editor of NDTV India, Ravish Kumar will receive the first ‘Gauri Lankesh Award’ which will be given in a ceremony on September 22.
“Gauri Lankesh was a voice against the establishment and always supported development and investigative journalism. The award will recognise one such journalist,” K.L. Ashok, secretary of trust had earlier told reporters on Wednesday, a day before announcing the recipient of the award.
A selection committee comprising Siddharth Varadarajan, editor of TheWire.in, activist Teesta Setalvad, and academic Rahamat Tarikere finalised the award winner.
“Ravish Kumar upholds the democratic values and ethics of journalism in his coverage. At a time when the country is witnessing such hard times, especially the media industry, Ravish has been able to strive towards securing secular and democratic values. That is why the trust has decided to give the first Gauri Lankesh Award to him.” KL Ashok said on Thursday.
The national award that carries a purse of ₹1 lakh will be presented on September 22 in the city’s town hall. The event will be attended and addressed by Prof. Ganesh N Devy.
The announcement was made on a day that marks the second death anniversary of Gauri Lankesh who was shot dead outside her residence in Bengaluru on September 5, 2017.
Ashok while addressing reporters on Thursday demanded that the investigations should be completed at the earliest and the accused should be punished under strict law. He further added that the investigation so far indicates that the accused in Kalburgi murder case and Gauri Lankesh case were linked and belonged to Sanathana Sanstha.
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Over half a dozen passenger trains cancelled for three days due to elephant movements
Jamshedpur (PTI): Over half a dozen passenger trains will remain cancelled for three days from December 22 under the Chakradharpur division of South Eastern Railway due to the movement of elephants, a railway statement said on Sunday.
The Memu train services will remain cancelled between December 22 to 24, a South Eastern Railway statement said.
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Movement of a herd of elephants has been noticed near rail tracks between Chakradharpur (Jharkhand's Singhbhum)-Jharsuguda (Odisha) section of the division, especially Bandamuna during night, said Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, Chakradharpur division of S E Railway, Aditya Choudhary.
The train services are being slowed down, causing traffic congestion and subsequently delaying train movements, he said.
The trains which will remain cancelled due to elephant movements in the section include 68025/68026(Ckp-Rou-Ckp), 68043/68044 (Tata-Rou-Tata), 18175/18176(Hte-Jsg-Hte), 68029/68030 (Rou-Jsg-Rou), 58151/58152 (Brmp-Bxf-Brmp) PASS, 68125/68126 (Tata-Bbn-Tata) MEMU, 68019/68020 (Tata-Gua-Tata) Memu, 68010/68009/68006 (Ckp-Tata-Kgp-Ckp) Memu, it added.
