Belthangady: D. Surendra Kumar, Annu Devadiga get Rajyotsava award
Belthangady, Nov 28: Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Education Institutions vice president D. Surendra Kumar and senior Nagaswara artiste Annu Devadiga got the Rajyotsava award, the list of which was announced by the government on Wednesday.
Surendra Kumar
Surendra Kumar who has been working as the vice president of the Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Education Institutions and Indian Jain Milan national president, was born in 1951. He has been working in various institutions of Dharmasthala including the trustee of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Scheme. He has also involved himself in various other social activities. He is the younger brother of Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade.
Annu Devadiga
Senior Nagaswara instrumentalist Annu Devadiga has dedicated his life for the art. Having education only up to 7th standard, he had started learning Nagaswara at the age of 9 from TN Govindaraj Pillai. Later, he had given various programmes in AIR and Doordarshan. In 2011, he was given Nrutya Academy award.
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Illegally stored gas cylinders seized
Thane (PTI): Authorities have seized illegally stored 1,839 gas cylinders and seven vehicles worth over Rs 67 lakh in the Dombivli MIDC area of Thane district, officials said on Saturday.
A special vigilance team of the Mumbai Rationing Department detected an illegal storage of domestic and commercial LPG cylinders in Phase-2 of Dombivli (East).
Cylinders belonging to multiple gas agencies were found stockpiled in closed vehicles, unauthorised warehouses, and open sheds without mandatory permissions from the Explosives Department, Fire Department, or oil companies, according to an official release.
