DK district level Rajyotsava awards announced
Mangaluru, October 31: The district administration on Wednesday announced the district level Rajyotsava awards to the personalities and the organisations for 2018.
In the individual level, Kumar Pernaje (agriculture), Shekhar Bhandary (Literature), Bondala Sachidananda Shetty (Education), PM Hasanabba Moodabidri (Music), Dinakar Indaje(Journalism), Laxman Kundar (Journalism), Vidwan Shravan Ulala (Dance), Nagesh A(Sports), Master Mohammad Shamil Harshad (Sports), John Chandra(Fine Arts), Sadashiva Amin (Fine Arts), Chandra Shekhar Nabil(Social Work), Dr. I. Shashikanth Jain (Social Service and Yoga), Shankar B. Shetty Virar (Social Service), Kurnadu Shivanna Achar(Folk), Gopal Shibarur (Folk), Dr. Manorama Rao(Medicine), Dr. Dinesh Kadam(Medicine) were given the awards.
Organisations
Thekkil Rural Development Foundation Aranthodu Sullia (Social Service), Billava Seva Samaja Kankanady Garodi(Social Service), Mata Amritanandamayi Seva Samiti Sultan Battery(Social Service), Kadri Nritya Vidyalaya Charitable Trust Kadri(Social Service), Tannirbavi Divers Team Tannirbavi (Social Service), Mangaluru Mechanised Fishermen Primary Cooperative Society (Social Service,), Mother Teresa Home for the Dying Destitute Falnir(Social Service) were selected for the awards.
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Nagpur explosives factory blast: Death toll rises to 19
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Nagpur (PTI): The death toll in the Nagpur explosives company blast has gone up to 19 after one more person succumbed, police said on Monday.
Twenty-three other injured workers were undergoing treatment in hospitals here, a police official said.
The toll in the blast at the SBL Energy Limited factory on Sunday has risen to 19 with the death of one more worker, he said.
A high-level meeting chaired by Nagpur Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule was underway at the divisional commissionerate here to deliberate and take stock of the incident that took place on Sunday.
Senior officials from various departments, local legislators and other leaders were present in the meeting.
The police have arrested nine directors of SBL Energy Limited, where the blast took place on Sunday morning, officials said.
The Kalmeshwar police here have registered a case against 21 directors and shareholders of the company under Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, they said.
The explosion occurred at the detonator packing unit of SBL Energy Limited, a mining and industrial explosives manufacturer, at Raulgaon in Katol tehsil of Nagpur district.
The bodies were charred beyond recognition, and samples of the family members were being taken for DNA testing to ascertain the identities of the deceased, police said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered a thorough investigation into the cause of the explosion.
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