Five, including Dr. Thumbay Moideen, Jayaprakash Hegde, Vinaya Prasad, to receive ‘New Year Award’
Udupi: Five eminent achievers, including UAE-based Thumbay Group founder and chairman Dr. Thumbay Moideen, former Minister and senior politician Jayaprakash Hegde, and multilingual Actress Vinaya Prasad, will be conferred with the ‘New Year Award’ for the year 2026.
The other awardees are K. Lakshminarayan, retired Executive Director of nationalised Canara Bank, and Lt. Gen. (Dr.) M.D. Venkatesh, Vice-Chancellor of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE).
The awards are jointly presented by the Manipal Academy of General Education, MAHE, Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG), Manipal Media Network and Dr. T.M.A. Pai Foundation.
The felicitation ceremony will be held at Fortune Valley in Manipal on Saturday, January 10, at 5.30 pm, according to a release by the organisers.
Dr. Ranjan R. Pai, Registrar of the Academy and President of MEMG, T. Satish U. Pai, Dr. H.S. Ballal, Vasanthi R. Pai, and T. Sachin Pai are expected to attend the program, the release added.
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Rape accused's mother murdered by victim's brother in MP's Shivpuri
Shivpuri (PTI): The 60-year-old mother of a rape accused was killed allegedly by the victim's brother in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, a police official said on Saturday.
The incident took place on Friday, Rannod police station house officer (SHO) Arvind Chauhan said.
"An anganwadi worker returning from a hospital was offered a lift by one Inder Gurjar, who took her to a secluded spot and raped her. She called up her brothers to narrate the ordeal. One brother of the victim along with two associates went to Gurjar's house and assaulted him. When Gurjar's mother Sirkunwarbai (60) intervened, she was attacked with a sharp weapon. She died on the spot," he said.
Based on a complaint filed by the deceased woman's daughter-in-law, three persons were booked for murder. One of them was held on Saturday, the official added.
A separate case has also been registered against Gurjar for rape, he said.
Police personnel have been deployed in the area in view of tension following the incident, the official added.
