Minister Jayamala presents Rajyotsava award to Hiriyadka Gopalaraya
Udupi, November 30: Kannada and Culture and District Minister Dr Jayamala presented the Karnataka Rajyotsava award to ‘Maddale Mantrika’ Hiriyadka Gopalaraya of Yakshagana who will complete his birth centenary on December 15, at his house ‘Sitarama Nilaya’ at Ontibetta near Hiriyadka on Friday.
Due to his age issues, he did not participate in Rajyotsava award presentation programme held in Bengaluru on November 28. So, the Minister who arrived in Udupi today, has gone to the house of Gopalaraya at Hiriyadka and handed over the award to the artiste.
“It’s the respect of our government and it is my privilege to present it to you”, the Minister said while presenting the award consisting of a shawl, fruits, citation and gold gift. Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis, officers of Kannada and Culture department were present on the occasion.
99-year-old Gopalaraya asked Jayamala, who is also an artiste to sit beside him and sung Yakshagana songs, and played the Maddale to surprise the minister.
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Goa nightclub fire: Owners Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra fled to Phuket after tragedy, say police
Panaji (PTI): Saurabh Luthra and Gaurav Luthra, the main accused and owners of the Goa nightclub where a massive blaze claimed 25 lives, fled to Phuket hours after the tragedy, Goa Police said on Monday.
"Goa Police have taken further steps to coordinate with the Interpol Division of the CBI to apprehend both Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra at the earliest," a senior police officer said.
A massive fire at the nightclub, some 25 kilometres away from Panaji, on late Saturday night killed 25 persons. The deceased comprised 20 employees of the nightclub and five tourists, including four from Delhi. Five injured people were undergoing treatment at the government-run Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).
After registering an FIR against them, a Look Out Circular was issued against them by December 7 by the Bureau of Immigration (BOI) at the request of the Goa Police.
The Bureau of Immigration at Mumbai was contacted, and it was found that both the accused had taken the 6E 1073 flight to Phuket at 5.30 am on December 7, immediately after the fire incident, which occurred around midnight, the officer said.
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He said the Goa Police had immediately dispatched a team to Delhi to conduct raids on the addresses of the accused Gaurav and Saurabh Luthra.
"Since they were not available, a notice under the appropriate sections of law was pasted on the gate of their house. This shows their intent to avoid the police investigation", he said.
Goa Police have obtained transit remand of Bharat Kohli, an employee of the club, and are bringing him to Goa.
He also said that the postmortem on all 25 deceased has been completed and bodies handed over to their families.
