Noted Kannada poet Jayath Kaikini gets Dr. Shivarama Karanth Balavana Award
Puttur, Sep 21: Noted Kannada poet and story writer Jayath Kaikini has been chosen for the Dr Shivarama Karanth Balavana Award.
The decision to present the award to Kaikini was taken at a preparatory meeting on novelist and playwright Karanths birth anniversary celebrations.
The anniversary would be observed on October 10.
Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary will inaugurate the programme to be presided over by Sanjeeva Matandoor, MLA.
A seminar and cultural programmes would also be held, assistant commissioner H K Krishnamurthy said.
Karanths house at Balavana has been renovated at a cost of Rs 30 lakh.
A sum of Rs one crore was sanctioned for the comprehensive development of Balavana and the work has been entrusted to INTACH, Bengaluru, he said.
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Telangana: Four masked men loot ₹30 lakh from ATM in Rangareddy, CCTV footage surfaces
Rangareddy: A group of four masked men looted ₹30 lakh from a State Bank of India (SBI) ATM in Telangana’s Rangareddy district in the early hours of Sunday. The entire heist, which lasted four minutes, was captured on CCTV inside the ATM kiosk.
According to police, the burglary took place at around 2 am in Maheshwaram. CCTV footage shows one of the burglars getting down from a car and spraying a substance on the camera at the entrance to obstruct visibility. However, another CCTV inside the ATM captured the crime. The gang disabled the emergency alarm by cutting its wires before proceeding with the theft.
The burglars used an iron rod and a gas cutter to break open the ATM machine, looting ₹29.69 lakh before fleeing. They also rolled down the shutter before leaving.
Police have launched a manhunt and are reviewing CCTV footage from nearby areas to track the burglars' vehicle. According to investigators, five individuals were involved, three inside the ATM, one waiting outside, and another in the getaway car.
Officials suspect the gang may have committed similar ATM thefts in Bengaluru and Hosur, Tamil Nadu, following the same modus operandi. The thieves reportedly attempted to rob another ATM in Mylardevpally but abandoned it after suffering an electric shock while cutting wires.
Multiple teams have been deployed to arrest the accused.
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