PM Modi to hold Road Show in Udupi on November 28
Udupi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a roadshow in Udupi on November 28, BJP district president Kutyaru Naveen Shetty has said.
The roadshow is scheduled to begin around 11.40 am from Narayanaguru Circle in Bannanje and proceed up to Kalsanka Junction, Shetty said in a press conference on Tuesday.
According to the BJP leader, cultural performances showcasing coastal Karnataka's traditions, including Yakshagana, tiger dance troupes and Krishna-themed artistes, will be positioned along the route.
Barricades will be placed on one side of the road, and the party expects more than 30,000 people to line the stretch to welcome the prime minister.
People have been asked to take their positions along the Bannanje--Kalsanka road by 10.30 am, Shetty said.
He added that after the roadshow, Modi will visit the Krishna Matha for darshan and later participate in a mass 'Laksha Kantha Geeta Parayana' before addressing a public meeting.
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi, BJP state president B Y Vijayendra, MPs Kota Srinivas Poojary and Brijesh Chowta, along with district MLAs and senior state leaders, are expected to attend the programme, Shetty said.
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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
