Shivarama Karanth award for actor-director Ramesh Arvind
Udupi, Sep 24: Popular film actor and director Ramesh Arvind has been chosen for this year's Dr Shivarama Karanth award.
The award is being presented to him considering his services at the national level as an actor, director and resource person, Anand C Kunder, president of the Shivarama Karanth foundation, told reporters at Kundapur on Saturday.
The award will be presented on the birth anniversary of Dr Shivarama Karanth on October 10, he said.
Kotathattu gram panchayat president Ashwini Dinesh, selection committee member U S Shenoy, Kannada and Culture department assistant director Poornima, and the foundation chief secretary Narendra Kumar Kota were among those present.
The earlier recipients of the Karanth award are Veerappa Moily, K Ramakrishna Hande, Ravi Belagere, Girish Kasaravalli, Jayashree, Mohan Alva, Salu Marada Thimmakka, Chittani Ramachandra Hegde, Jayanth Kaikini, Sadananda Suvarna, Dr B M Hegde, Prakash Rai, Sri Padre, Kavita Mishra, Dr S L Bairappa and Girish Bharadhwaj.
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Elephant brought for temple festival in Kerala gets agitated, damages several vehicles
Kochi, Mar 5 (PTI): An elephant brought for a temple festival here on Wednesday suddenly became agitated in the evening and damaged several vehicles, police said.
The incident occurred around 5 pm near the Edakochi Sreekrishna Temple, an officer from Palluruthy police station said.
The tusker had been brought for the festival at the Sreekrishna Temple, he added.
No one was injured in the incident, and the exact cause of the elephant’s agitation is yet to be determined, police said.
Visuals of the incident showed the elephant running around the temple premises, overturning and pushing aside parked cars, causing extensive damage.
The tusker was finally restrained more than two hours after it became agitated, police said.
