Virasat celebrating silver jubilee: Postal dept to release special postal cover
Mangaluru, Jan 1: With the Silver Jubilee celebration, the Alva's Virasat being conducted by the Moodabidri Alva's Education Foundation, will be held from Jan 4 to 6.
To mark the Silver Jubilee celebration, the Postal department will launch a special postal cover at the Alva's Virasat programme, said Foundation chairman Dr. Mohan Alva.
Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, he said that during the Silver Jubilee celebration, noted playback singer, Ghazal singer, Music composer Hariharan would be honoured with Virasat-2019 award.
The programme would be held at Vanajakshi K Sripathi Bhat stage at Vivekananda Nagar of Puttige. The inaugural programme would be held at 5.45 pm with the cultural procession and stage programme would be held from 5.30 pm to 6.45 pm. Nitte Group of Institutions Chairman Dr. N Vinay Hegde would inaugurate the Alva's Virasat 2019, he said.
Virasat cultural programmes
On Jan 4 from 7 to 9 pm, a musical event would be conducted by Colonial Cousins famed Hariharan and Lesley Levies. From 9.15 pm, Alva's students would perform Alva's cultural programmes like Mohiniyattam, Badaguthittu Yakshagana, Malla Kambala and Dandiya dance. On jan 5 from 6 to 8 pm, Bollywood playback singer Sukhwinder Singh and team would perform musical night and from 8.10 pm to 8.40 pm, Nrityantar Academy of Performing Arts Bengaluru would perform Odyssey dance, while Shyla Sudha Academy of Chennai would perform Kuchipudi dance from 8.45 pm to 9.30 pm and Alva's institution students would perform Banjara dance, Manipur Stick dance, Canadian dance of Sri Lanka and Kathak dance from 9.35 pm, he said.
On January 6 from 6 to 8 pm, Shankar Mahadeshwara, Siddarth Mahadevan and Shivam Mahadevan would perform, from 8.10 to 9 pm, Parampara Kolkata would perform Ranga Bharathi Colours of Bharatanatyam and from 9 pm, Alva's students would perform Bharatanatyam, Dholchalam of Manipur, Bangda dance of Punjab and Thenkuthittu Yakshagana, he added.
PRO Dr. Padmanabha Shetty was present at the press conference.
Artiste Surya Prakash of Hyderabad gets Alva's Varna Virasat award
Dr Mohan Alva said that this time, the Alva's Varna Virasat award would be presented on senior artiste Surya Prakash of Hyderabad. Surya Prakash has given more than 50 solo painting exhibitions in India and abroad and he was famous for his special work 'Jargon of the Junk', he said.
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ILNA reports former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad killed in strikes
Tehran: Iran’s ILNA News Agency has reported that former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was killed during the ongoing US and Israeli attacks.
According to ILNA, Ahmadinejad was killed following strikes in Tehran’s Narmak district, including an attack on his residence. The report said he died along with his bodyguards.
News of the deaths of three of Ahmadinejad’s bodyguards was released on February 28, coinciding with the first day of the US and Israeli attacks on Iran.
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Ahmadinejad served as Iran’s president from 2005 to 2013. He was widely known internationally for his hardline rhetoric against Israel and for accelerating Iran’s nuclear programme during his tenure. At home, his disputed re-election in 2009 led to the “Green Movement” protests across the country.
In recent years, Ahmadinejad had positioned himself as a populist critic of the current ruling establishment, though he continued to serve as a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, the body currently involved in helping shape temporary leadership arrangements.
