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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Power tariffs under BESCOM to rise from May 1
Bengaluru (PTI): Power bills for consumers under the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will go up from May 1, following an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Friday.
The hike comes after KERC allowed the BESCOM to recover a revenue deficit of Rs 2,068 crore incurred in 2024-25, from the consumers.
As a result, for every unit of electricity consumed in 2024-25, the customers will be charged an additional 56 paise, it said.
"BESCOM shall calculate, for each of the active consumers of FY2024-25 the amount to be recovered based on their actual energy consumption during FY2024-25. Such amount shall be recovered during FY 2026-27 in equal monthly instalments, to be called as 'FY25 True up Charges', commencing from the first meter reading date falling on or after 1 May 2026 and concluding with the reading date ending on 30 April 2027," the order said.
"It is further ordered that BESCOM shall maintain a separate head of account, allocated for the purpose, to record the adjustment of the said amount to ensure full recovery of the deficit," it added.
Similarly Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has also recorded a revenue deficit of Rs 121.71 crore and can collect an additional 15 paisa per unit for consumption in 2024-25, official sources said.
