Bagalkot: A mother-son duo sustained severe burn injuries in an incident of cylinder blast at their house located in the Dutch Colony of Teradal town, Rabakavi-Banahatti taluk here.

They were rushed to a private hospital in town are currently being treated there.

The walls of the house are reported to have been heavily damaged in the accident.

Teradal Police officers visited the accident spot and inspected the situation. They are also investigating the matter.

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Bengaluru: The Karnataka Sahitya Academy on Wednesday, March 25 announced its annual ‘Honorary Award' and the 'Sahitya Shri Award' for the year 2025.

While five individuals will receive the annual 'Honorary Award,' 10 will be conferred with the ‘Sahitya Shri Award’.

The academy, in its release, stated that the decision was taken unanimously at a meeting of all members held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Academy President L. N. Mukundaraj.

The list of awardees:

The academy’s Honorary Award for 2025 will be presented to Prof. Sivaramaiah - Bengaluru, Chandrashekar Talya - Chitradurga, Dr. Chandrakant Pokale - Belagavi, Dr. Vasundhara Bhupathi - Ballari, Dr. S. Tukaram - Mysuru.

The academy will present its Sahitya Shri Award for 2025 to Vartha Bharati’s News Editor B.M. Basheer - Mangaluru, Dr. Nishti Rudrappa - Ballari, Dr. Veeresh Badiger - Bagalkot, Dr. C. G. Lakshmipathi - Tumkur, Kannadiga Narayana - Bengaluru, Roopa Hassan - Hassan, Jayaram Raipur - Vijayawada, Kumuda Sushil - Davangere, Dr. O. Nagaraju - Tumkur, Dr. Jyothi - Bengaluru.

Vartha Bharati Editor-in-Chief A.S. Puthige has been awarded the 'B.V. Veerabhadrappa Endowment Award' for 2024 for Vartha Bharati’s collection of editorials.