Chikmagaluru: Imran’s Ganesha painting gets first place
Chikmagaluru, September 23: A painting of Lord Ganesha drawn by a Muslim boy Imran Hamdi at a Ganesha painting competition held at the Ganpati Pandal at Azad Park in the city got the first place on Sunday.
In the competition organized by the Vasavi Club, Vasavi School 10th standard student Imran Hamdi drawn the Shiva Lingam and Lord Ganesha which was appreciated by all and got the first place.
When the organizers announced the first place to Imran, people surrounded him and appreciated his painting skills.
Vasavi Club President Dinesh Gupta said that in order to encourage the talent, the club has organized the painting competition.
Imran Hamdi got the first place, Hitaishri of the government P.U. College got the second place and G. Rangalalitha of St. Mary’s School got the third place.
In the singing competition, D.C. Nayan of the J.V.S School got the first place, while K.G. Neha of the Mountain View School and C.A. Srilakshmi of Sai Angels School have got the second and the third place. Former City Municipal Council President Devaraj Shetty gave away the prizes to the winners and total 21 students were given consolation prizes.
Total 180 high school students have participated in painting competition, while 80 students have participated in singing competition. Painting artiste Harshakava, singers Panchami and Roopa Ashwin, Lakshmi Arvind, Vishwanath participated as judges. Azad Park Ganapathi Seva Samiti secretary Shivashankar, Vasavi Club organizing secretaries Jyothi Suman and Nithin, Conveners Vinay Kumar, Mahesh, Treasurer Raghunandan, Director G.N. Ramakrishna and K.R. Anand were present.
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Govt working on integrated farming models
New Delhi (PTI): The government is working on having integrated farming models that will also be beneficial for small farmers, Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Tuesday.
Chouhan, who is in charge of the Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ministry, also mentioned about many crops being purchased at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) from farmers.
The minister was responding to supplementaries during the Question Hour in the Lok Sabha.
Chouhan said the government has started work on having integrated farming models that would be helpful for small farmers also since the landholding with farmers is less in the country.
Generally, integrated farming models refers to bringing together different elements such as crops and livestock.
Meanwhile, the government is also taking various initiatives to promote alternative crops for tobacco farmers.
Chouhan said sugarcane and other crops are being used as alternatives to tobacco farming.
