CM Kumaraswamy condoles death of photo journalist Keshava Vittla
Bengaluru, May 28: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy condoled the death of noted photojournalist Keshava Vittla who passed away on Sunday.
Keshava Vittla had started his career as photojournalist in ‘Mungaru’ Kannada daily published from Mangaluru thirty years ago. Later, he continued his profession Kannada Prabha where he got popularity. ‘Veekshana Chayankana’ of Keshava Vittla, being published in Kannada Prabha was a novel concept and experiment in the Indian media history. The “Veekshana Chayankana” was being published with a paragraph of writing on the pictures which were throwing light mainly on social problems and this was getting good response. After Kannada Prabha, he worked in Udayavani, Roopatara, The Telegraph, Hindustan Times, Washington Post and other newspapers. He had organized four photo exhibitions.
The first photo exhibition “The Insights of Life” conducted during 1988 had expressed the real insights of life. Another photo exhibition “Illusion and Reality” held in 1998 had displayed the wonders between imagination and reality. His another expo was “The Faithfull Karnataka Waterscapes” and another exhibition conducted in 2003 had depicted the present situation of stray dogs in all cities. Another exhibition held in 2008 was centralized on major tanks, attractive sea shores and beaches, and breathtaking waterfalls of the state.
He has also published a book called “Facets of Karnataka: A Pictorial Journey” wherein the special characteristics of forest, and its diversity, hills, stones and boulders, sea shores, waterfalls and other wonders of nature and environment got the place.
Apart from this, Keshava Vittla was also famous for capturing the colour combination. Interesting fact is that Vittla has worked for more than 8 years to prepare for this book and it shows his concern towards the environment.
He has also published a book called “Nose for news, eyes for photography” and has done a good work as an individual. If the book is glanced once, it would give an experience of travelling all the tourist places in the state. Moreover, it would also create curiosity among reader that he should visit those places once in a lifetime, the CM explained in his message.
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BJP, JD(S) leaders helped win Channapatna bypoll: D K Shivakumar
Ramangara (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday hinted at cracks and squabbling within the BJP and the JD(S), as he gave credit to the leaders of these parties for the defeat of JD(S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy in the Channapatna assembly bypoll.
Congress candidate C P Yogeeshwara won in Channapatna bypoll with a margin of 25,413 votes against his nearest rival and NDA candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy, as results were announced on Saturday.
The Congress party swept all the three assembly constituencies in Karnataka, namely Channapatna, Sandur and Shiggaon, which went for bypolls.
Nikhil Kumaraswamy is the son of Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy and grandson of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda. In September last year, JD(S) joined the NDA led by BJP.
“Many people from across the parties have helped us in this election (Channapatna). Congress had only 16,000 votes in the previous assembly election. It increased in the Lok Sabha election,” Shivakumar told reporters here.
According to him, many people from the JD(S) and the BJP supported the Congress. “If the BJP and the JD(S) leaders had not supported us directly or indirectly, we wouldn’t have got so many votes. I congratulate them,” Shivakumar, who is also the Congress state president, said.
He quipped that the JD(S), which had 19 seats in the Karnataka Assembly, has now reduced to 18.
Hailing the electorate, the Deputy CM said this was people’s verdict in favour of C P Yogeeshwara to develop Channapatna constituency.
There was no immediate reaction from the BJP or the JD(S) on it.
