Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambara selected as 84th Kannada Sahitya Sammelan President
September 27: Jnanpith awardee, senior writer Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambara was selected as the President of the Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelan to be held at Dharwad in December.
In a Kannada Sahitya Parishad executive committee and office-bearers meeting held at Gadag on Thursday, Dr. Chandrashekhar Kambar was selected unanimously. Names of writers G.S. Amura, Gurulinga Kapase, Siddalinga Pattanashetty, Veena Shanteshwara, Dr. Chennanna Valikara, Panchakshari Hiremath and H.S. Venkateshmurthy were discussed in a KSP office-bearers meeting held earlier in Dharwad. Finally, the name of Dr. Kambara was selected. It was decided in November 2016 to conduct the Sammelan in Dharwad on December 7, 8 and 9, it is said.
Sahitya Sammelan was held earlier in Dharwad in 1918, 1940 and 1947. In 1918, R. Narasimhachar was the President, while Y. Chandrashekar Shastry in 1940 and Kuvempu was the President in 1957.
Chandrashekara Kambara was born on January 2, 1937 to Basavanneppa and Channamma Kambara of Ghodageri in Belagavi district. He has completed his B.A in Lingaraj College in Belagavi, M.A and PhD from the Karnataka University and served as the professor in Bengaluru University. He also served as the Janapada Academy President, National School of Drama Director, and the first Vice Chancellor of the Hampi Kannada university.
Dr. Chandrashekara Kambara had made his own works Karimayi, Sangeeta and Kaadu Kudure novels as films. He has got Kannada Rajyotsava award, Kendra Sahitya Academy award for Siri Sampige drama, Padma Shri in 2001, Nadoja award from Kannada University in 2004, Kumaran Asan award from Kerala, Tagore Award and prestigious Jnanpith award in 2010. Now, Prof Kambar was selected as the President of the 84th Sahitya Sammelan, announced KSP state President Dr. Manu Baligar at Gadag.
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Siddaramaiah challenges HC's order quashing his plea against Governor's nod for prosecution
Bengaluru: CM Siddaramaiah has appealed to the High Court questioning the Governor's permission to prosecution against him in the alleged MUDA scam, on Thursday.
The CM has approached a divisional bench of the court, questioning an earlier order passed by a single judge bench in the case.
The bench had upheld the decision of the governor's consent to prosecution, after hearing the CM's plea. It has rejected the application while declaring that the governor's consent had been legally valid.
The CM has now approached the divisional bench questioning the order of the single judge bench. The court is yet to hear the appeal.
