Noted photographer Keshav Vitla dies
Mangaluru: Famous photographer Keshav Vitla passed away at a hospital in Mangaluru on Monday. He was 56.
Keshav was suffering from kidney-related problems over the past few years. He was born in 1961 in the rural area of Vitlal and started his career as a photojournalist in 1984 through the 'Mungaru' magazine. Since 1996, he served for Indian Express press as a photojournalist in Bengaluru. He then provided photographs to The Telegraph and Hindustan Times as a freelancer.
Keshava Vitla, who presented a new world by camera eyes, has captured the new insights of Karnataka through 'Facts of Karnataka - A Pictorial Journey'. The State Tourism Department has published this volume.
Keshava was conferred with The Best Photojournalist Award by Karnataka Working Journalists Association, Bangalore Press Club’ Lifetime Achievement Award, DK District’s Rajyotsava Award, Baliyendra Puraskara, and Tulu Nadu Siri Award winner. Besides he had organized several solo photography exhibitions as well.
Keshava Vitla, who suffered from kidney problems recently, was undergoing dialysis. He was admitted to Wenlock Hospital in Mangaluru for treatment where he died today early morning.
The funeral of the deceased will be held at 2 pm today at Vitla Bobbekeri.
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Cong 'pocketed' Rs 150 cr per annum from Assam healthcare budget during 15 yrs of rule: Shah
Guwahati (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday alleged that the Congress, during its previous 15 years of rule in Assam, "pocketed" Rs 150 crore per annum from the state healthcare budget.
Inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for healthcare projects worth Rs 2,092 crore in Assam, Shah said the BJP works for affordable healthcare for all sections of society and lauded Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for bringing the state's medical facilities at par with states like Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka.
"Assam's healthcare was in shambles 10 years ago as Congress worked only for the financial health of its leaders' families," he said.
Attacking Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, he said that no Indian supports his acts of "defaming" the country in his bid to oppose the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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He lambasted the Congress for its "shirtless" protest at the recent AI summit in New Delhi and Gandhi for having 'chai-pakora' on the stairs of Parliament House.
"We were also in the opposition and staged protests against the government, but there is a right platform for it," he said.
"Parliament is a sacred seat of democracy. Its stairs should not be used for even dharnas. And Rahul Gandhi was having 'chai-pakora' there. Doesn't he know where to have his breakfast?" asked the Union minister.
Shah inaugurated the Rs 675-crore Pragjyotishpur Medical College and Hospital in Guwahati, at a programme held on its premises.
He also virtually inaugurated two cancer centres at Golaghat and Tinsukia, both under Assam Cancer Care Foundation (ACCF), constructed at a cost of Rs 135 crore each.
Shah virtually laid the foundation stone for super-speciality hospitals at Diphu Medical College and Hospital (Rs 220 crore), Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (Rs 310 crore), and Barpeta Medical College and Hospital (Rs 284 crore).
The foundation stone for a Rs 218-crore Swasthya Bhawan in Guwahati, and the Abhayapuri District Hospital (Rs 115 crore) were also laid by the Union home minister.
Shah arrived here on Saturday evening on a two-day visit to Assam, his fourth visit to the northeastern state in four months.
