Noted writer Giraddy Govindaraj no more
Dharwad, May 11: Noted writer and critic Giraddy Govindaraj passed away due to cardiac arrest here on Friday. Soon after suffering heart attack, he was rushed to a hospital. But he breathed his last on the way to hospital. He was 79.
He was born in Abbigeri in Rona taluk of Gadag district in 1939. Being a writer and critic, he has given various works to Kannada literature. He was retired as Karnataka University English department head. He has got various awards including Kendra Sahitya Academy award. He was residing at Kalyananagar of Dharwad.
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Niqab incident: Nitish Kumar perhaps revealing his true colours, says J-K CM
Srinagar (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised his Bihar counterpart over the niqab incident and said that Nitish Kumar might be slowly revealing his true nature.
"Nitish Kumar, who was once considered a secular leader, may be slowly showing his true colours," Abdullah told reporters here on the sidelines of a function.
Abdullah said Kumar removing the face veil of a Muslim woman doctor was wrong and cannot be justified by any means.
"We have seen this kind of incident here several years ago. Have you forgotten how Mehbooba Mufti removed the burqa of a legitimate voter inside a polling station? That act was wrong, and this act (of Kumar) is also wrong.
"If the (Bihar) chief minister did not want to hand over the order to her (Muslim woman), they could have kept her aside. However, to humiliate her like this is totally wrong," the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said.
Kumar stirred a huge controversy after he removed the face veil of a Muslim woman at a function earlier this week.
