Ravish Kumar awarded first 'Gauri Lankesh Award' in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Senior Journalist and Executive Editor of NDTV, Ravish Kumar was on Sunday conferred the ‘Gauri Lankesh Award for Journalism’ in a ceremony held at St. Joseph College in the city.
The award was given by Gauri Lankesh memorial trust, and was the first award given by the trust which aims to continue it annually.
Earlier this month, Ravish also received the prestigious Magsaysay Award for Journalism.
Freedom fighter HS Doreswamy, Human Rights Activist Teesta Stelvad, Journalist D Umapathi and others were present during the event.
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Efforts of party cadres will be rewarded on May 4: DMK chief Stalin
Chennai (PTI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday said that the efforts made by his party cadres during the Assembly elections would be rewarded on May 4.
The counting of votes for the Assembly elections held on April 23 will be taken up on May 4.
"We are set to reap the rewards of the hard work put in by our party cadres on the coming fourth (May 4 counting day). There is absolutely no change in this and not even the slightest deviation," Stalin said at a May Day event here.
"There is no need for anyone to assume that I am speaking merely on the basis of exit polls," he added.
Stalin, who is also DMK chief, said that "good news" would come for those eagerly waiting for the election results.
Stating that the DMK governance is based on philosophy and principles, Stalin said, "This will continue."
He recalled the pivotal role of the then Chief Minister C N Annadurai, who first declared May Day as a government holiday, and subsequently, late CM M Karunanidhi, who was instrumental in extending it as a paid holiday across the nation.
"Responding to the request of Kalaingnar (Karunanidhi), the then Prime Minister V P Singh accepted the plea and declared it (May 1) a paid government holiday not merely for Tamil Nadu, but for the entire nation," Stalin said.
