Sahitya Academy awards announced
Vivek Rai gets honorary award, while Purushottam Bilimale gets Sahitya Shri award
Bengaluru, February 7: The Karnataka Sahitya Academy has announced the awards for the year 2018 to total ten persons. Dr BA Vivek Rai and five senior poets including HS Venkatesh Murthy was given ‘honorary award’, while Dr Purushottam Bilimale, Dr HL Pushpa, KC Shivappa and others were given ‘Sahitya Shri’ award.
Academy president Dr Aravind Malagatti announced the list of award winning personalities at a press conference here on Thursday. Dr BA Viveka Rai, Dr HS Venkatesh Murthy, Deshamsha Hudugi, Saisuthe and Prof AK Hampanna were selected for annual honorary award which consists of Rs 50,000 cash prize and replica of Goddess Saraswati. Dr Purushottam Bilimale, Dr HL Pushpa, KC Shivappa, Dr CP Siddashrama, Prof Parvathi G Aithal, G Krishnappa, Sathish Kulkarni, Dr Rangaraj Vanadurga, Prof Abdul G Basheer, and Dr Gangaram Chandala were selected for ‘Sahitya Shri’ award which consists of Rs 25,000 cash prize and a citation.
For the 2017 annual book award was given to ‘Anudinada Danduga (columns/rational writings) of Dr Vinaya Okkunda, ‘Mouna Matina Saddu’ (Poetry) of Chandrashekar Thalya, ‘Meenu Peteya Thiruvu’ (anthology of poems) of Renuka Ramanand, ‘Hijab’ (novel) of Guruprasad Kaginele, ‘180 degree’ (short stories) of Nagaraj Ramaswamy Vastare, ‘Mattobba Radhe’ (drama) of Basavaraj Sabarada, ‘Banna Varesuva Ennagannadi (essays) of Prajna Mattihalli, ‘Saptakanyeyara Kannebhoomiyalli Namma Nade (travelogue) of Indira Hegde, and ‘Amruthayana-5 (autobiography) of Amrutha Rakshidi, ‘Mallana Kaviya kokashastra’ of Dr FT Hallikeri, ‘Havagunada Ruju Badalagide’ (science literature) of BS Somashekar, ‘Motteyodeda Marigalu’ (Children’s literature) of Sharada V Murthy, ‘Ambedkar Bharata (humanity) of Prof HT Pothe, ‘Atma Balidana’ (research) ofDr JM Nagaiah, ‘Lalitha Vistara’ (translation) of Dr R Shesha shastry, ‘MM Kalaburgi’ (translation) of Dr Gopal Mahamuni, ‘Naanu Kannambadi Katte Heegondu Kathe’ of Prof PV Nanjaraj Urs, ‘Arthadacheya Bedagu (criticism) of Dr H Shashikala and Krishnamudrike of C Mangala.
Endowment award
Chi Srinivas Raju Endowment award was given to Kaaludari (poetry- manuscript) of Chennaraju M Basappanadoddi, Chaduranga endowment award was given to Beru (novel) of Fakeera, Indira endowment award was given to ‘Dandige Hedaralla Dalige Hedaralla’ of Vasumathi Udupa, Simpi Linganna endowment award was given to ‘Agni Divyada Hudugi’ of Chandrashekar Mandekolu, P Srinivas Rao endowment award was given to ‘Edege Ede Miditha’ of Raghavendra Patil, L Gundappa and Sharadamma endowment award was given to ‘Sahitya Vimarsheya Madarigalu Bhaga-2 and 3 (translation) of Dr CR Yaravinatelimatha, Madhurachenna endowment award was given to ‘Neelimugina Nattu’ of HR Sujatha, and America Kannada endowment award was given to Karimayi (translation) of Krishna Manavalli. Both endowment and annual books awards would have Rs 25000 cash each and citations, he said.
Annual media literature award for 2018 was given to Prajavani (print media) and Avadhi (digital media) and both the awards would have Rs 25000 cash prize each and citations, he explained.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
