Shimoga: Criminals damage more than 20 vehicles
Shimoga: A new set of delinquent activities have overtaken the city with criminals damaging cars, bikes, and auto-rickshaws that were parked in front of various residences. The criminals have damaged 11 cars, more than 10 bikes, and one auto-rickshaw in Shimoga’s Siddaiah road and MKK road.
The criminals in the past had poured petrol on parked vehicles and set them on fire in the city, and now they have resorted to damaging the vehicles by breaking their glasses.
The District In-charge minister K. S. Eeshwarappa visited the site and inspected the damaged vehicles. Expressing his dissatisfaction with the police due to the repetition of such criminal activities, the Minister directed SP Lakshmi Prasad to catch the perpetrators responsible for these damages and asked that stern action be taken against them immediately, it is learned.
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Sculptor Ram Sutar, designer of Statue of Unity, passes away
New Delhi (PTI): Noted sculptor Ram Sutar, known for designing the world's tallest statue — Statue of Unity — in Gujarat, passed away late on Wednesday night at his Noida residence, his son said.
He was 100 and ailing with age-related illnesses.
"It is with profound grief that we inform you of the passing of my father Shri Ram Vanji Sutar on 17th December midnight at our residence," his son Anil Sutar said in a note shared with the press on Thursday.
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Born in a humble family in Gondur village under the Dhule district of present-day Maharashtra on February 19, 1925, Sutar is known to have been drawn to sculpting from his childhood.
A gold medallist from JJ School of Art and Architecture, Mumbai, Sutar, has to his credit a long list of achievements.
The iconic statues of Mahatma Gandhi seated in a meditating pose and of Chhatrapati Shivaji riding a horse on the Parliament premises rank among his finest creations.
The Statue of Unity honours Sardar Patel, country's first deputy prime minister and home minister.
Sutar was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016.
Recently, Sutar was conferred with the Maharashtra Bhushan Puraskar, the state's highest award.
