Three-day multilingual, international calligraphy exhibition inaugurated in Bangalore
The three-day multilingual calligraphy exhibition was inaugurated on Friday here at Falcon's Den at Prestige Falcon Towers on Brunton Road in Bengaluru.
The exhibition was inaugurated by Irfan Razack, the Chairman and Managing Director of Prestige Group, Bangalore.
Several calligraphy artists and experts were present during the inauguration and explained their work that was displayed at the exhibition.
The event sponsored by Bearys Group is being organised by Institute of Indo Islamic Art and Culture (IIIAC) and will continue till March 12.
Syed Beary, Chairman of the IIIAC chaired the inaugural event.
Several talks, discussions and seminars will also be held as a part of three-day program. The seminar will be inaugurated later in the evening on Friday.
Experts and artists from more than 10 countries including Turkey, Japan, Sudan, and Middle-East will take part in the event. Calligraphy experts in Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and other regional languages will also be a part of the event.
Shabeena Sultana, Consul of the Republic of Tunisia, Bangalore and Pusphamala N, Artist, Sculptor, Writer and Curator, Institute of Indo Islamic Art and Culture's Principal Muqtar Ahmed, were present during the inaugural event.
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Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case: HC grants bail to Rona Wilson, Sudhir Dhawale
Mumbai, Jan 8: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted bail to researcher Rona Wilson and activist Sudhir Dhawale, both arrested in 2018 in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case.
A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Kamal Khata took note of their long incarceration, and the fact that the trial is not likely to be completed any time soon.
The accused were languishing in jail since 2018 and even the charges are yet to be framed by the special court, defence lawyers Mihir Desai and Sudeep Pasbola had argued.
The high court on Wednesday said it was not dealing with the merits of the case at this stage.
Wilson and Dhawale were directed to submit a surety of Rs one lakh each, and appear before the special NIA court for the trial hearing.
The bench noted that there are over 300 witnesses in the case, and hence it is not possible for the trial to be concluded in the near future.
The case pertains to provocative speeches allegedly delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017, triggering violence at Koregaon-Bhima in Pune district the next day.
The Pune police had claimed the conclave was backed by the Maoists.
The National Investigation Agency later took over the probe. Of the 16 persons arrested in the case, many are now out on bail.
Rona Wilson was arrested in June 2018 from his home in Delhi. He was described by the probe agencies as one of the top brass of urban Maoists.
Sudhir Dhawale was one of the first to be arrested, accused of being an active member of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).
