Veteran Kannada film director K V Raju passes away at 67
Bengaluru, Dec 24: Noted Kannada film director K V Raju passed away after prolonged illness at his residence in Bengaluru on Friday, people closely associated with him said.
"K V Raju breathed his last at his Rajaji Nagar residence this morning. He was 67," Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce D R Jairaj told PTI.
He was suffering from age related ailments and passed away of heart attack, Jairaj added.
He leaves behind his son and daughter, other sources in the film industry said.
Jairaj was a director par excellence under whose tutelage many people made a name in the film industry, Jairaj said.
He made his debut in 1982 with the Kannada movie 'Badada Hoovu' as an assistant director to his brother K V Jayaram. However, he made a mark as a scriptwriter and director with the movie 'Olave Baduku' in 1984.
The ace director gave many hit movies such as 'Sangrama', 'Bandha Mukta' and 'Yuddhakanda'.
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Nabin holds Odisha BJP core committee meeting, discusses strategies for next year's rural polls
Bhubaneswar (PTI): BJP national president Nitin Nabin Monday chaired a meeting of the party’s core committee in Odisha and discussed its strategies for the next year's rural polls and possible expansion of the council of ministers in the state, party sources said.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Deputy CMs KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal and its national vice-president Baijayant Panda attended the closed-door meeting that began at 8.30 am at the party's state headquarters here.
BJP MPs Sambit Patra and Pratap Sarangi, and the party's Odisha in-charge Vijay Pal Singh Tomar, co-in-charge Lata Usendi and other senior leaders also participated in the meeting.
"The national president discussed the party's strategies for panchayat polls next year, possible expansion of the council of ministers, and appointments of party leaders in different boards and corporations, and other issues," a BJP source said.
After the meeting, Sarangi said, "The core committee also discussed the BJP's ideology and how to maintain it when the party is in power in the state."
Nabin, who arrived here on Sunday night on his first visit to Odisha after he became the party president, is also scheduled to hold a series of organisational meetings, training programmes, and strategic dialogues with senior party leaders and office-bearers in Bhubaneswar and Puri.
Samal said Nabin’s visit is considered politically significant as it will infuse energy among the grassroots-level workers and leaders.
During the day, Nabin is also scheduled to visit the Lord Jagannath temple in Puri. He will partake of the sacred 'Mahaprasad' at the residence of Puri Lok Sabha MP and BJP's national spokesperson, Sambit Patra.
Upon returning to Bhubaneswar, Nabin will meet state office bearers and frontal unit presidents at 4 pm. He will also chair a meeting with members of the council of ministers of Odisha, another BJP source said.
He is scheduled to return to Delhi on Monday evening, he added.
