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12 including Prof Ananthamurthy, Kinhanna Rai bag state awards

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May 22, 2014

ananthmurthyBangalore, May 22: As many as 12 eminent personalities including internationally acclaimed thinker Prof U?R?Ananthamurthy, musician Prof R?Vishveshwaran and writer Kayyara Kinhanna Rai have been chosen for the Kannada and Culture Department's annual awards for the year 2012.

The awards will be presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on May 23 at Ravindra Kalakshetra, according to Kannada and Culture Minister Umashree.

The Basava Puraskara, for which Ananthamurthy has been chosen, carries a purse of Rs 10 lakh.

Other recipients of various awards are: Kayyara Kinhanna Rai (Pampa award) R?Vishveshwaran (T?Chowdaiah award); B?N?Sumitra Bai (Danachintamani Attimabbe), Kum Veerabhadrappa (Prof K?G Kundanagar Gadinada Sahitya Prashasti), Markandeya Avadhani (Kumvaravyasa), Pandit Sangameshwara Guruva (Nijaguna Purandara), Somasundaram (Santa Shishunala Sharif), Vasundhara Doreswamy (Natyarani Shantala), Lakshmibai Enagi (Gubbi Veeranna), U?Bhaskar Rao (Venkatappa) and G B Hamsanandacharya (Jakkanachari).

The Chowdaiah award carries a purse of Rs 5 lakh and the rest of the awards Rs 3 lakh.

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The infant is currently undergoing treatment at a designated Covid Hospital here. The baby was born at a private hospital in the city last week. 

According to the officials, it was not known as to how the newborn contracted the infection.

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January 4,2020

Karwar, Jan 4: One student died and twelve others were seriously injured when a school bus in which they were travelling from Anantapur district fell into a gorge near Gerusoppa Soolemarki Cross in Honnavar taluk of Uttar Kannada district last night, police said on Saturday.

The deceased student has been identified as T Basha Fakruddin (14).

Police said on that on Friday students of a government school from Anantapur district were on a trip to Jog, Murdeshwar and other places. There were 44 children, nine teachers and four cooking staff in the bus, police said.

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May 18,2020

Bengaluru, May 18: With the detection of 99 fresh cases of COVID-19, highest single-day spike, including 24 from Bengaluru Urban district, the total number of persons contracted for the disease in the state has surged to 1,246.

Apart from 24 fresh cases in Bengaluru Urban district, Mandya recorded 17 cases followed by Uttara Kannada (09), Raichur (06), Yadagiri (06), Gadaga (05), Kalaburagi (10), Hassan (04), Koppal (03), Vijayapura (05), Mysuru (01), Belagavi (02), Ballari (01), Udupi (01), Kodagu (01) and Koppal (03).

So far 37 persons had succumbed to the virus in the state.

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