Bidriware demo by Qadri enthralls students of Alevoor school

March 21, 2011

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Udupi, March 21: Students of Shanthiniketan English Medium School in Alevoor village, near here, witnessed the demonstration of Bidri Art or Bidriware, an unique art form of Bidar (North Karnataka) by Rashid Ahmed Qadri.

Qadri was one of the Bidri artisans who engaged in the Bidri craft live on the mounted truck that featured a tableau representing Karnataka at the Republic Day Parade held at New Delhi on Jan 26, this year.

Qadri was in Alevoor school as part of his campaign to popularize the Bidri art, which is considered extinguishing.

Making a Bidriware involves an alloy of zinc and copper as basic metal, upon which artistic designs in pure silver are inlaid. To make the silver inlay design stand out in a bright contrast against the dark background, a special soil is used.

“This particular type of soil is found only in the inner depths of Bidar Fort, which are three hundred years old, in buildings where neither sun light nor rain has fallen for hundreds of years. This soil when mixed with ammonium chloride and water produces a very special paste, which is rubbed on to the heated Bidri article, to darken the body without any effect on the silver,” he said adding “prior to choosing the soil we have even taste it, as it required to be saline''.

Qadri said that the government had created Bidri Colony, an exclusive settlement for the Bidri artisans on the outskirts of Bidar city. Government had also supplied metals with subsidized rates an even bought the finished Bidri wares to market them through Handicraft Emporium. It had even organized for training to the budding artisans. But since six months supply of subsidized metals and even the training programme had been stopped for the reasons unknown, he said.

On the occasion retired forest officer Raghuram Naik felicitated Qadri.

Principal of the School Roopa Kini, Treasurer of Alevoor Group for Education Hareesh Kini, entrepreneur Sainath Hegde, artist Ramesh Kediyoor, film maker Prakash Suvarna and members of faculty were also present.

Qadri also visited Hastha Shilpa Heritage Village Manipal and held discussions with its Director Vijayanath Shenoy. On the occasion Shenoy said about his association with Bidriware craftsmen and expressed his wish to have an exclusive Bidriware museum at the Heritage village.

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Of the 17 new cases, nine are workers of a pharmaceutical company in Mysuru, the government stated.

Meanwhile, a 65-year-old from Chikkaballapur, who had tested positive for COVID-19, lost his life on Wednesday.

"He was referred to a Bengaluru hospital with complaints of H1N1 positive, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with obstructive sleep apnea and a past history of diabetes and hypertension," the government stated.

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August 6,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 6: No private hospital in Karnataka can turn away a patient without attending to him or her, irrespective of the Coronavirus status, an official has said.

"Private medical establishments shall not deny treatment and admission to any patient approaching the establishment irrespective of the fact that such patient may or may not be suffering from Covid-19," an official from the state Health and Family Welfare Department said on Wednesday.

Likewise, no private hospital can insist on a patient for a Covid-19 test report, said the official invoking the Disaster Management Act.

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"It is the duty of every private medical establishment to provide first aid and take lifesaving measures to stabilise the patient," he said.

The department also invoked statutes from Karnataka Medical Establishments Act 2017, under sections 11 and 11 (A) to drive home the message.

The directives assume significance at a time when several cases of private hospitals denying admissions and fleecing patients across the state have emerged.

"It has been noticed that some of the private hospitals are refusing treatment and admission to emergency patients, causing distress and this has resulted in complications, leading to death in certain cases," said the official.

The district authorities have been directed to take action on the erring hospitals as the department reiterated the responsibilities of private medical establishments.

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January 14,2020

Srinagar, Jan 14: Davinder Singh, deputy superintendent of police, who was arrested on Saturday along with two Hizb terrorists and a Hizb overground worker in Kulgam, has confessed to his interrogators that he had received Rs 12 lakh from the terrorists to ferry them to Jammu and then Chandigarh for their onward journey to New Delhi, IG (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar told the media here on Monday.

Intelligence sources said the terrorists planned to carry out attacks on Republic Day.

The DSP was suspended on Monday and is likely to be stripped of all his awards, including the President’s Police Medal for anti-militancy operations.

Davinder, who was interrogated by various intelligence agencies, including IB, military intelligence and RAW, besides the police, has disclosed that he had put up the terrorists at his Indira Nagar house in Srinagar, right next to the Army’s 15 Corps HQ, and thereafter accompanied them to Jammu in a Maruti car driven by the Hizb overground worker, intelligence sources claimed.

Meanwhile, sources said the Union home ministry may hand over the case to the NIA to find the real motive of the terrorists, Davinder’s links to terrorism and whether he had helped terrorists in the past as well.

The two Hizb terrorists arrested with Davinder are Naveed Babu alias Babar Azam, a resident of Nazneenpora in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, and his associate Rafi Ahmad Rather. The Hizb overground worker, identified as Irfan Shafi Mir, was driving the vehicle when it was intercepted by the police on Saturday. Irfan Shafi Mir has travelled to Pakistan five times on his passport.

Davinder, interestingly, was on duty ensuring security cover for the envoys of 15 countries who visited Srinagar at the Union government’s invitation last week.

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Ashi
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Tuesday, 14 Jan 2020

There is 2 side for Terrorism, none have dare to attack or bombing unless there is hand from IB, Police and Intelligence (Also RSS support). Frequent bombings or terror attacks was stopped when Hemant Karkare emerged as true officer.

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