Muhammad Kulai selected for KBBP award

March 19, 2011

Mangalore, March 19: The Kuvempu Bhasha Bharati Pradhikara (KBBP) has announced its translation and book awards for 20 writers.

The awards will be presented at a function to be held at the end of this month.

Releasing the list of writers chosen for the award, Pradhikara Chairperson Pradhan Gurudut said that CP Krishnakumar, K.L. Gopalakrishna Rao, Uma Virupaksha Kulkarni, N.S. Lakshminarayana Bhatta and K.S. Bhagavan have been selected for the translation award for 2009-10.

Sadananda Kanavalli, G. Ramakrishna, G.N. Ranganatha Rao, S.N. Sangolli and Parvathi Aithal were selected for 2010-11, Gurudutt said.

Similarly, writers K.P. Suresh, Late Janaki, Journalist Ravi Belagere, Mohammad Kulai and Chandrakantha Pokale have been selected for the book award for 2008 and Madhava Chippali, J.S. Kusumageetha, Chidananda Sali, K.K. Gangadharan and Sumithra Halavai were chosen for 2009, he said.

Members of the Pradhikara D. Javare Gowda, G.S. Shivarudrappa, L.S. Seshagiri Rao, Siddalingaiah, Hampa Nagarajaiah, Chandraiah Naidu, Ramzan Darga, Rajesh Sachdev and S.R. Ramaswamy have selected the translation awardees, he said and added that critics from various parts of the state have selected the winners of the book award.

Cash prize

Translation award winners will get a cash prize of Rs. 25,000, a statue of Saraswathi and a citation.

Book award winners will get a cash prize of Rs. 10,000 and a citation.

“While the translation award winners are selected on the basis of their contribution to the field, prominent translated works published during 2008 and 2009 have been considered for the book award. The winners have translated the best works in English, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Urdu, Marathi and Tulu,” he said.

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Modi govt asks HC to direct Karnataka govt to vacate madrasa in Srirangapatna Jama Masjid

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November 14,2024

Bengaluru: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi led union government has requested the Karnataka High Court to direct the Mandya district administration and the state government to clear a madrasa operating within the premises of the historic Jama Masjid in Srirangapatna.

The Waqf Board, opposing this move, has claimed the mosque as its property and defended the right to conduct madrasa activities there.

The matter was brought before a division bench headed by Chief Justice N V Anjaria following a public interest litigation filed by a person named Abhishek Gowda from Kabbalu village in Kanakapura taluk. The petition alleged “unauthorised madrasa activities” within the mosque.

Representing the Central government, Additional Solicitor General of India for High Court of Karnataka, K Arvind Kamath argued that the Jama Masjid was designated as a protected monument in 1951, yet unauthorised madrasa operations continue there.

He noted that concerns over potential law and order issues have so far prevented any intervention. Kamath urged the court to direct the Mandya district administration to take action and vacate the madrasa from the mosque.

In defence, lawyers for the state government and the Waqf Board contested this request, stating that the Waqf Board had been recognised as the owner of the property since 1963 and, thus, conducting madrasa activities there is lawful.

After hearing both sides, the bench adjourned the case for further arguments, scheduling the next hearing for November 20.

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