In a statement, the software giant said a letter from Tata Sons named Hussain as the new chair while the company looks for another replacement.
The Tata Sons today named Ishaat Hussain as the chairman of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in place of Cyrus Mistry with immediate effect.
In a statement, the software giant said a letter from Tata Sons named Hussain as the new chair while the company looks for another replacement.
“The company (TCS) has received a letter dated November 9, 2016 from Tata Sons Ltd nominating Ishaat Hussain as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company in place of Cyrus P Mistry with immediate effect. In view of this, Mistry has ceased to be the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and Hussain is the new Chairman of the company,” TCS said in a regulatory filing.
TCS said Hussain shall hold office as the Chairman of the company until a new Chairman is appointed in his place.
“Tata Sons has issued a special notice under Section 169 read with Section 115 of the Companies Act, 2013 and a requisition for convening an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of the company under Section 100(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 to consider a resolution for the removal of Cyrus P Mistry as Director of the Company,” it added.
Last month, in a sensational coup, Mistry was sacked as Tata Sons chairman and replaced by Ratan N Tata as the interim chairman.
source: http://www.indiatoday.intoday.in / Indiatoday.in / Home> News> India / by Nivedita Dash / New Delhi – November 10th, 2016
File image of Ishaat Hussain. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)
Tata Sons on Thursday appointed Ishaat Hussain as Chairman of Board Of Directors after Cyrus Mistry was ousted as the holding company’s Chairman.
Here are the 10 facts about Ishaat Hussain
* Born on September 2, 1947, Ishaat Hussain completed his schooling from The Doon School in 1963 and joined St. Stephens College Delhi to pursue graduation in Economics.
* Hussain, a chartered accountant from England and Wales, also attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.
* He is associated with the Tata Group since 1983 after Indian Tube was merged with Tata Steel.
* In November 2006, Hussain was appointed a Public Interest Director of Bombay Stock Exchange Limited.
* In January 2008, he was appointed a Trustee on the board of India Foundation for the Arts (IFA).
* Hussain joined the Board of Tata Sons as an Executive Director on July 1, 1999.
* He took over as Finance Director of Tata Sons Ltd. in 2000
* Prior to joining Tata Sons, Hussain has worked as the senior vice-president and executive director – finance in Tata Steel for almost 10 years.
* Besides being on the board of Tata Sons Limited, Hussain is Chairman of Voltas Limited and Tata Sky Limited.
* He is also on the boards of several Tata Companies such as Tata Steel, Tata Industries, Tata Teleservices, Titan Industries Limited.
source: http://www.news18.com / News18.com / Home> News18> Business / November 10th, 2016
Viral guys:Syed Viquaruddin, Mohd Abdul Samad, Mizbahuddin and Syed Atif teamed up as Kantriguyz and started making videos in 2013.-Photo: By arrangement
They are now recognised in public places
A few random concepts and some funny videos later, these content creators from twin cities are now the brand ambassadors of YouTube. Life has changed all of a sudden for these Hyderabadis who are now recognised in public places and pressured to come up with better videos. Jahnavi Dasetty, who runs her own channel ‘Mahathalli’ and Syed Viquar Mohiuddin of ‘Kantriguyz’ were speakers at the YouTube ‘Happy Hour’ event organised in the city recently.
Less than a year after she uploaded her first video, Jahnavi has now more than one lakh subscribers to her credit. Till date, she has made close to 30 videos in which she essays different characters. “I play simple characters which everyone relates to. I think that clicked well with the viewers,” says Jahnavi who played a middle-class youngster troubled by her mother to get married. Jahnavi, who is interested direction as well, also landed up a role in a Telugu movie after her videos went viral. She also went on to collaborate with other popular creators like Chicago Subbarao.
With their signature Hyderabadi lingo and style, four youngsters, Syed Viquaruddin, Mohd Abdul Samad, Mizbahuddin and Syed Atif teamed up as Kantriguyz and started making videos in 2013.
“There was only one content provider making funny videos in the language that Hyderabadis speak but they were not our inspiration. We followed The Viral Fever channel closely and made Hyderabadi version of a spoof which went viral,” said Mr. Mohiuddin, who is pursuing BBA degree. “We are recognised wherever we go. We are asked by people to make more videos because of which we plan to upload at least three videos a month.”
Their channel has more than 20,000 subscribers.
The youngster has set himself a target too. “If my channel gets more than one lakh subscribers within two years, I will pursue a career in this field.” David Powell, Online Partner Operations efforts across Asia-Pacific, YouTube said that the traditional media content uploaded in India is increasing by 75% every year. He said that a number of events are being conducted by them across the country to encourage regional content providers and provide a platform for them to network and collaborate.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Hyderabad / by Rahul Devulapalli / Hyderabad – November 02nd, 2016
Since Hillary Clinton began her Presidential campaign last year, the name of Huma Abedin, her top personal assistant has been heard in US media. As part of Hillary’s campaign organization and its vice-chair, she interviewed and recommended senior staffers including campaign manager, Robin Mauk for hiring.
Last week as FBI leaked news that they want to investigate some emails that Huma sent to Hillary from her husband’s (Anthony Weiner) laptop , the news created a firestorm in US as the general election was just 10 days away. Since last Friday, Huma’s name, photograph and personal information have been broadcast continously by many TV networks, and US newspapers have written about it. Hillary’s Republican opponent in the Presidential race, Donald Trump, has asked Hillary to fire Huma. But Hillay and her campaign have not spoken a word about her and are instead attacking FBI Director for sensationalizing an unfounded news that was already settled by FBI in last July.
Everyone in US wants to know, who is Huma Abedin? Huma is an Indian-American Muslim, the daughter of a distinguished Indian Muslim professor, Dr Abedin, a graduate of Aligarh Muslim University., who migrated to US in mid 1960s. He has since passed away. Her mother is a professor in a university in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Huma graduated from the George Washington University, Washington DC, at a time when Bill Clinton was US President and Hillary was the US First Lady. Huma joined the White House as an intern on the staff of the First Lady..
Huma soon became Hillary’s prominent staffer and as Hillary moved to New York in 2000 and became a senator from New York, Huma worked on her senate campaign and then became a key staffer in Senator Hillary’s office in Washington DC. When Hillary became US Secretary of State, Huma was her deputy chief of staff. The US media calls Huma Hillary Clinton’s Body – Woman. If anyone wants to meet Hillary Clinton he has to go through Huma. Indeed, Huma has had a most enviable climb as a key political staffer in the cut-throat high politics world of Washington.
When some extreme right winger Republican politicians like Congresswoman Michel Bachman of Minnesota attacked her four years ago, calling her a radical Muslim with connections with radical Arab Muslims, many Republican leaders including senior senator John McCain too defended Huma against those charges. Through her 20 year long association with Hillary, Huma who is not yet 40, has moved skillfully and quickly through the minefield of Washington politics and has earned praise from senior level Democratic party politicians. The current attack on Huma and tying her emails to Hillary is a destructive and vile move of Donald Trump, who is targeting her because she is a woman, she is an immigrant and she is a Muslim.
Yet, in her extraordinarily fortunate career Huma has run into bad luck on an important issue. And that is her marriage to former Congressman Anthony Weiner of New York in 2010. He committed some sexual improperieties and was forced to resign his seat in US House of Representatives in the Congress. Also his name has been sullied much in the US media. This year Huma who has a child from Weiner, separated from him.
The smoke about the current email confusion created by FBI Director Como, an erstwhile Republican party member, will clear in a few days before the November 9 US election. Hopefully we will see Trump’s unfounded attack on the emails of Huma and Hillary blunted. And God willing next week Hillary will win the election to become US President. That will be the day many all over the world are waiting for. Thereafter, Huma is expected to get a good position in the Hillary Whitehouse and do well in safeguarding Hillary’s programs. .
Now all this has prepared Huma very well to run and win an elected office in the US Congress in her own right. The right thing will be for Huma to run for a Congresswoman position from New York in a couple of years, carrying Hillary Clinton’s torch of justice and equal rights for women and immigrants in America..While several women have become the political heads in countries like UK, Germany, Italy, Norway and other countries in Europe, in US the opposition to a woman becoming a top political leader is very strong and visible. Not only Hillary Clinton, despite her life long record of political actions at the national level and having held prominent positions of responsibility in the government, has faced opposition, other women too have faced similar opposition when they have tried to run for high political office. .
For instance Speaker of the House of Representatives about 5 years ago , Nancy Pelosi has faced so many bitter attacks and insults from right winger Republican politicians. In 1984 when the late Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro ran as Vice President candidate with Walter Mondale as the Presidential candidate on the ticket, she was lampooned, condemned and insulted. This is a hard glass ceiling for women in US that they must break through. Huma Abedin must follow through in the footsteps of her illustrious mentor Hillary to carry this movement forward to empower women in US.
[The writer is the Executive Director of the Association of Indian Muslims of America, Washington DC.]
source: http://www.ummid.com / Ummid.com / Home> Views & Analysis / by Kaleem Kawaja, ummid.com / Tuesday – November 01st, 2016
An extract from Kate Brittlebank’s Tiger: The Life of Tipu Sultan.
Tipu Sultan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Karnataka government’s decision to celebrate the birth anniversary of Tipu Sultan has once against created a controversy, with the BJP and the RSS as well as local groups in Kodagu district opposing the move. A rally against the proposed celebration is planned in Bangalore on Tuesday. Last year, the government’s decision led to large-scale violence; this year, a case was filed against the move, but the court’s declined to interfere, calling it a policy decision. At the same time, the judges asked what the rationale was to hold such a celebration.
Was Tipu Sultan (1750-1799) a hero or a villain and was he, as is claimed, against Hindus? Some scholars have contested these views. In this excerpt from her book Tiger: The Life of Tipu Sultan, historian Kate Brittlebank gives a more nuanced and holistic view of the man and the monarch, who, she says, was a product of his times.
Kate Brittlebank Tiger: The Life of Tipu Sultan Juggernaut, 2016
It was also important, if Tipu were to retain power, that he tap into the south’s shared sacred landscape, and it is in this light that we should read his patronage of religious institutions, which was widespread. For centuries, kings had associated themselves with the sacred sites of the region, the most significant being the river Kaveri, the Ganges of the south. Rising in the hills of Kodagu, the river wends its way across the Mysore plateau and down onto the plains of Tamil Nadu. Its entire length is dotted with religious landmarks, small and large. For south Indian kings the Kaveri was not only the source of life-giving water but also of divine power. Along the river are three islands, formed where the water divides: from east to west, they are Srirangam, Sivasamudram and Srirangapattana. These are the places where Vishnu sleeps upon the great serpent Sesha, when he is known as Sri Ranganatha, and on the islands are temples dedicated to the deity. The most magnificent is at Srirangam but all were recipients of past royal patronage; in 1610, Raja Wodeyar transferred his capital to Srirangapattana from Mysore after seizing the island from the Vijayanagara viceroy, Tirumala.
Given that the island of Srirangapattana was such a significant repository of divine power, Tipu would have been foolhardy to transfer his capital elsewhere. He continued the Wodeyars’ patronage of the Sri Ranganatha temple, alongside which stood his main palace, and erected a Friday mosque. Haidar’s tomb stood at the other end of the island, near the sangam, next to which Tipu built another, smaller mosque. Put simply, lordly benefaction, one of the defining characteristics of Indian kingship, was pragmatic in purpose. Along with their magnificent displays of power and wealth, kings were expected to be conspicuously pious. They made land grants, donated precious artefacts and mediated in religious disputes. In return, they could expect support for the legitimacy of their rule and prayers for the security and prosperity of the realm. Tipu behaved no differently: his generosity to temples, Sufi dargahs and mosques, as well as the great Math at Sringeri, are well documented, primarily through inscriptions and institutional records.
An idea of the number of Tipu’s religious endowments across his realm can be gained by looking at in‘am registers held in the Kozhikode Archives in Kerala. The records show that Tipu authorised sixty-seven grants of rent-free land, primarily to temples and mosques, solely for the taluks of Calicut, Ernad, Bettathnad and Chowghat. If we extrapolate that figure across the entire realm, it is clear that his patronage of such institutions was extensive. We know of several temples that hold objects donated by Tipu – the Sri Ranganatha temple at the capital received silver vessels, the Nanjundeshwara temple at Nanjangud has a jadeite linga said to have been installed on Tipu’s orders, and inscriptions record that he gave elephants and silver vessels to the Narayanaswami temple in Melukote.
The Sringeri Math, with which Tipu maintained a close relationship, received gifts of valuable cloths and shawls, a silver palanquin and a pair of silver fly whisks. The importance of the Math to south Indian and Deccani rulers – both Hindu and Muslim – since its foundation in the eighth century, is demonstrated by the fact that it holds more than 200 copperplate grants and sanads, the earliest dating from the Ganga dynasty (c. 250–1000 ce). Tipu referred to the Math’s Swami as the Jagadguru and, after the Marathas had raided the Math in 1792, he wrote in a letter that the culprits would ‘suffer the consequences of their misdeeds at no distant date in the Kali age’, concluding that ‘treachery to gurus will undoubtedly result in the destruction of the line of descent’.
The political nature of religious patronage was also the rationale behind acts of destruction. All across India, whenever a king conquered another, he signalled his victory by either seizing or destroying the religious sites with close ties to his victim – and it made no difference if conqueror and conquered were co-religionists. Just as Shaivite and Vaishnava dynasties in south India patronised mosques, dargahs and churches, they did not hesitate to capture the temples of their enemies and seize or destroy the images. The Cholas seized temple images from the Calukyas; and Vijayanagara’s Krishnadevaraya, to celebrate his defeat of the Gajapati king, removed an image of Balakrishna from Udayagiri to the capital. We can see this process in operation with Tipu’s demolition of the Varahaswami temple at Srirangapattana; after his death, the Wodeyars, in a statement of their own ‘victory’, relocated the ruined temple’s image to Mysore town, which once again was serving as their capital. If Tipu’s actions had been driven by religious rather than political motivation, he would not have allowed the Sri Ranganatha temple to continue to flourish within sight of his palace. It was the Wodeyars’ direct association with Vishnu’s boar incarnation that led to Tipu’s demolition of the Varaha temple. Nor were Christians exempt from such treatment – the Venkataramana temple in Nagar (formerly Haidarnagar/Bednur) possesses a bell cast in Amsterdam in 1713. The presence of this oddity in a Hindu place of worship is due to Tipu’s removal of it from a church in Malabar.
Similarly, Tipu did not discriminate against particular religious groups on the basis of their faith – indeed, his diwan or chief minister, Purnaiya, was a Hindu. As we have already seen, Tipu suspected the Kanara Christians of treachery and being in league with the British; the Nairs and the Kodavas, too, were punished for intriguing against him. And if there should be any doubt about what lay behind the treatment of such groups, the expulsion of the Mahdevis from Mysore in 1794 confirms the political character of such acts. This tight-knit Muslim community of several thousand mainly served in Tipu’s army as horse soldiers, under the command of their own officers. That Tipu was in no way prejudiced against this sect is demonstrated by the fact that one of his four vakils to Istanbul, Ja‘far Khan, was a Mahdevi; even so, he too was expelled in 1794. The stated reason for the community’s expulsion was their refusal to obey Tipu’s command to keep certain celebrations low-key – they were prone to noisy bouts of praying – as the festivities that year coincided with the return of the hostage princes from Madras. The more likely reason, however, was that Tipu suspected the Mahdevis of treason, with their festival disobedience merely the trigger for the order that they leave the kingdom. Interestingly, during the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, many of them served under Arthur Wellesley as irregular horse, although it is not clear if this was a consequence of Tipu’s treatment of them, or if Tipu had been correct in his original assumption of their disloyalty.
Excerpted with the permission of Juggernaut Books from Tiger: The Life of Tipu Sultan by Kate Brittlebank, available in bookstores and on the Juggernaut app
In Mangaluru, a family conserves Indian breeds of cattle with a missionary zeal
At a time when communally charged feelings are nurturing suspicions linking the Muslim community with beef consumption and a threat to cows, here’s a heartening case that may help cast away such generalised conceptions.
A Muslim family in Uppinakote in Brahmavar taluk of Udupi district has for decades nurtured a passion about, and striving to conserve, the desi cattle breeds.
The star attraction at the recently organised Krishi Mela in Udupi were two well-built Raja Sahiwal Breeder bulls – a 36-month-old, weighing 650 Kg; and a 32-month-old, weighing 570 kg. Both the bulls are from Manama Farm House, owned by 66-year-old Sheikh Zainul Abideen and his four sons – Nowshad Ahammad (29), Mumshad Aalam (36), Mohammed Irshad (31) and Sheikh Mudassir (22).
Nowshad, who works as a deputy technical manager for a Norway-based ship repair company in Saudi Arabia, informed Bangalore Mirror that the passion for conserving desi cattle breed came down from his father Sheikh Zainul, who, after working as a chef for 14 years in Bahrain, returned to India 30 years ago and set up an agricultural-cum-dairy farm with a few desi and Jersey cows.
“Our home was a paradise. We supported our father in maintaining the farm along with our studies. But we never went out to play cricket or any other sports; instead we would play with the cattle,” says Nowshad.
The family owned a total of 23 milk cows. Five years ago, Sheikh Zainul Abideen completed a hat-trick of awards (three consecutive years) for being the largest milk producer in the area.
“As kids, getting back from school meant watching Dad help an animal or bird in distress…even snakes,” says Nowshad, describing his father’s passion.
“However, we were shocked when a few our cattle suddenly died. Veterinarians, including those from KMF (Karnataka Milk Federation) visited the farm, but they failed to find out the reason for the deaths,” Nowshad said.
The tragedy forced the family to sell the rest of the cattle. But they did not give up their passion. They studied a variety of Indian cattle breeds and came upon the Sahiwal breed, a breed of Zebu cattle primarily used in dairy production. The Sahiwal breed originated from the Sahiwal district of Punjab province in Pakistan.
Having learnt about the family’s keenness to get the Sahiwal breed to Udupi, a person known to the family assured them that he would get the breed to Manama Farm House and took an advance of Rs 10,000.
“However, once he came with the cattle, he refused to give them to us because we were Muslims. We begged him but he failed to be convinced. Within one year, we noticed that the cattle were very weak and looked as if they would die anytime. We paid another Rs 10,000 and brought the cattle home. They started recovering; and were the star attraction at the Krishi Mela,” Nowshad said. Currently, the Manama Farm House has six Sahiwal breed bulls. By February next year, they hope to buy another three directly from Punjab.
“Our dream is to popularise the desi breeds and promote cattle-rearing. Having participated in conferences abroad, we see the Indian breeds have a huge potential,” he said.
Of the brothers, the eldest Mumshad (who worked in Saudi Arabia for nearly seven years to start an aquarium-cultured fish farm) and the second eldest Irshad help their father with the agricultural, dairy as well as a catering business. Their mother Mehrunnisa is a home-maker and helps in the daily routine running of the place. The youngest brother Mudassir has completed a diploma in diesel mechanics and is staying in Udupi.
The Manama Farm House is also famous for Kadaknath breed of chicken from Madhya Pradesh, which ensures steady supply for the catering business.
source: http://www.bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com / Bangalore Mirror / Home> News> States / by Deepthi Sanjiv, Bangalore Mirror Bureau / November 08th, 2016
Reaching out:Collector Sarfaraz Ahmed teaching at Government Social Welfare Residential School at Jammikunta in Karimnagar district on Friday.- Photo: By Arrangement
Collector Sarfaraz Ahmed donned the role of a teacher and taught lessons to the students of Government Social Welfare Residential School at Jammikunta in Karimnagar district.
He made a surprise visit to the school, SC boys hostel and BC boys hostel at Jammikunta on Friday. He inspected the records, kitchen, toilets and other rooms on the occasion.
At the Social Welfare Residential School, he made the students read out some lessons. But when they couldn’t read well, he expressed ire against the staff and asked them to conduct the classes properly.
When students informed that they were not given egg in the last one week, the Collector directed the Jammikunta revenue officials for seizure of all stocks and conduct a thorough inquiry and submit a report to him at the earliest.
The Collector expressed displeasure over 12 inmates of the SC hostel not attending classes even after completion of Dasara holidays.
Meanwhile, Mr. Ahmed made a surprise visit to the Jammikunta agricultural market yard and inquired about the procurement of cotton.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Telangana / by Special Correspondent / Karimnagar – October 29th, 2016
A Malayali Muslim bride demanded 50 books as part of a custom in Muslim weddings, only that the custom has mostly seen woman’s family demanding gold or money.
This Malayali Muslim bride decided to break stereotypes, the religious way, on the day of her marriage! (Source: Sahla Nechiyil)
How often do you see a woman demand books as mehr, and not the customary jewellery or gold. In Kerala’s Malappuram district, a woman set an example for her community. A post graduate in political science from the Hyderabad University, Sahla Nechiyil never dreamt of a perfect, fairytale wedding. But when she decided to get married, she also sent across a social message to the “gold-obsessed” Muslims in Malappuram.
Nechiyil decided to demand 50 books from her fiancé as mehr, a mandatory payment in the form of money or possessions paid or promised to be paid by the groom to the bride at the time of marriage. She asked for books as mehr because of two reasons. “One, because according to the religious texts, a girl can demand anything she wants and the groom cannot disagree. And second, because I wanted to show the Malappuram Muslims that a wedding can take place without obsessing over the amount of gold transacted between both parties,” she said.
(Source: Sahla Nechiyil)
Her husband (they got married on August 11) cannot agree more with Sahla and supported her stand wholeheartedly. “Mehr is the right of the woman, not the generosity of the man,” he said. Anees Nadodi was promptly handed a list of 50 books by Nechiyil, and he went all the way to Bangalore to find all the books that she wanted. All this amidst much disapproval from both the families. In Nechiyil’s case, however, more than her parents, her relatives disagreed. “They could not argue for long, because we were not doing anything against the religious texts,” said Nechiyil.
source: http://www.indianexpress.com / The Indian Express / Home> Lifestyle> Life-Style / by Soumya Mathew / New Delhi / October 29th, 2016
Begum, who gave scores of Hindi film songs and ghazals, mainly between 1950s and 70s, was not keeping well for the last few years.
Legendary singer Mubarak Begum, best known for crooning the title track of 1961 romantic-drama
Hamari Yaad Aayegi, has passed away after prolonged illness.
She was 80.
She died on Monday at her residence in suburban Jogeshwari here.
“Mubarak Begum is no more with us. She passed away at 9.30 pm at her residence in Jogeshwari. She was unwell from quite sometime,” a family member told PTI.
Begum, who gave scores of Hindi film songs and ghazals, mainly between the 1950s and 70s, had not been keeping well for the last few years.
She made her Bollywood singing debut with 1949 film Aiye in which she had a solo track, Mohe Aane Lagi Angdai Aaja Aaja, and Aao Chale Sakhi Wahan with melody queen Lata Mangeshkar.
Through the 1950s and 1960s, Begum worked with the best music directors in the film industry — S D Burman, Shankar Jaikishan and Khayyam— on movies that starred screen legends like Sunil Dutt, Nargis and Rajendra Kumar.
She sang Woh Na Aayenge Palat Kar in Bimal Roy’s Devdas with music by Burman. Roy used her voice once again in Madhumati (1958), where she sang Hum Haal E Dil Sunaenge for music composer Salil Choudhury.
Kabhi Tanhaiyon Mein Hamari Yaad Aayegi, the title song of Tanuja-starrer Hamari Yaad Aayegi, remains one of Begum’s most remembered tracks.
Neend Ud Jaaye Teri, Mujh ko Apne Gale Lagalo and Humein Dum Daike with Asha Bhosle are among her other known songs.
Saanwariya Teri Yaad Mein from 1980 comedy Ramu To Diwana Hai was one of her last tracks.
In 2011, the Maharashtra government had sanctioned financial aidof one lakh for treatment of the singer.
Her last rites will take place on Tuesday, family sources said.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Cinema / PTI / Mumbai – July 19th, 2016
ACHIEVERS:Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda and his wife, Datty, sharing a light moment with winners of the Kittur Rani Chennamma Award in Bangalore on Thursday.— Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy
Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda on Thursday presented the Kittur Rani Chennamma and other awards instituted by the Women and Child Development Department to six women organisations and 16 women for their achievements in different fields of women development on the occasion of International Women’s Day.
Adarsha Stree Shakti group of Mysore, adjudged as the best got Rs. 50,000 cash prize, a rolling shield and award. Nandini Stree Shakti Group of Davangere and Yashasvini Stree Shakti Group of Kolar were given Rs. 30,000 and Rs. 25,000 cash prizes respectively.
The organisations honoured with Rs. 25,000 cash prize each for their role in the development of women are: CICOPA, Bangalore; Paripoorna Grameenabhivrudhi Mahila Seva Samsthe, Dharwad; Yashasvini Mahila Mandali, Kolar; Basaveshwara Vidya Samsthe, Chitrudurga; Krishi and Grameena Yuvajana Abhivrudhi Samsthe, Haveri; and Grameena Abhyudaya Seva Samsthe, Doddaballapur.
Leela Krishnamurthy and K.B. Sarvamangala Sastry of Bangalore, Kudikandi Kaveramma Somanna of Madikeri, Rekha Patil of Bijapur, Pushpa Ramachandra Pathar of Gadag, Annapoorna Nirvani of Belgaum, Nirmala Jodappa of Koppal in women development; Shilpa Nanjappa of Kodagu, A. Rukmini of Chamarajanaagar, Nagaratna Nagaraja Hadagali of Dharwad, Naseebanu Abdul Ghani of Bagalkot and Lakshmi Mahadeva of Belgaum in arts; Pramila Karnad of Mangalore and Vimala Inamdar of Koppal in literature; A. Shaheenaof Bangalore and Vijayakumari of Hassan in sports were also honoured on the occasion.
Three district awards of Rs. 80,000, Rs. 70,000 and Rs. 60,000 were given to stree shakti okkoota of Sullia, Chikkanayakana Halli taluk stree shakti okkoota and Mysore taluk stree shakti okkoota, respectively.
Mothers-in-law plea
Karnataka Mothers-in-law Association president Shilaja Hiremath and general secretary Rani Nagaraj wanted to present a memorandum to the Chief Minister complaining of harassment by the daughters-in-law and their relatives misusing Section of 498 A of IPC. But, Mr. Gowda asked them to meet him in Vidhana Soudha to discuss the issue.
Addressing the gathering Mr. Gowda said that there was a need for ending female foeticide for maintaining the male-female ratio. He called upon women to strive for achieving self respect and expressed happiness over the achievement made by 1.40 lakh stree shakti self-help groups by saving Rs. 1,040 crore. His wife Datty Sadananda Gowda was also present.
The former Union Minister M.V. Rajasekharan gave away cash prize of Rs. 25,000 each to Bhoomika Stree Shakti group of Bangalore, Dyamavva SSG of Hassan, Maheswari SSG of Haveri, Jija Matha Mailara SSG of Bidar. He released a book-Yashodhara Gathe and Karnatakada Saadhakiyaru to mark the birth centenary of the former Minister Yashodharamma Dasappa. The State Planning Board Vice Chairman Ramachandra Gowda released Antarala Sanchike-7 book.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / March 09th, 2012
