Bangalore,-Social activist and Narmada Bachao
Andolan leader Medha Patkar has been chosen for the Basava
award for the year 2010, instituted by the Karnataka
government. Well known singers T V Raju from Tumkur and B K Sumitra
for Bangalore has been selected for the 'Santa Shishunala
Sharif' award, he said. The award, named after 19th century
saint-poet and philosopher Shishunala Sharif, also carries
Rs Three lakh cash and a citation.
The government would hold a function to felicitate noted
writer S L Byrappa, who has won the Saraswathi Samman award,
Karjol said. He also called for an end to practices like the
Devadasi system and "made snana", a ritual by devotees rolling
on plantain leaves left after partaking food, held at Kukke
Subramanya temple.
Indian Lady killed after being hit by
speeding car, Driver is teenager!
Jalandhar/Perth, - A 25-year-old Indian woman was
killed after being hit by an "out-of-control" car driven by a
teenager when she was pushing a pram carrying her baby boy
while walking through a Perth suburb in Australia along with
her husband.
Manju was walking with her husband Gurdeep and
pushing the pram when she was hit by the speeding car in
Maylands on Tuesday night.
"A young man in his late teens was travelling in a
southerly direction when he lost control of his vehicle and
collided with the woman," police officer Sharon Leonard was
quoted by the media here as saying.
"The husband and the three-month-old baby survived.
Tragically the woman, who was taken to Royal Perth
Hospital, has since passed away," she said.
Gurdeep managed to push his baby's pram out of the way of
the vehicle but his wife was thrown several metres from the
car's bonnet.
"He was speeding. The recommended speed is 40. I'm a taxi
driver so I can imagine what the speed (was). There was no
reaction time.
The accident occurred on a sharp bend in a residential
road, between Fogerthorpe Crescent and Joseph Street, where
the road curves at an almost 90-degree angle. Manju was rushed to Royal Perth Hospital, but died of
her injuries several hours later. Singh will now arrange to
have her body flown to India for last rites.
Reagan shooter wants more time
outside hospital
Washington,-The man who attempted to
assassinate President Ronald Reagan is asking to spend more
time outside a Washington mental hospital, but a government
lawyer says John Hinckley's request is premature and that he
recently lied to cover up the fact he looked at books on
Reagan and presidential assassinations.
A jury found Hinckley was insane when he shot and wounded
Reagan outside a Washington hotel in 1981, but doctors say his
mental illness has been in remission for years.
Yesterday, a federal judge began hearing arguments that
Hinckley should be allowed to visit his mother's Virginia home
for stretches of approximately three weeks and eventually
transition to living outside the mental hospital full-time.
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