60 years of AIR station's `yeomen services' recalled

60 years of AIR station's `yeomen services' recalled

TNN, 10 January 2010, 11:37pm IST

DHARWAD: The Dharwad station of All India Radio has completed 60 years. Those who spoke at a programme here to commemorate the occasion hailed

Professor C V Venugopal recalled how the Dharwad centre of AIR remained committed to the values amidst onslaught of electronic media and said it had helped several talents to bloom.

Police commissioner Raghavendra Auradker explained how he had benefited by the AIR programmes. Hindustani vocalist Chandrashekhar Puranikmath narrated the role of AIR in honing the talents of musicians in the region.

Sateesh Parvatikar, Keerti Nidgundi and Manjula Puranik, who have secured national prize in Akashavani drama competition, were felicitated on the occasion.

Assistant station director C U Bellakki explained the path traversed by the Dharwad station. Station director Bhagawan Sahay presided.

Govt to go ahead with airport at proposed site

Govt to go ahead with airport at proposed site

TNN, 10 January 2010, 11:38pm IST

HUBLI: District minister Murugesh Nirani on Sunday reacted to the demands of farmers, who will be displaced after the expansion of Hubli airport, saying it is not correct to compare the property value of Hubli to that of Bangalore. The landlosers were asking Rs 1 crore per acre like in case of Devanahalli airport.

Speaking to reporters after launching the pulse polio campaign, Nirani said the government is ready to give more than the sub-registrar value and the farmers should accept it. The expansion of the airport will help the development of the city and its surroundings in terms of industrialization and others.

Nirani said the farmers can buy land elsewhere with the same money. On some landlosers asking the government to shift the airport to elsewhere as it will fall in city limits, he said at present there is no such proposal before the government. The government wants to pursue the airport at the same spot, he said.