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Time of India
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
President Murmu postpones Assam visit
Guwahati: President Droupadi Murmu's scheduled two-day visit to Assam this week has been postponed in light of the recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, officials confirmed on Wednesday. The President was initially set to arrive in Guwahati on Thursday evening to attend two official functions on Friday. Officials from the Assam governor's secretariat stated that Rashtrapati Bhavan had communicated the decision to postpone the visit due to the tragic incident in Pahalgam. The visit will be rescheduled to a later date. Meanwhile, a letter from the General Administration Department of the state govt to the heads of all related departments stated that the presentation of the Srimanta Sankardeva Award 2023 , scheduled to be held on April 25 at the Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra, was "deferred due to unavoidable reasons." "A revised date of the ceremony will be communicated in due course," the letter reads. The President was scheduled to confer the prestigious Srimanta Sankardeva Award to Sonal Mansingh, a globally renowned exponent of Bharatnatyam and Odissi classical dance, during a state govt function. She was also invited as the chief guest for the 32nd convocation of Gauhati University, planned for Friday afternoon.
News18
23-04-2025
- Politics
- News18
President Murmu Postpones Assam Visit Due To Pahalgam Terror Attack
On Friday, Murmu was scheduled to confer the Srimanta Sankardeva Award to dance exponent Sonal Mansingh at a state government function. President Droupadi Murmu's scheduled two-day visit to Assam later this week has been postponed following the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. Murmu was slated to reach Guwahati on Thursday evening to take part in two official functions the next day. 'We received a communication from the Rashtrapati Bhavan informing us of the postponement of the visit due to the attack. It will be rescheduled at a later date," an official of the Assam Governor's Secretariat told PTI. On Friday, Murmu was scheduled to confer the Srimanta Sankardeva Award to dance exponent Sonal Mansingh at a state government function. She was also invited to be the chief guest for the 32nd convocation of Gauhati University, scheduled to take place on Friday afternoon. 'We received the communication that the President has postponed her visit. We will hold the convocation on the announced date and time without the President," a university official said. Terrorists struck a prime tourist location at Baisaran meadows near Pahalgam in south Kashmir on Tuesday killing 26 people, mostly tourists.
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Business Standard
23-04-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
PM Modi's visit to Kanpur on April 24 cancelled after Pahalgam attack
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled visit to Kanpur on Thursday to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for development projects has been cancelled in light of the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, officials said. Modi was scheduled to visit Kanpur on April 24 to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for development projects worth over Rs 20,000 crore. However, in light of Tuesday's terror attack that claimed a number of lives, including that of Shubham, a courageous young son of Kanpur, and keeping in mind the sombre mood and sentiments of the people, the event has been cancelled, officials said. As a mark of respect, it was considered appropriate to defer any celebratory or formal public engagement in Kanpur during this period of grief, they said. Shubham Dwivedi, a 31-year-old businessman from Kanpur who got married just two months back on February 12, was among those gunned down in Pahalgam. The terror attack at a tourist location in Pahalgam in south Kashmir on Tuesday left at least 26 people dead and several others injured. Officials said the prime minister will attend a pre-scheduled official programme in Madhubani, Bihar, on the occasion of Panchayati Raj Diwas on April 24, which will also see participation from people across the country via video conference. President Murmu postpones Assam visit due to J&K terror attack President Droupadi Murmu's scheduled two-day visit to Assam later this week has been postponed following the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. Murmu was slated to reach Guwahati on Thursday evening to take part in two official functions the next day. "We received a communication from the Rashtrapati Bhavan informing us of the postponement of the visit due to the attack. It will be rescheduled at a later date," an official of the Assam Governor's Secretariat told PTI. On Friday, Murmu was scheduled to confer the Srimanta Sankardeva Award to dance exponent Sonal Mansingh at a state government function. She was also invited to be the chief guest for the 32nd convocation of Gauhati University, scheduled to take place on Friday afternoon. "We received the communication that the President has postponed her visit. We will hold the convocation on the announced date and time without the President," a university official said.
Time of India
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Legendary dancer Mansingh to receive Sankardeva award
Guwahati: World renowned exponent of both, Bharatanatyam and Odissi , and a Padma Vibhushan awardee, Sonal Mansingh , will be conferred with the prestigious Srimanta Sankardeva Award for 2023 on Friday. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Last year, on August 21, the state cabinet had decided to honour the legendary dancer with the award. President Droupadi Murmu will present the award in Guwahati. Speaking to TOI over phone, Mansingh said she experienced a mixed reaction, when her name was announced a few months ago. "It was absolutely wonderful as well as shock and happiness. It was everything put together and then it took this long to get a convenient gift from the President. But finally, when the date is announced, I'll be in Guwahati to receive this. Once again, I am in a great state of happiness and great gratitude," she said, while expressing her gratitude to Maa Kamakhya and CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. Reminiscing about her journey since the age of seven, Mansingh said her dance took her to 90 countries across the globe. "People have heard about musicians like Pandit Ravi Shankar and others taking music all over the globe. But nobody spoke about dance. After my dance took me to a global audience, I saw that it was also a binding force. I have personally experienced how dance can bring people together; give them bliss, a sense of happiness and inner peace. And that's where there is no religion, language, caste or creed. Nothing matters. So my journey continues," Mansingh said. Terming her dance, at an altitude of 21,778 feet, in front of the southern side of Mt. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Kailash at the age of 62 a 'divine experience', Mansingh said she was put under training since the age of four by her parents, before she started learning Bharatanatyam at the age of seven. Talking about the 'Sattriya' dance of Assam, Mansingh said it was in 2000, when she was asked by music maestro Bhupen Hazarika, who was then the chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, to visit Assam. "After my visit, I said Sattriya can be done, but the dance form will have to expand more. So, I am very proud that I could contribute to Sattriya dance ," she said. While Mansingh was the govt nominee at the Akademi, Sattriya dance got the classical status in 2000.
