BENGALURU, 26 Feb

The Karnataka Urdu Academy has announced its annual awards and special prizes to honour eminent personalities for their contributions to Urdu language and literature.

Annual awards are awarded to Ikram Naqash- Kalaburagi, Qalandar Rizvi alias Naalband- Hubballi, Shamim Nisa- Kolar, Mudassar Ahmed- Shivamogga, Anjuman Tarqi Urdu Hind Karnataka- Bengaluru, Mohammad Hanif Shabab- Bhatkal, Milnsar Athar Ahmed- Bengaluru, Syed Ahmed Abbas- Alipur, Chakbalapur, Syed Masood Ahmed Ghazanfar- Bengaluru, Federation of Karnataka Muslim Organizations- Chengari, Davangere. 

Special Awards are awarded to: North Karnataka Anjuman-e-Islam-Hubli, Qazi Aliuddin-Bidar, Nooruddin Noor Ghori-Kalbari, Bazm-e-Ghaleb-Bangalore, Khalil Ahmed-Davanagere, Syed Sameeruddin-Bengaluru, Jillaan-Chikkaballapur, Khwaja Moinuddin Bijapur-Hubbali, Syed Shahabuddin-Hassan, Yas Qadir Mohiuddin (Mahir Mansoor)-Bengaluru, Professor MA Hameed Akbar-Kulbargi, Muhammad Haseebullah-Tumakuru, Rizwan MK Nasheman weekly.

Bengaluru, Naqwa Parvez-Udupi, Faizan-e-Urdu Adab-Mysore, Zubaida Begum-Bengaluru, Professor Yas M. Aqeel-Shivamoga, Sir Qazi Syed Qamaruddin (Sargarzasht-e-Kamil), Iqbal Ahmed Jakati-Belagavi, Zaheer Alam-Kolar, Muhammad Saeed-Bengaluru, Dawood Ali Jamshed-Chikkamagaluru, Muhammad Altaf Hussain- Davangere, Nematullah Khan- Mysuru, Abdul Aziz Dagh- Bengaluru.

Prizes for books: Emotions of Mehroo - Mehro-Nisa Begum Mehroo, Asset of Literature - Syed Muhammad Hussain Dagh- Belgami - Syed Muhammad Hussain Dagh- Belgami, Naqd-e-Nazar - Dr. Syed Aleemullah Hossaini, Masnavi Phool-Ban - Khalida Begum, Chand Bahi Khawan-e-Bashr - Muhammad Hanif Bashar Bijapuri, Ek Tej Taghaful - Dr. Tahira Noorani, Naqsh-e-Tahrir - Wajid Akhtar Siddiqui, Tazkira Ulema and Mashaikhs of Karnataka - Habibullah Inayat Baig, Roshan Dariche - Waheed Anjum, Raka Sa Moosam - Farzana Farah.  —Salar News