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Congress wrests back Bidar from BJP as Raheem Khan defeats Khandre

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February 16, 2016

Bidar, Feb 16: Congress party candidate Raheem Khan made a decisive comeback in the district politics with his impressive win in the byelection for the Bidar North Assembly seat.

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The byelection had been necessitated by the death of sitting MLA Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli. Khan had lost to Nagamarapalli in 2013 elections. Khan trounced his nearest rival - BJP candidate Prakash Khandre - by a margin of 22,825 votes, the second highest for the constituency.

The record for the highest victory margin is held by Bandeppa Kashempur, who as an independent candidate then, had defeated Zulfiqar Hashmi by a margin of 27,235 votes in 2004.

JD(S) candidate Ayaz Khan performed poorly with a meagre 4,421 votes and lost his security deposit. Khan dedicated his victory to the people and the support from senior leaders like Dharam Singh, Bhalki MLA Eshwar Khandre and MLC Vijay Singh.

He said the win had increased his responsibility and would encourage him to take forward development works initiated by him in the past. Khan said that he would strive to address problems relating to drinking water and basic amenities.

Jubilant supporters of Khan gathered in large numbers at the counting centre - BVB College in the city - danced to drum beats and burst crackers. A victory procession was taken out through the major roads in the City. Out of the total 2,05,157 eligible voters in the constituency, 1,25,695 had exercised their franchise (voting percentage of 61.26). Of these 65,253 are men, 60,445 women.

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Amer khan
 - 
Tuesday, 16 Feb 2016

Raheem khan shows his ability once again. But he should work otherwise he will face the problem in coming elections.

IBRAHIM.HUSSAIN
 - 
Tuesday, 16 Feb 2016

Warning to Siddaramayyah Government from the people of Karnataka. If power mongering not ends with Congress, the party will be defeated by the people of Karnataka in next election. There is need to change the policy and remove the unwanted ministers from the cabinet and give chances to the young and working MLAs as ministers.

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April 2,2020

The Ayodhya police booked a senior journalist on Wednesday for raising questions on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's visit to the Ram Janmabhoomi for a religious ceremony amid the lockdown over the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The FIR mentions a tweet by Siddharth Varadarajan, editor of news portal 'The Wire', where he said: "On the day the Tablighi Jamaat event was held, Adityanath insisted a large Ram Navami fair planned for Ayodhya from March 25 to April 2 would proceed as usual and that 'Lord Ram would protect devotees from the coronavirus."

Varadarajan had clarified in another tweet that it was "Acharya Paramhans, Hindutva stalwart and head of the official Ayodhya temple trust, who said Ram would protect devotees from coronavirus, and not Adityanath, though he allowed a public event on 25/3 in defiance of the lockdown and took part himself".

Taking the suo-motu cognizance, Faizabad Kotwali police station incharge Nitish Kumar Shrivastava registered an FIR under sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and 505(2) (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Indian Penal Code for doing "disreputable" comment against the chief minister.

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Reacting to it, Varadarajan termed the FIR "politically motivated, saying that the offences invoked were not even remotely made out.

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January 4,2020

Surathkal, Jan 4: The National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have signed agreementsfor joint research and development of technology for application in space, a statement said here on Friday.

As part of the agreement, which was signed by P Venkatakrishnan, Director of ISRO CBPO Division and Prof Umamaheswar Rao, Director, NITK, ISRO will establish the Regional Academic Center for Space (RACS) at NITK.

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January 12,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 12: Janata Dal (Secular) chief and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda on Sunday refuted reports of him contesting in the Rajya Sabha elections and added that he is more concerned about strengthening his party in Karnataka.

"I am not interested in going to Rajya Sabha. My concern is to build and strengthen the party in the region to the best of my ability. I had declared earlier that I will not contest elections anymore," Deve Gowda told ANI here.

"My party MP D Kupendra Reddy is there in the Rajya Sabha as of now and further decisions will be taken by the party. In March 2019, towards the end of the 16th Lok Sabha I had declared that I will not contest any more elections," Deve Gowda added.

Four Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka are about to fall vacant in June this year as two of Congress, one of BJP and JD(S) MPs retire.

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