DK ZP polls: 9 Billavas, 6 Muslims, 4 Christians among 36 Cong candidates

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February 6, 2016

Mangaluru, Feb 6: Billavas and Muslims dominated the list of 36 candidates finalized by the Congress party for the upcoming Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat elections. For the first time Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee has announced candidates for all the constituencies at one go, according to district-in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai.

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Accompanied by Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee observer and former Legislative Council chairman V.R. Sudarshan at district Congress office Mr Rai, said that the list of candidates was prepared as per the guidelines by the KPCC, ensuring social justice.

Among 36 candidates 9 are Billavas and 6 are Muslims. They are followed by Christians, Bunts and Gowdas (4 each), Scheduled Castes (3), Scheduled Tribes (2) and Jain, Rajapur Saraswat Brahmin, Ganiga and Gatti (1 each).

Only four of the 11 outgoing Congress members in the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat featured in the list—M.S. Mohammed, Mamata Gatti (former ZP president), Saraswati Kamath and Chandra Prakash Shetty. Anita Hemanath Shetty, wife of former Puttur Block Congress president Kavu Hemanath Shetty, also features in the list. She is contesting from the Nettanige-Mudnur constituency.

The full list of the candidates is as follows:
1. Kinnigoli: Pramod Kumar
2. Puttige: Chandrahas Sanil
3. Shirthadi: Sumithra
4. Kateel: Shaila Sequeira
5. Bajpe: Maimuna Nisar
6. Edapadavu: Krishna Ameen
7. Gurpuru: U P Ibrahim
8. Neermarga: Seema D'Souza
9. Konaje: Rasheeda Banu
10. Someshwar: Lakshmi Poojary
11. Sangabettu: Mailappa Salian
12. Sarapady: Padmashekhar Jain
13. Pudu: Ummar Farooq
14. Gothamajalu: Bharathi R Poojary
15. Mani: Manjula Madhava Bave
16. Kolnadu: M S Mohammed
17. Kurnadu: Mamatha Gatti
18. Sajipamunnur: Chandraprakash Shetty
19. Punacha: Chethana
20. Naravi: P Dharanendra Kumar
21. Aladangady: Shekhar Kukkedi
22. Laila: Shobha N Gowda
23. Ujire: Namitha
24. Dharmastala: B Ramesh
25. Kaniyoor: Shahul Hameed
26. Kuvettu: Shral Jeene Noronha
27. Uppinangady: Anitha Keshav Gowda
28. Nelyadi: Sarvotham Gowda
29. Kadaba: PP Varghese
30. Belandoor: Sathish Kedanji
31. Panaje: Pavithra B
32. Nettanige Mudnoor: Anitha Hemanatha Shetty
33. Bellare: Rajeevi Rai
34. Guttigar: Vimala Rangaiah
35. Jalsoor: Saraswathi Kamath
36. Aranthodu: Madhava Gowda

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Siraj
 - 
Sunday, 7 Feb 2016

Muslim population in Dakshina Kannada is 24.02% according to 2011 census. Since independence, all these years, more than 70% Muslims had been voting Congress party. So, this 6 seats (16.66%) is not the due share of this oppressed Community.
Now, it's not the time to beg your share with other political parties who exploited you intentionally all these years. Muslims need to find alternative and show their power. It's time to stand firm on your feet. Unless and until you show your power in the election, nobody is going to count you!
Billavas got more seats than Muslims not because of their more number, it's because of their negotiating power. According to political parties, the market value of a Muslim vote is less than a Billava vote. There is no point in blaming congress party for this reason. It's the Muslim community who lack self confidence in taking right decision at the right time.

Prashanth Poojary
 - 
Saturday, 6 Feb 2016

BJP will defeat congress for sure.

Swetha Poojary
 - 
Saturday, 6 Feb 2016

All Billava Candidates all the best.

Deepak Kumar
 - 
Saturday, 6 Feb 2016

Well done Cong. All the best. #WithCongress

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March 21,2020

Kasaragod, Mar 21: The lack of self-restraint and social distancing by people here, the ones who come from the Middle East regions, in particular, has been a cause of concern for the district authorities who have time and again been reiterating the need to follow tips from health authorities to counter the spread of Novel Coronavirus.

But as things are feared to go out of control, the district authorities including the Collector Dr. Sajith Babu have come out to the streets and bazaars only to impose social distancing instructions now in place in the district strictly since six more persons have been tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday.

According to health authorities, the new cases were caused by a few people who recently returned from abroad and who did not follow the self-quarantine measures.

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May 26,2020

Bengaluru, May 26: Unknown miscreants have set ablaze 30-40 migrant labourers hutments in Bengaluru east, prompting police to take suo motu cognizance, an official said on Tuesday.

"As many as 30-40 migrant labourers' hutments have been set ablaze by unknown miscreants at Kacharakanahallin in KG Halli, we have taken suo motu cognizance of the crime," said a police official to media.

Police are investigating the arson invoking IPC Sections 143, 147, 188, 436, 123, 504, 506 and others.

"There was no loss of life in the arson as the migrant labourers were away at their hometowns because of COVID lockdown," said the official.

The labourers came from different parts of Karnataka to eke out a living and were living in those huts near the Rama Temple in KG Halli.

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February 21,2020

Chikkamgaluru, Feb 21: Wazi Noronha, aka, Vojald, the father of Amulya Leona Noronha, who lives in Koppa taluk of Chickmagalur district has said that he was shocked by his daughter’s pro-Pakistan slogans.

“Let her rot in jail. I don’t mind if police break her bones, I don’t support what she said and I will not approach lawyers for her bail. She has committed a grave mistake,” he said.

Amulya, a 19-year-old student activist, was booked for sedition yesterday after she raised ‘Long Live Pakistan’ slogans at a CAA-NRC rally. A visibly embarrassed Asaduddin Owaisi, AIMIM chief and MP tried to snatch the mic away from her and slammed her. Karnataka Police have registered a case under IPC Section 124A (Offence of sedition) against Amulya.

Mr. Wazi, who owns a two-acre areca plantation and runs a poultry farm, said he would not make any attempts to get her bail. “Let the law take its course. I cannot approve of her statement,” he said.

He said he had cautioned his daughter against getting involved in protests. “I told her to complete studies first and later she could fight for poor people. But what she said yesterday is not acceptable. I don’t know what made her so. I hope a probe would bring out who prompted her to make such statements,” he said.

Mr. Wazi also admitted that he was associated with BJP and had worked for saffronite leaders like Shobha Karandlaje and D N Jeevaraj.

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