Late Ananth Kumar’s widow Tejaswini to contest from Bengaluru South

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March 12, 2019

Bengaluru, Mar 19: The Bharatiya Janata Party has reportedly decided to field Tejaswini Ananth Kumar, widow of late Union Minister H N Ananth Kumar from Bangalore South constituency. Ananth Kumar represented the constituency in the Lok Sabha for six consecutive terms since 1996.

Tejaswini had initially conveyed her reluctance to contest polls. However, state and central party leaders had been insisting that she make her electoral debut.

Former deputy chief minister R Ashoka met Tejaswini in the morning at the latter’s residence seeking that she contest the polls, for which she agreed. “Party leaders were insisting that I contest. I will go by their aspirations,” Tejaswini said.

Ashoka later held a meeting with party legislators, corporators and local leaders from Bangalore South segment.

Tejaswini knows the constituency well and was closely associated with development works taken up under MPLAD in the segment.

She runs the Adamya Chetana Foundation involved in supporting lesser privileged children. Politics, too is not new to her. Tejaswini was a youth leader with the ABVP, where she met Ananth Kumar, a fellow student leader.

“We were very keen that she contests from Bangalore South and continue the legacy left behind by Ananth Kumar,” BJP MLC and former minister V Somanna said.

After Ananth Kumar‘s demise in November last, top BJP leaders had made it clear that his family will not be let down. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on several public forums, had stated that Ananth Kumar’s death had left a huge void in the party.

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Mohammad
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Tuesday, 12 Mar 2019

Now BJP has every right to blame congress for DYNASTY Politics ;)

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May 20,2020

Bengaluru, May 20: Karnataka Congress leaders held a protest against the state government against amending of APMC Act, at the premises of Vidhan Soudha here.

Few days ago, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa had said that the new amendment in the Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Act will substantially aid the farmers in getting remunerative price for their produce.

"Amendment will not dilute the powers of the work of the APMCs. All these marketing activities will be monitored by the Directorate of State APMC. This new amendment Act will benefit farmers in improving their income & suffering from losses due to market fluctuations," the Karnataka CM tweeted.

Yediyurappa further said that the amendment will indirectly help farmers in doubling their income by 2022.

"This amendment will indirectly help farmers in doubling their income by 2022. I want to clarify that we have not removed the APMC Act, we are only amending 2 sections of the APMC Act which enable farmers to sell their produce at the markets where they intend to," he tweeted.

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June 26,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 26: In a gut-wrenching incident, a pack of stray dogs attacked a herd of barking deer, also known as Indian muntjac at Dr Shivaram Karanth Biological Park at Pilikula on the outskirts of the city last night.

Dhama H Jayaprakash Bhandary, director of the biological park said: “Due to heavy rains a tree was uprooted damaging the compound wall of the park one day ago. Last night pack of stray dogs entered the park and attacked the barking deer. When the incident came to light, 10 barking deer had lost their lives and many others were injured.”

He said that five years ago they had rescued four barking deer that bred and multiplied to 40. “We had planned to release some of the barking deer to jungle and retain around a dozen in the park. Last night’s incident has shocked us,” he said, adding that the injured barking deer are being treated.

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February 26,2020

Mysuru, Feb 26: The Pre-University Education Department was taking several measures to prevent paper leaks during the II PU examinations, scheduled to commence from March 4, a statement said on Tuesday.

Among the few measures that the board has chalked out, students would not be allowed to leave the examination hall till the last bell. In case of any emergency, the student could leave the exam hall but s/he would be required to surrender the question paper to authorities in the hall.

This is being done to ensure question papers aren’t circulated during exam hours by those who exit the hall before the last bell.

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