Lecturer, Dubai beautician among the new faces in Dakshina Kannada ZP

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February 24, 2016

Mangaluru, Feb 24: Rasheeda Banu, a lecturer at a private degree college in Ullal, is probably the only member in Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat who holds a master degree in political science. This hijab-clad woman managed to defeat her closest rival Poornima Shetty of BJP with a margin of 4,580 votes in Konaje seat in just concluded panchayat polls.

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Seema Melwyn D'Souza and Rasheeda Banu 

A rank holder in post-graduation at Mangalore University, Rasheeda worked as a guest lecturer in Field Marshal Cariappa College in Madikeri for two years and then joined Syed Madani Women's College in Ullal.

Eldest daughter of two-time taluk panchayat member Muhammed Mustafa Malar, she is married to Muhammed Twaha, an engineer and they have a small child. Thanks to the support and encouragement from her father, husband and health minister UT Khader she decided to enter politics to serve the poor through Congress party a few weeks ago.

“I want to develop my constituency using the funds available from the government. My father has been supporting me throughout the election,” she says.

“I know there is a lot of difference between what I have learnt and what I will be practicing now,” Ms. Banu said. She intends to work with legislators, and taluk panchayat and gram panchayat members to carry out development works.

“It is through development alone that harmony can be built in my constituency,” she said.

Wife replaces husband

Another Congress candidate Seema Melwyn D'Souza, who won from Neermarga seat, was beautician at a firm in Dubai till last year. She quit her Dubai job to join her husband, Melwyn D'Souza, a former ZP member. She opened her own beauty parlour in Neermarga later.

She said that it was her husband who had contested from the constituency during the last term. “As the women reservation was announced for the constituency, I contested the election. I will work towards the development of the constituency.”

Ruling out that his wife's candidature was a case of family politics, Mr. D'Souza said that it was proposed by party workers. “She is yet to get a grip of things. I am here to support her,” Mr. D'Souza said.

Comments

Anwar Sadath
 - 
Wednesday, 24 Feb 2016

Congratulation to my high school class mate Rasheeda Banu

Abu Wafa
 - 
Wednesday, 24 Feb 2016

Congrats, ,,,,, very good news

Ahmed Bava
 - 
Wednesday, 24 Feb 2016

Congratulations Rasheeda Banu ( Masha Allah ) and Seema Melwyn all the very best for your political future i hope you will do something good for poor people.

Siraj
 - 
Wednesday, 24 Feb 2016

Congratulations! It's good sign youngsters are jumping into politics. I wish them all the success for their future political life. Yes. There are many corrupt politicians in and around us. We should not be one among those who just blame politicians. The young and clean hands should jump into the political field and wipe out the corrupt. this is the best solution at the moment.

chammi
 - 
Wednesday, 24 Feb 2016

may Allah bless with u all the happiness and health Ameen

Nazeer
 - 
Wednesday, 24 Feb 2016

Masha Allah Good job Keep it up..
Well done..

Priyanka
 - 
Wednesday, 24 Feb 2016

wow wonderful, all the best do well for the society.

Zahir
 - 
Wednesday, 24 Feb 2016

all the best Rasheeda Banu, please solve our water problem in konaje roads are not clear.

Premanatha
 - 
Wednesday, 24 Feb 2016

all the best ladies, do well for your constituency.

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January 2,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived at the Yelahanka air base by a special plane on a two-day visit to Karnataka to attend events in Tumakuru and Bengaluru.

Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, Union Ministers D V Sadananda Gowda and Pralhad Joshi and state Revenue Minister R Ashoka were present to welcome Modi.

Yediyurappa greeted the Prime Minister by garlanding him and offering a shawl and adorned him with a Mysuru Peta (turban).

Later, Modi flew to Tumakuru to attend events at the Siddaganga Math apart from addressing a gathering and to present the Krishi Karman Award.

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He will stay at the Raj Bhavan on Thursday.

On Friday, Modi will inaugurate the 107th Indian Science Congress at the University of Agriculture Science in Bengaluru.

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February 23,2020

Udupi, Feb 23: Karnataka's minister for Tourism and Culture CT Ravi on Sunday said that India is losing money as because people travel abroad to visit casinos.

Arguing that casinos are being used by countries to promote tourism, he took to Twitter to highlight the issue, saying, "During my interaction with FKCCI, I had mentioned that many countries have promoted Tourism through Casinos. Isn't it a fact that lakhs of Indians go abroad to play in Casinos? Can anyone stop them? At the moment, there is no proposal before Our Govt to set up Casinos here,' he tweeted in the morning.

He also urged the Central government to stop people from visiting abroad.

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"What I meant was many Indians go and spend there, our money should be spent here itself," he had said.

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