Mangaluru: U T Khader, Mohiuddin Bava, J R Lobo file nomination papers

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April 23, 2018

Mangaluru, Apr 23: The Congress candidates of all three constituencies of Mangaluru city filed their nomination papers for they May 12 Karnataka assembly polls on Monday.

Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, who represents Mangaluru (erstwhile Ullal) constituency, filed his nomination papers at the office of assistant commissioner in the city.

The three-time MLA held a workers meeting at Thokottu junction after taking out a mini-padayatra from Gatti Samaja Bhavan to Thokkottu before proceeding to the city to file his nomination around noon.

B A Mohiuddin Bava, the MLA from Mangaluru City North, chose a novel way to grab the attention of the people before filing nominations. He rode bicycle till the MCC office where he handed over the papers to the returning officer.

Speaking to media persons, Mr Bava said that he left no stone unturned for the development of his constituency in last five years as MLA.

“People of constituency have not only made me an MLA five years ago, but also supported me all these five years,” he said, adding that he is confident of becoming two-time MLA.

Prior to that, Bava visited Sacred Heart Church, Suratkal, and also the Shree Guru Amba Mahamaya Temple and Juma Masjid mosque at Hosabettu. He also held a meeting with party workers earlier in the day.

J R Lobo, MLA of Mangaluru City South, too filed his nomination papers at the MCC office at Lalbagh. He will started with a procession from near the Sri Kudroli Gokarnanatha Temple, an hour earlier.

Incidentally, former KPCC chief B Janardhan Poojary is the architect of this temple that serves as the epicentre of Mangaluru Dasara and Lobo recently had sought blessings from the party senior at his house in Bantwal. The caste connotations of commencing of the procession from the Kshetra is too hard to be missed.

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May 7,2020

Bengaluru, May 7: A 55-year old woman from Davanagere became the 30th COVID-19 related fatality in Karnataka, where a total number of infections has crossed 700-mark, with eight new positive cases being confirmed, the health department said on Thursday.

The deceased woman was a known case of diabetes and hypertension, she was admitted with a complaint of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) and was on a ventilator, the department said in its mid-day situation update.

She died today at a designated hospital in Davanagere, it said.

"Eight new positive cases have been reported from last evening to this noon...

Till date 701 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed. This includes 30 deaths and 363 discharges," the update said.

The eight new cases reported include three from Davangere, indulging the deceased patient; also three from Kalaburagi, and one each from Hirebagewadi in Belagavi district and Bengaluru urban.

While four cases are contacts of patients earlier tested positive, three are with the history of Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) and one is a SARI case.

Five among eight new cases are women and three are men.

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March 26,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 26: About 2,771 people are home-quarantined in the wake of the novel coronavirus in Dakshina Kannada district here, Deputy Commissioner said on Wednesday.

"Meanwhile, about 20 people have completed the mandated 28 days of quarantine, DC Sindhu B Rupesh said in a statement here.

More than 38,000 people from the district have been screened and seven are admitted and are under observation, he added.

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January 22,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 22: The Bengaluru Police on Wednesday said that the procedure is being followed to hand-over to the Mangaluru Police a suspect who surrendered before it two days after planting an improvised explosive device (IED) at the Mangaluru International Airport.

"He [the suspect] surrendered before police claiming to be responsible for the Mangaluru airport incident. He is being medically examined and we are preparing procedure to hand him over to the Mangaluru team which is already on their way," Bengaluru Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Chetan Singh Rathore told the media persons.

Aditya Rao surrendered before Bengaluru Police today, days after a bag of IED was recovered from Mangaluru airport. He hails from Udupi and has engineering and MBA degrees.

An investigation team of Mangaluru police is flying to Bengaluru to question him. "Mangaluru city police investigation team is flying to Bengaluru shortly to investigate the developments in connection with MIA case..the team will question the suspect and will initiate further necessary legal action," Commissioner of Police, Mangaluru City, tweeted.

According to the police, the IED was recovered from a bag at Mangaluru airport on January 20. It was later defused in an open field by the personnel of the bomb disposal squad.

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Fairman
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Wednesday, 22 Jan 2020

Soon he should be rewarded a seat MLA or MLC.

 

 

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