Mithun Rai flaunts his strength, thanks his ‘guru’ D K Shivakumar while filing nomination

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March 25, 2019

Mangaluru, Mar 25: Mithun Rai, the Congress candidate for Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency, today filed his nomination papers for next month’s general elections. Janata Dal (Secular) also has extended support to Mr Rai as per seat sharing deal between the two parties.

Prior to the filing of nomination, the president of Dakshina Kannada Youth Congress flaunted his strength as the workers of both Congress and JD(S) took out a massive rally from Town Hall to the deputy commissioner’s office.

At a party workers’ convention held at Town Hall, Rai thanked all senior leaders, especially D K Shivakumar for proposing his name to contest from Dakshina Kannada seat and supporting him.

“I am thankful to all senior Congress leaders, who unanimously suggested my name to contest from here. I remember the words of my guru in politics D K Shivakumar, who used to tell me that ‘a leader is the one who makes another leader, not followers,” he said.

He also thanked KPCC president Dinesh Gundo Rao, coalition coordination committee chairman Siddaramaiah, deputy chief minister G Parameshwara, JD(S) chief HD Deve Gowda and chief minister HD Kumaraswamy.

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Why poojary here. he supports Modi and BJP.

Good Luck Mr.Mithun Rai,

All patriot peace loving qualified Mangaloreans with you . Save our biggest world famous nation INDIA from

TWO gujarati tugs. They already pulled and grabbed South Kanara origin well set up Viiiaya Bank and merged with sanghi sponsored Bank Of Baroda. From now onwards all opening's vacancies fIlled up with baniya Guratis. So all South Kanara Youth must stand together to smash conspiracy and their leaders. Now the time has come so please well think and elected a qualified candidate for our South Kanara youths benifit.

So sad to see womens sitting on floors and mens sitting on chair and dont have the humanity or male gene in their body to be a real man.

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B K Hariprasad, Naseer Ahmed Cong candidates for June 29 Karnataka MLC polls

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June 17,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 17: The Congress on Wednesday decided to field senior party leader B K Hariprasad and incumbent Naseer Ahmed as candidates for the coming legislative council polls in Karnataka.

"The Congress President Sonia Gandhi has approved the proposal for the candidature of B K Hariprasad and Naseer Ahmed as Congress candidates to contest the biennial elections to the Legislative Council of Karnataka to be elected by the MLAs," the AICC said in a release.

The election is necessitated as the term of seven MLCs- Naseer Ahmed, Jayamma, M C Venugopal, N S Bose Raju, H M Revanna (all Congress), T A Sharavana (JDS) and independent D U Mallikarjuna- will end June 30.

Polling will be held on June 29 to fill seven MLC berths, and June 18 is the last date for filing of nominations.

While the BJP is in a position to win four out of seven seats, the Congress can win two and the JD(S) one.

Twenty-eight valid votes of MLAs are required for each candidate to win.

Hariprasad’s candidature has been announced as his tenure in the Rajya Sabha is coming to end on June 25.

He has also served as general secretary of the party.

Naseer Ahmed, who is retiring as MLC on June 30, will be seeking another term.

According to state Congress president D K Shivakumar, more than 200 aspirants have sought tickets for the two seats that the party can win in the legislative council polls.

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Mangaluru | 7-day-old baby tests covid positive

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July 2,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 2: A seven-day old baby boy was tested positive for Covid-19, Health Department officials said on Thursday.

The infant is currently undergoing treatment at a designated Covid Hospital here. The baby was born at a private hospital in the city last week.

According to the officials, it was not known as to how the newborn contracted the infection.

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Mangaluru | Covid safety norms flouted during new Gurupura bridge inauguration

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June 12,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 12: A huge crowd gathered for the grand opening of the newly built 175-metre-long two-lane bridge across Phalguni River on National Highway 169 near Gurupura on the outskirts of the city today.

Even as the photos of the bridge inauguration ceremony went viral on social media, netizens took the elected representatives and the district administration to task for flouting safety norms at a time when the coronavirus cases are continuing to mount in coastal Karnataka.

The bridge was completed in a record time of 15 months. Dakshina Kannada MP and State BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel and district in-charge Minister Kota Srinivas Poojari inaugurated the bridge in the presence of Mangaluru City North MLA Y. Bharath Shetty and others.

The bridge has come as a breather to thousands of travellers between Mangaluru-Moodbidri-Karkala on the busy NH. The age-old steel bridge had become dilapidated and was a cause for concern for road users. The highway is also under the process of getting widened to four lanes.

The bridge was constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 30 crore by contractor Sudhakar Shetty of Mugrodi Construction. Work started in February last and the contractor had time till February next.

While the two-lane carriageway is 16 metres wide, the bridge has 2.5-metre-wide pedestrian paths on both the sides. New approach roads of 500 metres each were also part of the project.