Science toppers in Udupi aim high: Raeesa wants to become doctor; Swathi to pursue engineering

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April 16, 2019

Udupi, Apr 16: Raeesa Umarabba, a student of S.R. PU College, Hebri, and Swathi, a student of MGM Pre-University College, are the two girls from the coastal district of Udupi who shared third rank in the Science stream with two others in the Karnataka II PUC exams the results of which were announced on Monday. Both of them have obtained 592/600 marks.

Daughter of businessman A Umarabba and homemaker Ruksana, teenage girl Raeesa said that she was delighted about her results as she felt her hard work had paid. She did not take any coaching. “The teachers in my college were ready to guide students any time so there was no need for any coaching,” she said.

Though she wants to become a doctor, she said that what she takes up as a career will depend on the marks she gets in the competitive exams, including the NEET and CET.

“My study hours were flexible. I did not have any set hours for studying,” she said. Her hobbies include painting, drawing, singing and dancing. “I attribute my success to both my parents but especially to my mother, Ruksana, who is my role model and who encouraged me at every step,” she said.

Daughter of Udayashankar Nayak, Manager, Syndicate Bank, Bengaluru, and Girija Bai, a clerk at Upendra Pai Memorial College, Udupi, Swathi wants to become an Engineer in Computer Science. She would prefer to study in either NITK-Surathkal or NMAM Institute of Technology, Nitte.

“My elder sister, Shwetha is studying engineering at SMV Institute of Technology and Management in Bantakal. This also made me think of taking up engineering,” she said.

Swathi used to study for about one-and-a-half hours in the beginning of the academic year, which she later increased. Her hobbies include drawing and sketching.

“I attribute my success to my parents, teachers and my hard efforts. My parents supported me and my teachers in the college were always there to guide me,” she said.

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June 8,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 8: The Janata Dal (Secular) on Monday announced that former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda has decided to contest the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections.

"Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda has decided to contest the Rajya Sabha elections at the request of our party legislators, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and many other leaders of the country. Tomorrow, he will be filing nomination for the election. Thanks to the former PM for agreeing to everyone's consensus," JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy said.

The elections to fill the vacant 18 Rajya Sabha seats from seven states are scheduled to be held on June 19.

Four Rajya Sabha seats are up for grabs in the state, Congress has already nominated senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge as its candidate.

The ruling BJP will field candidates for two seats.

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February 14,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 14: Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker Vishvesha Hegde Kageri on Friday announced continuation of ban on private TV channels from live coverage of the Budget Session being held this Month and next month.

Addressing a press conference here, Mr Kageri said that the ban was imposed on the lines of practice in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in the Parliament. Private channels will not be allowed to cover live on going session instead they will be provided with clippings by the concerned Department as was done during the previous Session.

For the first time in the history the BJP government, which had come to power for the second time in the state last year after pulling down Congress-JDS coalition government, had banned live coverage of the session by private channels and despite Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's appeal the ban was not lifted.

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March 5,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 5: Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday admitted in the legislative assembly that corruption was deep-rooted in government offices and held transfer racket as the root cause of the graft menace.

“Unless we root it out from the system, we can never uphold the spirit of the Constitution and ensure equitable justice to people. If legislators lend support (to this cause), then we can weed out this menace,” Yediyurappa said during a special discussion on the Constitution.

Successive governments have been accused by opposition parties of running a transfer racket, but there’s very little done to institute a probe or order a crackdown following the allegations.

The chief minister’s candid admission came after senior Congress MLA HK Patil, quoting a report from Amnesty International, said 63% of people in Karnataka give bribe to get their work done in government offices. The CM said he agreed with the report in toto.

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