BJP faces massive defeat in Karnataka urban local bodies; Cong regains ground in DK, Udupi

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March 11, 2013

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Mangalore/Udupi/Bangalore, Mar 11:The Congress headed for a big win in Karnataka urban local bodies, leaving ruling BJP way behind as counting of votes polled on March 7, was held across the state including in coastal districts on Monday.

Mangalore City Corporation and Udupi City Municipal Council have been won by Congress.

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The Congress has so far bagged 1895 seats of the 4,893 for which results were declared by 12 noon., while the BJP was way behind, with just around 887 seats. Janata Dal-Secular was slightly ahead of the BJP, bagging about 892 seats.

Voting took place on Thursday for over 4,800 seats to run 207 urban local bodies.

Former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa's Karnataka Janata Party was struggling, with around 269 seats.

The rest were taken by smaller parties and independents.

Around 70 percent of 8.5 millon voters of the state's total electorate of more than 40 million had voted in the elections to urban local bodies.

CLICK HERE FOR DISTRICT WISE ULB RESULTS

Trends

DAKSHINA KANNADA

Mangalore City Corporation (60 Wards)

BJP: 20

Congress: 35

SDPI:1

CPI(M): 1

JD(S): 2

Bantwal

BJP:5

Congress: 13

SDPI: 3

JD(S):1

Independent: 1

Beltangady Taluk Panchayat (11 wards)

BJP: 2

Congress: 9

Ullal (27 wards)

BJP:  7

Congress:  17

Independent: 2

Others: 1

Moodbidri (23 wards)

Congress: 14

BJP: 5

JD(S):3

Puttur (21 wards)

Congress: 15

BJP: 12

Sullia (18 wards)

BJP:  12

Congress: 5

SDPI: 1

UDUPI

Udupi City Municipal Council (35 wards)

BJP: 12

Congress: 22

Others: 1

Kundapur (23 wards)

BJP:  12

Congress:  9

CPI (M):  2

Karkala (23 wards)

BJP: 11

Congress: 12

Saligrama

BJP: 8

Congress: 2

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Other parts of Karnataka

Results announced for 4893 wards out of 4976 wards

Congress has won in 1895 wards

JD(S) has won in 892 wards

BJP has won in 887 wards

KJP has won in 270 wards

BSR Congress has won in 76 wards

Others have 771 wins

Independent candidates win in Bhatkal. 21 of 22 seats won by Independent candidates.

KEY WINS/LEADS

Congress

Congress wins 10 seats in Gulbarga

Congress wins 3 seats in Shimoga

Congress leads in 26 wards in Bellary

Congress wins in Mangalore

Congress wins 15 seats in Mandya

Cong wins 2 seats in Raichur CMC

Congress wins Hunsur CMC

Congress leads in Nippani

Congress Leads in Shimoga

Congress leads in Hospet

Congress wins in Bantwala

Congress leads in 19 wards in gulbarga

Congress wins Gundalpet

Congress leads in Bhalki

Congress wins in Gowribidnur

Congress wins in Bellary

Congress wins in Chamarajanagar

Congress wins in Udupi

Congress wins in KR Nagar

Congress wins in Karwar

Congress wins in Mangalore

Congress wins in Gadag

BJP

BJP wins in Koppa and Sringeri town

BJP wins 6 seats in Udupi

BJP wins in Nagargunda TNC

BJP wins in Thirtahalli

BJP wins in Sankeshwar

BJP wins in Koppa

BJP wins in Chimagalur

BJP leads in Hubli-Dharwad

BJP leading in Hubli-Dharwad city corporation

KJP

KJP wins 2 seats in Gulbarga

KJP wins in Afzalpur town

KJP leads in Shikaripura

JD(S)

JD(S) wins in Hassan

JD(S) wins in Hosanagara

JD(S) wins in Nelamangala

JD(S) wins in Malavalli

JD(S) wins in Kolar

KEY LOSERS

BSR behind Congress in Bellary

Congress defeats JD(S) in Ramanagara

Congress defeats BSR in Bellary

Setback for Kumaraswamy in Ramanagar

Setback for Minister Varathur Prakash as JD(S) wins in Kolar

Congress wins 20 seats in Shirsi, setback for Khageri

Other results

*Hung results in Mandya CMC

*Transgener candidate from Congress wins from ward 4 in Bellary Municipal Corporation

*Snake Shyam wins from BJP in Mysore

*Hung results in Tumkur

*Congress v/s JD(S)S in Mysore

*Koppal Undecided

*Hung results in Shimoga

*Setback for Kannadigas as Marathis win Belgaum City Corporation

*Independent candidates rule Bhatkal

*Raichur undecided

*Hung verdict in Bidar

*Hung verdict in Mysore

KEY CORPORATIONS/TOP TWO PARTIES

Hubli-Dharwad-67

BJP-30; CONG-22

Mysore-60

JD(S)-16, CONG-18

Bellary-35

BSR-6; CONG-26

Davangere-41

Cong-  36    Others- 4

Gulbarga-55

JD(S)- 10; CONG-23

Mangalore-60

BJP-  20 ;     CONG- 35

Mysore-65

JD(S)-20   CONG-  22

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Earlier

Counting of votes for the urban local bodies (ULBs) that went to the polls on March 7 began this morning, across the state including coastal Karnataka amidst tight security.

The State Election Commission (SEC) has already begun declaring the results. The quickness in the announcement of results is owing to the use of the electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the polls for the first time.

Dakshina Kannada

In Dakshina Kannada, where 677 candidates contested from 189 wards in seven urban local bodies including the Mangalore City Corporation, the counting process began at 8 am, in all the seven counting centres in the district. The counting centres meant for the purpose are, St Rosario English/Kannada Higher Primary School Pandeshwar, Mangalore (Mangalore City Corporation), Mahaveera College Moodbidri (Moodbidri TMC), Bharath English Medium Higher Primary School Ullal (Ullal TMC), Samarthya Sowdha Bantwal (Bantwal TMC), Swami Vivekananda English Medium High School Puttur (Puttur TMC), Belthangady Town Panchayat Office (Belthangady Town Panchayat) and Sullia Taluk Office (Sullia Town Panchayat).

The results are most likely to be announced by 11 am or at the most the it might go up to noon to get the clear picture.

As many as 677 candidates including 226 female candidates are trying their luck in seven Urban Local Bodies in the distrtict.

The break up of total of number of candidates with men and women in brackets is as follows: Mangalore City Corporation (243, 93); Moodbidri (77, 29), Ullal (93, 31), Bantwal (83, 27), Puttur (88, 31), Belthangady (38, 22) and Sullia (55, 24).

Voting percentage

In the ULB election that was held on March 7, Dakshina Kannada district registered 4.2 per cent increase in the total poll compared to that of the ULB election held in 2007.

If the district had registered 62.19 polling in 2007, the district registered 66.21 polling this time.

As many as 3,06,636 voters of the total 4,60,381 voters, exercised franchise on the polling day. During this poll, it is significant to note the slight increase in the number of voters too which would also help in writing the fate of candidates. The total polling population in 2007 was 4,59,556, while for the fresh polling it was 4,60,381.

Counting at Rosario

In the backdrop of counting of polls of the election held for Mangalore City Corporation, at Rosario High School today, a total of 252 government employees including police personnel are deployed for the purpose.

It includes 48 supervisors, 48 Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) suppliers, 96 counting assistants, 12 tabulators, 12 tabulator assistants, 24 Returning Officers and AROs, 12 assistants to 12 rooms and 12 police who will function at the counting venue.

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February 11,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 11: A 36-year-old woman who fought back after being stabbed eight times by a helmet-clad intruder succumbed to injuries at a hospital.

Susheela was in shock after she pulled off the attacker’s helmet as it was her own brother-in-law. Before breathing her last, she explained the sequence of events to the police.

She said her brother-in-law attacked her because he was eyeing their ancestral property worth over Rs 10 crore. “Susheela put up a stiff resistance and identified her assailant. But the stab injuries proved to be fatal,” said a police officer. Based on her statement, Ananth Kumar, 42, was arrested on murder charges.

The attack occurred on February 7 at Honaganahatti village in Tavarekere, off Magadi Road. Susheela, whose husband Gangaraju died in a road accident 12 years ago, was living with her 14-year-old daughter and 75-year-old mother, Rudramma.

On Friday, her daughter had gone to school and Rudramma was sitting outside the house when a man walked in wearing a full-faced helmet and attacked Susheela with a knife. She defended herself with a stick used for making ragi balls and by throwing chilli powder at his face. But the attacker stabbed her on the hand, neck and head. He fled when Susheela identified him and raised an alarm. Neighbours rushed her to a hospital.

During questioning, Kumar reportedly confessed to the crime, saying he wanted to get rid of her as she was not agreeing to sell five acres of their ancestral property.

Susheela’s nephew Kiran G said: “The family owned six acres. Kumar sold one acre for Rs 50 lakh a few years ago after convincing Susheela. He, however, paid her only Rs 5 lakh. Lately, he was pestering Susheela to sell the remaining land as buyers were ready to pay Rs 2.5 crore per acre. But she was hesitating as she had been cheated by him earlier.”

Police are now examining the circumstances under which Gangaraju was killed. “We learnt the driver who had been arrested in connection with Gangaraju’s accident is currently working with Kumar,” said an officer.

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May 27,2020

In a development which highlights the diversity in the United Kingdom’s legal system, a 40-year-old Muslim woman has become the first hijab-wearing judge in the country.

Raffia Arshad, a barrister, was appointed a deputy district judge on the Midlands circuit last week after 17-year career in law.  

She said her promotion was great news for diversity in the world’s most respected legal system. She hopes to be an inspiration to young Muslims.

Ms Arshad, who grew up in Yorkshire, north England, has wanted to work in law since she was 11.

Ms Arshad said the judicial office was looking to promote diversity, but when they appointed her they did not know that she wore the hijab.

‘It’s definitely bigger than me,” she told Metro newspaper. "I know this is not about me.

"It’s important for all women, not just Muslim women, but it is particularly important for Muslim women."

Ms Arshad, a mother of three, has been practising private law dealing with children, forced marriage, female genital mutilation and other cases involving Islamic law for the past 17 years.

She was the first in her family to go to university and has also written a leading text on Islamic family law.

Although the promotion by the Lord Chief Justice was welcome news for her, Ms Arshad said the happiness from other people sharing the news was “far greater”.

“I’ve had so many emails from people, men and women," she said.

"It’s the ones from women that stand out, saying that they wear a hijab and thought they wouldn’t even be able to become a barrister, let alone a judge."

Ms Arshad is regularly the subject of discrimination in the courtroom because of her choice to wear the hijab.

She is sometimes mistaken for a court worker or a client.

Ms Arshad said that recently she was asked by an usher whether she was a client, an interpreter, and even if she were on work experience.

“I have nothing against the usher who said that but it reflects that as a society, even for somebody who works in the courts, there is still this prejudicial view that professionals at the top end don’t look like me,” she said.

A family member once advised her to not wear a hijab at an interview for a scholarship at the Inns of Court School of Law in 2001, warning that it would affect her chances of landing the role.

“I decided that I was going to wear my headscarf because for me it’s so important to accept the person for who they are," Ms Arshad said.

"And if I had to become a different person to pursue my profession, it’s not something I wanted.”

The joint heads of St Mary’s Family Law Chambers said they were “delighted” to hear the news of her appointment.

“Raffia has led the way for Muslim women to succeed in the law and at the bar, and has worked tirelessly to promote equality and diversity in the profession,” Vickie Hodges and Judy Claxton said.

“It is an appointment richly deserved and entirely on merit, and all at St Mary’s are proud of her and wish her every success.”

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July 23,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 23: The Siddi community in Karnataka got its first lawmaker as Governor Vajubhai Vala nominated five persons, including Shantharama Budna Siddi, to the Karnataka Legislative Council on Wednesday.

Shantharama Siddi had been working as a social worker and was a post holder at the Vanavasi Kalyan Prakalpa, a tribal welfare initiative of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

The Siddis, an ethnic group in India, are said to have descended from the people of the East African region. They are included in the list of Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Karnataka.

Apart from the Shantharama, the inclusion of CP Yogishwar, who had left Congress to join BJP in 2017 but failed to retain his seat in the 2018 Assembly polls, is also considered as a big decision.

Adagur H Vishwanath, another former JDS leader, who had quit his party and joined BJP but failed to retain his seat has also caught the attention of the people.

Further, Governor Vala has nominated Talwar Sabanna and Bharathi Shetty to the Upper House in the state.

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