Hubballi youth bags 17th rank in UPSC Mains

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April 6, 2019

Hubballi, Apr 6: While no aspirant from Karnataka figures among the top 10 rank holders in the 2018 UPSC Mains, results for which were announced late Friday, two feature in the top 50.

Rahul Sharanappa Sankanur has secured the 17th rank, while Lakshmi N has bagged the 45th. Rahul, nephew of MLC SV Sankanur, is a BE graduate in electronics and communications from RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru. After working in an MNC for a year, he availed coaching in Delhi. This was his third attempt at cracking the civil services exams. He said it was his grandfather VP Sankanur’s dream to see one of his grandsons as an IAS officer. Rahul is the second son of Sharanappa V Sankanur, Hubballi resident and retired assistant executive engineer of PWD.

Malleswaram resident Lakshmi, who had secured the 50th rank in the Indian Forest Service (IFS) exams, said: “I am really happy I’ll be able to choose IAS now.”

Mysurean Dr Akash Shankar, an alumnus of Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, has bagged the 78th rank in his sixth attempt. A KAS officer of the 2017 batch, Akash is a resident of Nazarabad.

Kruthika, a resident of Roopanagar in Mysuru, has landed the 100th rank. Kruthika, who is presently serving as an IRS officer, is a BE (computer science) graduate from Vidhyavardhaka Engineering College, Mysuru. “It was my childhood dream to become an IAS officer,” she said.

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JD(S) leader G T Devegowda backs CM Siddaramaiah in MUDA row, taunts HDK

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October 4,2024

Mysuru: Chairman of JD(S) core committee and Chamundeshwari constituency MLA G T Devegowda on Thursday expressed his solidarity with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah saying the latter need not resign, while lambasting leaders of his own party and alliance partner BJP, including Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy.

In his speech during Mysuru Dasara inauguration he said that if persons against whom FIR is registered have to resign, many leaders from all the three parties, including Opposition Leader R Ashoka, will have to resign.

“All are sitting in glass houses... Since I know Siddaramaiah well, I am talking about him. At a time when mines and real estate are ruling politics, Siddaramaiah has survived in politics. He has never done any favour,” Devegowda said.

He added, “Allegations against Siddaramaiah are unexpected and accidental. If the Governor and Chief Justice order an investigation, it does not mean that he should resign."

He continued, asking, "Have they told Siddaramaiah to resign or have they asked to imprison him? When a person becomes a Central minister, he or she should realise their dignity and responsibility. Instead of recognising the good work done by Siddaramaiah, they ask him to resign. Will Kumarswamy (facing an FIR) resign? Should Siddaramaiah, who has become CM with a support of 135 MLAs, resign?"

"Opposition leaders are not remembering the good work of earlier CMs Kengal Hanumanthaiah, Veerendra Patil, Ramakrishna Hegde, H D Deve Gowda or S M Krishna. Karnataka is a model state. It is a bad trend to topple an elected government which is doing good work,” he further said.

Devegowda added, “Siddaramaiah is Goddess Chamundeshwari’s ‘Varaputra’ and hence has her blessings during tough times. He won the election in Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency, when the BJP-JD(S) government was in power in 2006. With the blessings of the Goddess, he has held varied positions right from becoming an MLA for the first time in 1983. He presented 15 budgets and has become CM for a second time. He took H C Mahadevappa, a Dalit leader to the state level. Siddaramaiah has the support of Deputy CM D K Shivakumar as ‘Jodeththu’. Blessings of the beneficiaries of guarantee schemes are with him (Siddaramaiah).”

Siddaramaiah said, “Devegowda was a MUDA member. He knows the truth. Hence, he is saying this. His words have filled strength in me. ‘Satyameva Jayate’, Truth will always triumph.”

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