Rizwan Arshad, Allam, Veena among Cong candidates for MLC polls

May 29, 2016

Bengaluru, May 29: The Congress has picked former KPCC president Allam Veerabhadrappa, youth Congress president Rizwan Arshad, former minister R B Thimmapur and Veena Achaiah as the candidates for the Legislative Council elections from the Assembly.

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Senior Congress leaders, including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC president G Parameshwara, finalised these candidates on Saturday. The candidates are likely to file their nominations on May 31. The AICC?released the list on Saturday evening.

The party has not finalised names for 3 seats to be filled through nominations.

Sources said Mohan Kondaji, G C Chandrashekar, P R Ramesh and C M Lingappa were also lobbying hard to become the party candidates, the election for which is scheduled on June10.

The choice of State Congress chief Parameshwara was G C?Chandrashekar. But the party finally preferred to give a representation to the Youth Congress and hence selected Rizwan. Between Kondajji and Allam Veerabhadrappa, the party settled for a senior leader. Both are Lingayats.

Veena Achaiah was preferred as the party wanted to give a representation to Kodagu, which is now a BJP-dominated district.

She is now the chairperson of Karnataka State Handicraft Development Corporation. Thimmapur, who was minister in the S M Krishna Cabinet, belongs to the Scheduled Caste (Left).

BJP yet to decide

The BJP, which can easily win one seat, is yet to finalise the candidate. Though former minister V Somanna is the front-runner, names of D K Sadashiv and Subbanarasimha were also making rounds.

In case of the JD?(S), party supremo H?D?Deve Gowda has announced that K?V?Narayanaswamy, a Brahmin, as the candidate for the council polls. Elections will be held for seven council seats from the Legislative Assembly. The Congress can win four seats while the BJP and the JD(S) can easily win one each. A candidate can win the seventh seat if either the BJP or the JD(S) manages to get the support of independents and MLAs of smaller parties. May 31 is the last date for filing nomination papers.

For nomination seats, names of businessman K P Nanjundi, film personality Bhavana, writer Baragur Ramachandrappa and former MLC Nazeer Ahmed are making rounds in the party. The Congress high command had authorised the Chief Minister and KPCC president to finalise the candidates, the sources added.

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March 21,2024

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Mangaluru: A man from Dakshina Kannada was duped of Rs 2.5 lakh after he was promised a Poland visa.

In a complaint, a resident of Belthangady, stated that the accused, Manoj, had promised a job for his son in Poland. 

Between May 22 of last year and March 19, he handed over Rs 2.2 lakh in various phases, citing different reasons.

However, since the accused failed to provide a visa or return the money, a case was registered at the Dharmasthala police station under IPC sections 417 and 420.

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March 26,2024

Bengaluru: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has detained two suspects in connection with the Rameshwaram Cafe blast case in Bengaluru, sources confirmed on Tuesday.

The preliminary probe has revealed that the two suspects were in direct contact with the suspected bomber.

The NIA sleuths have picked up the suspects from an area in the state capital. However, a statement is yet to be made by the NIA in this regard.

Even as the investigating agencies, both NIA and state special wing CCB teams have launched an extensive search operation in various states, the bomber has remained elusive. The authorities had obtained the bomber’s images and videos from CCTV footage on March 1, soon after the incident.

Sources said that the sleuths were suspecting that the bomber had come from Tamil Nadu and was staying in a neighbouring state for two months before carrying out the blast.

The hair samples of the accused were gathered from the hat of the accused which he abandoned in Bengaluru near a religious place. The authorities have sent the samples for the DNA testing and were hoping for a breakthrough.

The Rameshwaram Cafe bomb blast took place on March 1 on the International Technology Park Limited (ITPL) road in the Brookfield area. Low intensity Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was used to carry out the blast and nine persons were injured in the incident.

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March 28,2024

An Indian expatriate, hailing from Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka, who was detained in Jeddah jail in an alleged cyber case, was set free recently. He is allowed to continue his work in the same company. 

The 49-year-old Mangalurean, has been working for a Maintenance company in Jeddah for more than 13 years. He is known for his efficiency and sincerity in the company with good experience in his field of work. 

His company usually assigned him on duty in Jeddah sea port to take the delivery of the goods consigned to his company. As a part of his duty, he normally takes pictures of the goods before the transportation. He did the same in February 2023 too. 

The security personnel informed the police about his act that amounts to be a violation of the port security rule. He was unaware of the rule as he was doing it normally in the port during the release of the goods. Since then, he was detained by the police on the charge of photographing inside the port premises. After more than 6 months detention, he was released and allowed to work in the same company. 

The detainee’s brother based in Jeddah was constantly pursuing the case.

P A Hameed Padubidri, a pro-bono NRI lawyer and social worker based in Riyadh, extended his socio-humanitarian help in this case upon the request of his family and relatives. 

He actively involved trying to set him free from the jail on humanitarian grounds with the coordination and help of the Consulate General of India (CGI) Jeddah. The CGI keenly followed up the case with the concerned Saudi authorities. He was released from the jail recently and shared his happiness with his family and thanked good samaritans. 

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