Physically challenged, school teacher die in two road mishaps

June 29, 2012

Mangalore, June 29: Two people were crushed to death in two separate road accidents in Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada districts on Thursday.

A physically changed pedestrian died on the spot when speeding pick-up truck plying from BC Road to Mangalore hit him at Adyar on the outskirts of Mangalore.

Punjanga Poojary (35) a resident of Bylahandi, was walking along the road when the accident occurred. The driver of the vehicle, Abdul Hameed, from Addoor, fled the spot. A case has been registered at Mangalore Rural Police Station.

In another accident reported from Shigehalli in Sirsi taluk, a 46-year-old woman died after a car rammed into her scooter.

Parvathi.G. Hegde (46), a teacher at the Government Higher Primary School was on her way to school when the accident occurred.

She breathed her last while she was being taken to Hubli for emergency treatment.

She is survived by husband, a son and a daughter. Sirsi Rural Police have registered a case against the car driver Timmappa Marya from Hunsehonda, for reckless driving.

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BJP fields Kishore Kumar Puttur from DK-Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency

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October 1,2024

The BJP has selected Kishore Kumar Puttur as its candidate for the bypoll to Karnataka Legislative Council from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency. The by-election will be held on October 21.

Kishore Kumar is presently serving as the General Secretary of Dakshina Kannada BJP unit. He had served as vice president of State BJP Yuva Morcha from 2014 to 2016.

The by-election will be held to the seat vacated by Kota Srinivas Poojary of the BJP who has been elected as the Lok Sabha member from Udupi-Chikmagaluru Lok Sabha constituency. The vacancy was created on June 15, 2024 following Poojary’s resignation to the Council. His term in the council was till January, 2028.

In the last Council election held for the dual member constituency in December 2021, Poojary had secured 3,672 votes while the Congress candidate Manjunath Bhandary had secured 2079 votes. Poojary and Bhandary had secured required votes from the first preferential votes and had won the election.

There were several aspirants for the BJP ticket including former MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, DK BJP president Satish Kumpala, Mangaluru divisional in-charge Uday Kumar Shetty, former minister Pramod Madhwaraj and former Udupi district BJP president Kuilady Suresh Nayak.

The Congress is yet to announce its candidate for the election. KPCC working president Manjunath Bhandary in a recent press meet in Mangaluru had said that an opportunity will be given to congress leaders from Udupi district to contest by-election.

The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency has 6037 voters including 3551 from Dakshina Kannada comprising eight MLAs, one MP. The last date for filing nomination is October 3 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is October 7. The counting will be held on October 24.

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