N Prakash officially takes over as DK Deputy Commissioner

December 3, 2012

Mangalore, December 3: N Prakash officially took charge as the new Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district on Monday at the DC's office in Mangalore.

Hailing from Nanjangud, Mysore, and an IAS officer of 2011 batch, Mr. Prakash has replaced Dr. Chennappa Gowda, as the Deputy Commissioner of the district.

Speaking to media persons after taking charge, Mr. Prakash said that a Deputy Commissioner has a pivotal role to play in ensuring good administration in the district. His priority would be to sharpen the administrative process, Mr. Prakash said. “Emphasis will be given to proper implementation of government programmes. Sharpening of administration is a challenge in itself. There are various levels right from the Village Accountants to the Deputy Commissioner which need to be monitored and taken into confidence and hence it will be quite a task”, he said.

On a query on the existing plastic ban in the district, Mr. Prakash said that proper inspection needs to be carried out to ensure that the ban remains meaningful. He said on the occasion that he assumes the people of Dakshina Kannada district are “enlightened” people since there is “good information flow” in the region.

Mr. Prakash obtained his BA degree from Nanjangud and completed his Post Graduation (MA) from Bangalore University while obtaining 2^nd Rank in History. He later did LLB from the SJRC (Sri Jagadguru Renukacharya College), Bangalore. Mr. Prakash joined government service in 1978 and was recruited as the Group B Officer in the Vidhana Soudha Archives Department. In 1985 he was appointed Assistant Commissioner and he served in Belgaum, Kundapur, Bellary, Haveri and Bangalore in this capacity. He later worked in the Chief Minister's office and worked as Deputy Secretary to H D Deve Gowda , JH Patel and as Joint Secretary to SM Krishna.

Mr. Prakash also held posts of Controller of Legal Metrology, General Manager of KPTCC, and Additional Commissioner of BMRDA. In 2011, he passed out as an IAS officer and was then recruited as the Director (Personal) in KSRTC.

He has taken charge as a Deputy Commissioner of a district for the first time.

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Brahmin Savarkar was non-veg eater; wasn't against cow slaughter: Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao

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October 3,2024

Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao reminded that V D Savarkar was not against cow slaughter as he himself was non-veg eater, PTI reported on Thursday.

"As a Brahmin he was eating meat, and he was openly propagating eating meat," said the minister at an event in Bengaluru.

Reacting to Gundu Rao's claim, BJP MP Anurag Thakur called Congress a "factory of lies" as he warned that India won't tolerate any disrespect towards Savarkar.

"By disrespecting Veer Savarkar they have shown that they don't respect freedom fighters. During the Congress government, Sardar Bhagat Singh was termed a separatist in textbooks...By making those who want to break the nation join the congress party, Rahul Gandhi is taking forward the ideology of 'tukde tukde' and he is a 'modern Jinnah' who speaks ill of the country abroad...," he said.

Meanwhile, a court in Maharashtra's Nashik district summoned Congress MP Rahul Gandhi earlier this week in a defamation case filed against him for his alleged objectionable remarks against the Hindutva ideologue.

The complainant, who is the director of an NGO, claimed he watched a press conference addressed by Gandhi in Hingoli and also a speech made by the Congress leader in November 2022.

He alleged that Gandhi, on the two occasions, by his words and visual representations knowingly harmed the reputation of Veer Savarkar and also tried to defame the latter's image in the society.

According to the complainant, Gandhi said "Savarkar is BJP and RSS jin" which was defamatory in nature.

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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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