Education holds solution to all problems: Khader

August 31, 2013

Mangalore, Aug 31: Calling upon the community members to ensure that their children receive good quality education, Minister for Health U T Khader has said that education holds answer for all the problems faced by the community at present.

Conferring the Maulana Abdul Kalam Azaad and Sir Allama Iqbal Awards to four students from Muslim community at Kankanady Jamiathul Falah community hall, Mr Khader said that the gift that education gives is eternal and people can receive more benefits from education in comparison to any benefit extended by the government.

UNIWEF state president Rafiuddin Kudroli presiding over the programme said that the administration should stop portraying Muslims as second class citizens.

SDM Law College Principal Dr B Ravindra, Entrepreneur Abdul Khader Riyaz Bava among others were present. UNIWEF District President U K Khader delivered the keynote address.

The awards were given to Mohommad Anas (Puttur St Philomena's High School) and Thaufeera (Sullia Goonadka Nehru Memorial School) for securing highest marks in SSLC.

Zaheera from Ramakunjeshwara College, Ramakunja and Zabeer Ullal from St Aloysius College received the award for scoring highest marks in PUC.

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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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