Election to local bodies announced in Karnataka

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May 2, 2019

Bengaluru, May 2: While the election fortunes of over 429 candidates, who contested for the just concluded Lok Sabha elections, sealed in the ballot box the Karnataka State Election Commission had announced elections to 63 Urban Local bodies and byelections to 8 Taluk Panchayaths and 202 Panchayaths seats on May 29.

Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, the State Election Commissioner P N Srinivasachari said that elections will be held to as many as 1361 wards in 63 urban local bodies on May 29 and counting will be held on May 31.

The elections would be held for as many as 33 Civil Municipalities, 8 Town and 22 Pattan Panchayaths across the State.

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Mangaluru NRI returning from Saudi Arabia arrested over Instagram post

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December 15,2025

Mangaluru police have arrested a 27-year-old NRI on his return from Saudi Arabia in connection with an Instagram post allegedly containing derogatory and provocative remarks about the Hindu religion, officials said on Monday.

The accused, Abdul Khader Nehad, a resident of Ulaibettu in Mangaluru, was working in Saudi Arabia when the post was uploaded, police said.

A suo motu case was registered at the Bajpe police station on October 11 after an allegedly offensive post circulated from the Instagram account ‘team_sdpi_2025’. Police said the content was flagged for being provocative and derogatory in nature.

During the investigation, technical analysis traced the Instagram post to Nehad, who was residing abroad at the time, a senior police officer said. Based on these findings, a Look Out Circular (LOC) was issued against him.

On December 14, Nehad arrived from Saudi Arabia at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, where he was taken into custody on arrival. Police said further investigation is underway.

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