Pravin is Mangalore's new Mayor

February 28, 2011

Mangalore, February 28: Pravin has been elected as Mayor of Mangalore, while Geetha Nayak was elected the Deputy Mayor, in the elections held at MCC on Monday, February 28.

Pravin, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, defeated Appi of the Congress by a margin of 13 votes. Geetha Nayak of BJP defeated Mamatha Shenoy of the Congress by the same margin.

Pravin and Geetha Nayak secured the votes of 34 BJP Corporators while the Congress candidates secured 21 votes including a vote from an Independent Corporator.

Four Corporators namely Harish K Surathkal, Jayanthi Shetty, Abdul Azeez and Mariamma Thomas abstained from voting. However, Mariamma Thomas supported Congress candidates Appi and Mamatha Shenoy.

Two corporators Jyothi Jayaprakash and Harish were absent during the election.

Pravin, a mechanist, represents Derebail South ward number 24 and Geetha Nayak represents Mannagudde ward number 28.

The Mayor post was reserved for Scheduled Caste and the Deputy Mayor's for a woman (General)

Mysore Regional Commissioner MV Jayanthi conducted the election. Additional Regional Commissioner Manjunath Nayak and MCC Commissioner Dr KN Vijaya Prakash were present.

Former Mayor Shankar Bhat, MCC Opposition leader Ashok Kumar DK, Abdul Azeez, Mariamma Thomas, Amitha Kala and other corporators congratulated the Mayor and Deputy Mayor.

Addressing the gathering, Mayor Pravin expressed his gratitude to the leaders of the party as well as for the people who elected him. He promised that during his tenure he would stand for the expectation of the citizen. He also sought the cooperation during his tenure.

The Deputy Mayor sought everybody's cooperation to keep Mangalore clean, progressive and beautiful.

Congratulating the newly elected Mayor and Deputy Mayor, Rajani Dugganna, the outgoing Mayor expressed her satisfaction over her successful tenure as Mayor of MCC. She said “I am proud that several development works such as concretization, drinking water supply, road repairs have carried out. MCC has also bagged the second best city corporation award in the State during my tenure,” Dugganna said.

The newly elected Mayor as well as the Deputy Mayor are slated to hold the office till February 27, 2012.

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DK in-charge minister presents CM’s MSP plea to Prime Minister in Mangaluru

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November 28,2025

Mangaluru, Nov 28: Karnataka Health Minister and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday handed over Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the severe distress faced by farmers due to crashing crop prices.

PM Modi arrived at the Mangaluru International Airport en route to Udupi, where Gundu Rao welcomed him and submitted the letter. The chief minister’s message stressed that farmers are suffering heavy losses because maize and green gram are being bought far below the Minimum Support Price (MSP). The state urged the Centre to immediately begin procurement at MSP.

According to the letter, Karnataka has a bumper harvest this year—over 54.74 lakh metric tons of maize and 1.98 lakh metric tons of green gram—yet farmers are unable to secure fair prices. Against the MSP of ₹2,400/MT for maize and ₹8,768/MT for green gram, market rates have plunged to ₹1,600–₹1,800 and ₹5,400 respectively.

The chief minister has requested the Centre to:

• Direct NAFED, FCI and NCCF to start MSP procurement immediately.
• Ensure ethanol units purchase maize directly from farmers or FPOs.
• Increase Karnataka’s ethanol allocation, citing high production capacity.
• Stop maize imports, which have depressed domestic prices.
• Relax quality norms for green gram, allowing up to 10% discoloration due to rains.

The letter stresses that MSP is crucial for farmer dignity and income stability and calls for swift central intervention to prevent a deepening crisis.

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