Udupi, June 15: A 55-year-old man died, after he was bitten by a cobra that was on a cupboard in his house.
It is learnt that the incident took place when Sudhakar Amin was about to remove clothes placed on the cupboard, when the cobra that was hiding there, bit him.
He was immediately rushed to the Udupi district hospital.
Unfortunately, he was declared dead at 2.45 pm on Monday. A case in this regard has been registered at the Malpe police station.
Mangaluru, May 13: The Bharatiya Janata Party, which had won seven out of eight seats in Dakshina Kannada districts in 2018 assembly polls, has managed to retain most of them in 2023. While U T Khader of Congress has recorded fifth consecutive victory in Mangaluru, BJP candidates won in Mangaluru South, Mangaluru North, Moodbidri, Bantwal, Beltangady and Sullia constituencies. In Puttur, Congress candidate Ashok Kumar Rai defeated his closes rival Arun Puttila, an idependant candidate by a thin margin.
Mangaluru (Ullal)
U T Khader (INC) 82637
Sathish Kumpala (BJP) 59660
Riyaz Farangipete (SDPI) 13837
Mohammed Ashraf (AAP) 281
Mangaluru South:
J R Lobo (INC) 52218
Vedavyas Kamath (BJP) 73579
Sumathi S Hegde (JDS) 494
Santhosh Kamath (AAP) 551
Mangaluru North
Inayath Ali (INC) 70609
Dr Bharath Y Shetty (BJP) 101004
Mohiuddin Bava (JDS) 5256
Sandeep P Shetty (AAP) 425
Moodbidri
Mithun Rai (INC) 59284
Umanath Kotian (BJP) 81680
Dr Amarashree Shetty (JDS) 1212
Vijayanath Vittala Shetty (AAP) 486
Bantwal
Ramanath Rai (INC) 85042
Rajesh Naik (BJP) 93324
Prakash Gomes (JDS) 359
Mohammed Illiyas (SDPI) 4719
Beltangady
Rakshith Shivram (INC) 82788
Harish Poonja (BJP) 101004
Ashraf (JDS) 550
Akbar Belthangady (SDPI) 2502
Puttur
Ashok Kumar Rai (INC) 64687
Asha Timmappa Gowda (BJP) 36526
Arun Puttila (Ind) 61336
Shafi Bellare (SDPI) 2624
Sullia
G Krishnappa (INC) 63037
Bhagirathi Murulya (BJP) 93911
H L Venkatesh (JDS) 1644
Sumana (AAP) 1428
The High Court of Karnataka has rejected a petition filed by Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) seeking to unseal its properties in Mangaluru which came to be sealed by the authorities following the ban imposed by the Central Government on the organisation Popular Front of India (PFI).
The authorities had sealed nine office premises of SDPI in Mangaluru on September 28, 2022 on the charge of being used for the activities of the PFI, which was banned under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
The SDPI had claimed that it was not one of those entities that were declared to be associates of PFI and therefore the very act of the State government in searching and sealing the offices of the SDPI was contrary to law.
The petitioner submitted that it is a political party and has its representation all over India, more particularly, in the Dakshina Kannada district. It was claimed that the political party is in the forefront of empowerment of the deprived sections of the society by divisive forces through its political movement.
A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna observed that the notifications to seal the premises were issued under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. "Therefore, the petitioner has an alternative remedy which is statutory and necessarily to be availed of, in the peculiar facts of this case, as recording of evidence for the acts of the State is imperative.”
“Merely because all the offices in Mangaluru are sealed and not anywhere else would not mean that evidence would not be required for the petitioner to prove its case in terms of Section 8 of the UAP Act,” said Justice M. Nagaprasanna.
On September 27, 2022, the Central Government declared PFI and its associates or affiliates or Fronts as unlawful associations. It also empowered State Governments and Union territories to exercise powers under Sections 7 (Power to prohibit the use of funds of an unlawful association) and 8 (Power to notify places used for the purpose of an unlawful association) of the Act. Based on the aforesaid notification, several raids took place in the city of Mangaluru. While so doing, certain campuses and places which were being allegedly used by several organisations were sealed and a few such offices of the petitioner/SDPI were also sealed in Mangaluru.
Bengaluru, May 13: In a shock to the ruling BJP in Karnataka, six of its ministers were trailing as counting of votes was underway on Saturday.
Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar took a clear lead of 15,098 votes at the end of third round against state Minister for Revenue R. Ashoka.
Opposition leader Siddaramaiah has taken a lead of 1,224 votes at the end of second round of counting in Varuna seat against Minister for Housing V. Somanna.
Somanna, who is also contesting in the Chamarajanagar seat, was trailing there by 9,000 votes against Congress candidate Puttaranga Setty.
Minister for Sports and Youth Services Dr. K.C. Narayana Gowda was trailing by 3,324 votes in the second round against JD(S) candidate H.T. Manju.
The Minister for PWD, C.C. Patil was trailing and Congress candidate B.R. Yavagal was leading by 544 votes in the Navalgund seat.
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