Congress retains its bastion Unfortunately, the BJP (38,239) and JD(S) (6,217) combined votes (44,456) are much less than the Congress votes (46,271)!
Elated Congressmen have a field day... The overwhelming pleasure of the elated Congress activists and admirers, was burst into celebrations as soon as their party candidate U T Khader registered his victory as the 11th MLA of Ullal Assembly constituency on Tuesday.
Aland MLA wants sugar factory lease cancelled Aland MLA B R Patil has urged the State government to cancel the lease of Aland Co-operative Sugar Factory given to the Renuka Sugars Company for not obliging to the demand of extending the crushing period by one moe week in the larger interest of sugarcane growers.
Rs five crores for road widening works This amount will be utilised towards widening those stretches of road between Mahabaleshwar Circle and Patel Circle as well as Netaji Circle and Hanuman Theatre via Swami Vivekananda Circle.
Supreme Court Judge Justice R V Raveendran speaaking after inaugurating the post-centenary silver jubilee celebrations of the Mangalore Bar Association in Mangalore on Monday.
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