BJP Corporator Jayanand Anchan is Mangaluru's new Mayor, Poornima his deputy
Mangaluru: BJP candidates Jayanand Anchan and Poornima had thumping victories in the elections to the posts of mayor and deputy mayor of the Mangaluru City Corporation on Friday.
Senior corporator and representative of Kadri (Padua) ward Anchan was elected as mayor and Central Market representative Poornima as his deputy for the 23rd term of the Corporation. They won with 46 votes each while the respective rival candidates got 14 votes each.
The Congress had fielded Derebail (South) ward representative Shashidhar Hegde for the post of the mayor and Bunder representative Zeenath Shamsuddin for deputy mayor.
The members of Mangaluru City Corporation members cast their votes by raising their hands. Two members of the SDPI remained neutral, supporting neither of the candidates during both rounds.
Regional Commissioner (Mysuru) G C Prakash headed the election process.
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4 militants arrested in Manipur
Imphal (PTI): Four militants belonging to two banned outfits have been arrested in Manipur for possession of firearms and involvement in extortion, a police statement said on Saturday.
Three militants belonging to the Kangleipak Communist Party (Peoples' War Group) outfit were arrested on Thursday for possessing firearms and extorting people, it said.
They have been identified as Chongtham Shyamchandra Singh (23), hailing from Imphal West district, and Maibam Suraj Khan (32) and Boghimayum Sahid Khan (30), who hail from Imphal East district.
Three 5.56 mm INSAS live cartridges, an empty case of .32 ammunition and three mobile phones were seized from their possession.
In another incident, a militant belonging to the banned United National Liberation Front (Ningon Macha group) was arrested on Thursday for illegal possession of firearms.
The arrested militant was identified as Sangomshumpham Warish (25), who hails from Lilong Haorou in Thoubal district. A .32 pistol and ammunition were seized from his possession, it added.
Meanwhile, security forces seized arms and ammunition during an area domination exercise in S Mongpi ridge in Kangpokpi district on Thursday.
A .303 rifle, a 9mm pistol, two SBBL guns, a 5.56mm INSAS LMG magazine, two hand grenades, two detonators, 16 cartridges and three tear smoke grenades were seized, it added.
