Mangaluru: Premanand Shetty elected New Mayor of Mangaluru City Corporation
Mangaluru: In the Mangaluru City Corporation’s 22nd Mayoral selection, Premanand Shetty from the Mangaladevi ward was elected as the new Mayor and Sumangala Rao from the Kunjathbail ward was elected as the Deputy Mayor on Tuesday.
BJP’s Premanand Shetty and Congress’ Anil Kumar had submitted their nomination for the position of Mayor and the mayor was elected based on open vote that was cast through the raising of hands.
Along with 60 members, MP, and local MLA’s, there were a total of 64 voters during the Mayoral election. Among them, 46 voted for Premanand Shetty, while Anil Kumar received 14 votes.
For the position of Deputy Mayor, Sumangala Rao and Jacintha Vijay Almeida had submitted nominations. In the vote proceedings, Sumangala received a total of 46 votes while Jacintha received 14 votes. The two members from the SDPI remained neutral throughout the proceedings.
Additional DC M.J Roopa and Joint Commissioner Dr. Santhosh Kumar were present. MLA Vedavyas Kamath and Dr. Bharath Shetty participated in the Mayoral election and voted during the proceedings.
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Sculptor Ram Sutar, designer of Statue of Unity, passes away
New Delhi (PTI): Noted sculptor Ram Sutar, known for designing the world's tallest statue — Statue of Unity — in Gujarat, passed away late on Wednesday night at his Noida residence, his son said.
He was 100 and ailing with age-related illnesses.
"It is with profound grief that we inform you of the passing of my father Shri Ram Vanji Sutar on 17th December midnight at our residence," his son Anil Sutar said in a note shared with the press on Thursday.
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Born in a humble family in Gondur village under the Dhule district of present-day Maharashtra on February 19, 1925, Sutar is known to have been drawn to sculpting from his childhood.
A gold medallist from JJ School of Art and Architecture, Mumbai, Sutar, has to his credit a long list of achievements.
The iconic statues of Mahatma Gandhi seated in a meditating pose and of Chhatrapati Shivaji riding a horse on the Parliament premises rank among his finest creations.
The Statue of Unity honours Sardar Patel, country's first deputy prime minister and home minister.
Sutar was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016.
Recently, Sutar was conferred with the Maharashtra Bhushan Puraskar, the state's highest award.
