Mangaluru: Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer of Dakshina Kannada Mullai Muhilan declared on Friday that, while 11 candidates have submitted their nomination papers for the Lok Sabha elections, the papers filed by 10 candidates are valid.

The candidates were given Thursday, April 4 as the deadline to file their nomination papers for the elections. The Dakshina Kannada DEO, who scrutinized the 21 nomination papers he received from the 11 candidates, has also declared the papers filed by one of the candidates as invalid and rejected them.

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The nomination papers submitted by Padmaraj R of the Congress, Brijesh Chowta of the BJP, Kanthappa Alangar of the Bahujan Samaj Party, Durgaprasad of the Karunada Sevaka Paksha, Prajakeeya Manohar of the Uttama Prajakeeya Party, Ranjini M of Karnataka Rashtra Samiti and Independent candidates Deepak Rajesh Coelho, Maxim Pinto, Satish Boodumakki and Supreeth Kumar Poojary have been declared valid by Dakshina Kannada DEO Muhilan.

The last date to withdraw the nomination papers is Monday, April 8.

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Bengaluru (PTI): Bengaluru City Police (BCP) on Monday said that it has, in collaboration with cab aggregator platforms Uber and Ola, implemented a technology-driven integration aimed at enhancing the safety of riders and drivers.

It would also strengthen emergency response mechanisms across the city.

As part of this initiative, emergency call facilities have been incorporated within the Uber and Ola mobile applications used for booking rides, it said.

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Through this integration, riders and drivers seeking emergency assistance can directly share real-time location data, trip details, and contact information with Bangalore City Police's 112 emergency response infrastructure from within the Uber/Ola app itself, an official release said.

Noting that this seamless flow of critical information enables quicker police access during emergencies, facilitating faster response times and potentially life-saving interventions by first responders, it said the initiative is a significant step towards leveraging technology partnerships to ensure safer urban mobility and improved public safety.