BJP leader Raju Kage likely to join Congress?
Congress leaders meeting during by-election preparation
Bengaluru: BJP candidate Raju Kage, who lost by a small margin in the last assembly election, is likely to join Congress as the disqualified Congress MLA Shrimant Patil is expected to get the BJP ticket to contest from the Kagawada assembly constituency.
It has been learnt that Raju Kage had met former minister DK Shivakumar to get him a ticket in the by-election when he joins the Congress.
Speaking to reporters after a meeting of Congress senior leaders at the KPCC office in Queens Road in the city, opposition leader Siddaramaiah said that anyone can come to the party accepting the principles of the party. However, the party's high command would take the decision about issuing the ticket, he said.
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17-year-old PUC student in Shivamogga drowns while swimming in River Tunga
Shivamogga: A 17-year-old student from Kamakshi Street in the city, Prem Kumar, died of drowning while swimming in River Tunga in Pillangiri village of the taluk recently.
Prem, who was studying in II PUC at DVS College, was visiting the temple in Pillangiri with his friends and got into the river for a swim, when he drowned in the waters of the river.
The youngster’s body has been sent to the mortuary of the McGann Hospital in Shivamogga to conduct a post-mortem examination.
Shivamogga Rural Police visited the spot and held an inspection.
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