Candidates for 11 MLC seats likely to be elected unopposed
Bengaluru, May 31: Candidates from all the three political parties have filed their nominations for 11 to be elected from the Assembly to the Legislative Council and there is all likelihood that all the candidates would be elected unopposed.
On the last day of filing the nomination papers, K Govindaraj, CM Ibrahim, Aravind Kumar Arali and K Harish Kumar have filed their nomination papers from the Congress. In the same way, BM Farooq and SL Dharme Gowda from JDS, and S Rudre Gowda, Raghunath Malkapure, Tejashwini Gowda, N Ravikumar and KP Nanjundi have filed their papers from BJP.
Verification of papers
Verification of the nomination papers would be held on June 1 and June 4 is the last date for withdrawing the papers. If there are more than 11 candidates are in the fray, then election would be held for the posts. If only 11 nomination papers are filed for the same number of seats, then result might be announced after verification of the papers.
Voting should have been held on June 11 from 8 am to 4 pm and counting of votes should have been held from 5 pm. As there are only 11 candidates, the result might be announced on June 4, it is said.
The term of BJ Puttaswamy, MR Seetaram, Motamma, DS Veeraiah, Syed Mudir Aga, Somanna Bevinamarad, Raghunath Rao Malkapure, Bhanuprakash, CM Ibrahim, K Govindaraj and BS Suresh would end on June 17.
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India beat SA by 135 runs in 4th T20I, clinch series 3-1
Johannesburg, Nov 15: India beat South Africa by 135 runs in the fourth and final T20 International to clinch series 3-1 here on Friday.
Opting to bat, India posted a massive 283 for 1, thanks to unbeaten centuries from Tilak Varma (120 not out off 47 balls) and Sanju Samson (109 not out off 56 balls), and then bowled South Africa out for 148 in 18.2 overs.
Tristan Stubbs top-scored for South Africa with 46 while David Miller contributed 36.
For India, pacer Arshdeep Singh was the most successful bowler with figures of 3/20 while Varun Chakravarthy (2/42) and Axar Patel (2/6) got two wickets each.
Hardik Pandya, Ramandeep Singh and Ravi Bishnoi got a wicket each.
Brief Scores:
India: 283 for 1 in 20 overs (Sanju Samson 109 not out, Tilak Varma 120 not out; Lutho Sipamla 1/58).
South Africa: 148 all out in 18.2 overs (Tristan Stubbs 46, David Miller 36; Arshdeep Singh 3/20).
