Mandya: The nomination papers filed by Nikhil Kumaraswamy from JD(S) party for the Mandya constituency have been approved by the Deputy Commissioner and local Election Commissioner Manjushree. The Chief Electoral Officer Ranjith Kumar gave clean chit to Manjushree in the matter.

The Chief Electoral Officer Ranjith Kumar informed the state’s Chief Election Commissioner that the allegations labeled by the election agent of Independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh were baseless and not credible.

An FIR was filed at Mandya Police Station against the videographer who the complainant alleged did not capture the full video of what was happening when Nikhil was filing nomination as he was violating Model Code of Conduct.

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Belagavi: Medical Education Minister Dr. Sharanaparakash Rudrappa Patil on Tuesday said the State government plans to establish day-care chemotherapy centres in all district hospitals across Karnataka to make cancer treatment more accessible.

Replying to a question raised by BJP MLC M.P. Kushalappa during the Question Hour in the Legislative Council, the minister said it was not feasible for cancer patients from various districts to travel repeatedly to Kidwai Memorial Institute in Bengaluru. To address this issue, the government is taking steps to establish cancer care centers in other districts in collaboration with the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology.

Providing details of cancer treatment at Kidwai, Dr. Patil said that over the past three years, 41,512 cancer patients have received treatment at the institute. Treatment included surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of these, depending on the type and stage of cancer.

Between 2022 and 2024, a total of 12,781 patients underwent surgery, 14,423 patients received radiation therapy, and over 28,370 patients were administered chemotherapy, he said.

The minister further noted that more than 110 patients were provided bone marrow transplants, an otherwise expensive procedure, free of cost at the institute during the same period.

The proposed day-care chemotherapy centers, he said, would significantly reduce the burden on patients and improve access to timely cancer treatment at the district level.