Alcohol prohibition movement: Women take out 'Bengaluru Chalo' protest march
Bengaluru: Demanding a complete liquor ban in Karnataka, a 'Chitradurga didna Bengaluru Chalo' protest march, led by thousands of women, began from Malleshwaram stadium to Vidhan Soudha, here on Wednesday.
Activist Arundhati Nag, veteran theater personality Prasanna, writer Dr. Vijayamma, chief of the movement Swalin Bhat and others were present.
More than five thousand women from various parts of the state participated in the march.
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Senior Congress MLA, former Minister Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passes away
Bengaluru (PTI): Veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passed away at a private hospital here on Sunday due to age-related ailments, official sources said.
He was 95 and represented the Davanagere South Assembly constituency. He had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for some time.
Shivashankarappa is survived by three sons, including S S Mallikarjun, Karnataka Minister for Mines and Geology and Horticulture, and four daughters.
His daughter-in-law, Prabha Mallikarjun, is the Member of Parliament from Davanagere.
A former minister, Shivashankarappa, served as treasurer of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) for several decades and was the president of the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, the apex body of the influential Veerashaiva-Lingayat community.
He was also a noted educationist who established several educational institutions and was an industrialist.
