Mulbagal Congress candidate’s nomination rejected
Kolar: The returning officer of Mulbagal Assembly Constituency (SC) on Thursday rejected the nomination papers of Congress nominee Kottoru J Manjunath.
The scrutiny of Manjunath was postponed by the respective RO in view of Karnataka high court verdict.
The court held that Manjunath failed to establish that he belongs to a ST community, the Beda Jangama. It declared that he belongs to the Byragi caste, which is a Backward Caste.
Due to this, other candidates asked the election authorities to reject Manjunath’s nomination. Following which his nomination has been rejected.
Munianjenappa, a JDS candidate contesting against Manjunath, had given a complaint to the election commissioner saying Manjunath had submitted fake caste certificate to the Election Commission. Following which the RO has rejected Manjunath’s nomination papers.
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BSF kills seven terrorists in Jammu
New Delhi/Jammu (PTI): The Border Security Force on Friday said it has killed seven terrorists who were trying to infiltrate from across the India-Pakistan International Border in Jammu, and also destroyed a Rangers post.
The incident took place in the Samba sector on the intervening night of May 8-9 after a "big group" of terrorists was detected by the surveillance grid.
This infiltration bid was supported by fire from Pakistan Rangers post Dhandhar, a BSF spokesperson said.
He said the troops neutralised the infiltration bid, killing at least seven terrorists and caused extensive damage to the Dhandhar post
It also shared a thermal imager clip of the destruction of the said post.
The force is on high alert in the wake of the current hostilities between the two countries following the Pahalgam terrorist attack of April 22 and India's strike on terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation.
