Anupama Shenoy to contest from Kapu
Udupi: Anupama Shenoy, former Deputy Superintendent of Police and Secretary General of Bharatiya Janashakti Party, said on Friday that she would be contesting from the Kaup Assembly Constituency in Udupi district in the forthcoming State Assembly elections.
Speaking to presspersons here, Ms. Shenoy said that the Election Commission has alloted Lady’s Fingre’ as a symbol for her Party for the upcoming Assembly elections.
She further informed that minimum 30 candidates will be fielded from the party which is being led by Mahadev Babu.
Though her party had already announced the names of 15 candidates, it was likely to field another 15 candidates, she said.
Names of 15 candidates:
Abhishek Gowda-Kanakpura, Harish Narayan Gandhi-Chamrajpete, Ashwini Desai-Bilgi, Durgesh Megalmani-Haveri, Lakshmi Ramayya Shetty-KR Pura, Praveen Kumar-Chamundeshwari, Rakesh Teli-Vijayapura, Saifullah-Vijayanagara, Vaseem Ahmed-Byatarayanpura, Mallikarjun Chauhan-Badami, Shyamsundar Kulkarni-Chitradurga, Raghvendra-CV Raman nagar, Basavaraj Nalwadad-Hungund, Sharanappa Bhimshah Jhulki-Alanda, Venkatesh Uppar-Raichur and Anupama Shenoy-Kapu.
She said that those interested in contesting from the party from Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Uttar Kannada, Chikkamagaluru regions could approach her or call on 9480915985 or 9448394978.
“But it was imperative that they should have no criminal background and should know to read and write Kannada. They would be chosen only after a screening,” Ms. Shenoy added.
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Will do whatever we can: Iranian official on Nimisha Priya case
New Delhi, Jan 2: Iran will do whatever it can in the case of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, facing a death sentence in Yemen, a senior Iranian official said on Thursday.
Priya, hailing from Kollengode in Kerala's Palakkad district, has been found guilty of murdering a Yemeni citizen in July 2017.
The 37-year-old nurse is currently lodged in a jail in Sana'a, the Yemeni capital city that is under the control of Iran-backed Houthis.
"We will take up the issue. She seems to have been charged with manslaughter. We will do whatever we can in the case on humanitarian grounds," the Iranian official told a group of journalists in Delhi.
The Yemeni national, Talal Abdo Mahdi, reportedly died from an overdose of sedatives allegedly injected by Priya to retrieve her passport from him.
According to reports, Priya was handed capital punishment by a trial court in 2020 while Yemen's Supreme Judicial Council upheld the verdict in November 2023.
Yemen's President Rashad al-Alimi approved the death penalty to Priya a few days ago.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Tuesday said India is extending all possible help to explore relevant options in the case.
"We are aware of the sentencing of Nimisha Priya in Yemen. We understand that the family of Priya is exploring relevant options," Jaiswal said.
"The government is extending all possible help in the matter," he said.
Priya's mother, Prema Kumari, currently in Sana'a, has made an emotional appeal to the Indian government to save her daughter's life.
In a video message from Yemen, Prema Kumari urged the Centre and other authorities to intervene urgently.
"This is my final plea. She has only a few days left. Every member of the action council has worked tirelessly to raise funds. I beg the Centre and the council to do everything possible to save her life," she said.
