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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Screenwriter Salim Khan on ventilator support and stable, say doctors
Mumbai (PTI): Veteran screenwriter Salim Khan suffered a brain haemorrhage which has been tackled, is on ventilator support as a safeguard and stable, doctors treating him said on Wednesday, a day after he was admitted to the Lilavati Hospital here.
The 90-year-old, one half of the celebrated Salim-Javed duo which scripted films such as "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don" with Javed Akhtar, is in the ICU and recovery might take some time given his age.
"His blood pressure was high for which we treated him and we had to put him on a ventilator because we wanted to do certain investigations. Now the ventilator was put as a safeguard so that his situation doesn't get worse. So it is not that he is critical," Dr Jalil Parkar told reporters.
"We did the investigations that were required and today we have done a small procedure on him, I will not go into the details. The procedure done is called DSA (digital subtraction angiography). The procedure has been accomplished, he is fine and stable and shifted back to ICU. By tomorrow, we hope to get him off the ventilator. All in all, he is doing quite well," he added.
Asked whether he suffered a brain haemorrhage, the doctor said, "Unko thoda haemorrhage hua tha, which we’ve tackled. No surgery is required.
As concern over Khan's health mounted, his children, including superstar Salman Khan and Arbaaz Khan, daughter Alvira, and sons-in-law Atul Agnihotri and Aayush Sharma, have been seen outside the hospital along with other well-wishers. His long-time partner Akhtar was also seen coming out of the hospital.
Khan, a household name in the 70s and 80s, turned 90 on November 24 last year. It was the day Dharmendra, the star of many of his films, including "Sholay", "Seeta aur Geeta" and "Yaadon Ki Baraat", passed away.
Hailing from an affluent family in Indore, Khan arrived in Mumbai in his 20s with dreams of stardom. He was good looking and confident he would make a mark in the industry as an actor. But that did not happen. And then, after struggling for close to a decade and getting confined to small roles in films, he changed lanes.
He worked as an assistant to Abrar Alvi and soon met Akhtar to form one of Hindi cinema's most formidable writing partnerships. They worked together on two dozen movies with most of them achieving blockbuster status.
Other than "Sholay", "Deewar" and "Don", Khan and Akhtar also penned "Trishul", "Zanjeer", "Seeta Aur Geeta", "Haathi Mere Saathi", "Yaadon Ki Baarat" and "Mr India".
