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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Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday dismissed reports of a ceasefire agreement with Israel, stating that no such deal currently exists between the two countries.

In a statement posted on social media, Araghchi said, “As of now, there is NO 'agreement' on any ceasefire or cessation of military operations,” directly contradicting an earlier announcement by the US President, who had claimed that a ceasefire was expected to begin around 0400 GMT.

However, Araghchi indicated that Iran would halt its retaliatory operations if Israel ended its military actions. “If the Israeli regime stops its illegal aggression against the Iranian people no later than 4 am Tehran time, we have no intention to continue our response afterwards,” he said.