Bhaskar Moily elected Mangaluru mayor, Mohammad Kunjathabail is deputy mayor
Mangaluru: Bhaskar Moily and Mohammad Kunjathabail elected as Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Mangaluru, respectively, for the last term of the present municipal council here on Thursday.
BJP had fielded Surendra for the post of mayor as their candidate. While Moily secured 37 votes, Surendra could bag 19 votes in favor of him.
Mohammed Kunjathabail secured 37 votes, and BJP's Meera Karkera got 19 votes. Five corporators remained neutral.
Shivayogi C Kalasad, Regional Commissioner Mysuru, who was the election returning officer, announced Bhaskar Moily as mayor and Mohammad Kunjattbail as deputy mayor.
MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLAs Mohiyuddin Bawa, Ganesh Karnik, BJP member Harish Shetty were absent. MLC Ivan D'Souza, MLA JR Lobo participated in the election and voted for the Congress candidates.
While the Council has 60 elected corporators, Congress has the strength of 35 elected representatives, BJP has 20. While JD(S) has two corporators in the council, SDPI has one representative and an independent candidate.
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2 killed, 5 injured in firing after mob storms CRPF camp in Manipur's Bishnupur: State home minister
Imphal (PTI): Manipur Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam on Tuesday said two persons were killed and five others injured in firing after a mob stormed a CRPF camp in Bishnupur district.
A large number of youths and women held a protest against the killing of two children in a bomb attack by suspected militants in Moirang Tronglaobi area earlier in the day, he said.
The protesters stormed the CRPF camp near Gelmol, a few 100 metres from the bomb attack site, burnt vehicles and vandalised properties there, he said.
"I had urged the protesters not to enter the CRPF camp and to allow security forces to focus on conducting an operation to apprehend those involved in the bomb attack," the minister said.
But the demonstrators did not pay heed to the appeal.
"They stormed the CRPF camp, burnt vehicles and vandalised portions of the camp, leading to firing by security personnel. They fired either in self-defence or in anger. Two persons, unfortunately, died in the firing, while five others sustained bullet injuries," the state home minister said.
