BJP's Nalin Kumar Kateel registers thumping victory in Dakshina Kannada constituency
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada BJP candidate and sitting MP Nalin Kumar Kateel registered a thumping victory by defeating Congress candidate Mithun Rai by a margin of over 2.69 lakh votes.
Nalin, after taking massive lead after the first round won the election and registered hat-trick wins by winning three consecutive LS Election from the constituency.
By fielding young Mithun Rai, it was being said that the Congress had fielded potential candidate to defeat Nalin Kumar who had already won the elections twice, but the results on Thursday had a different story to tell.
Nalin had previously won the election by a margin of 1,43,709 votes but broke his previous record by registering victory with a higher margin this time.
This is the highest ever winning margin for the BJP in Dakshina Kannada constituency while it also is the worst ever defeat in terms of margin for Congress in the constituency.
BJP party workers and activists celebrated their victory by bursting crackers outside Congress District office at Mallikatte.
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23-year-old woman found dead at Delhi home; suicide suspected
New Delhi (PTI): A 23-year-old woman was found dead in her house in Delhi's Prem Nagar area, with police suspecting it to be a case of suicide, an official said on Tuesday.
The deceased, identified as Anjali Singh, was found motionless in her room on Monday by her sister and her neighbour.
Police said her father, Vinod Kumar Singh (51), told them that he and his wife were away at work at the time of the incident, while their son and the other daughter were also not at home at the time of the incident.
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According to the family, the room in which Anjali was found was locked from the inside. The door was later forcibly opened by a neighbour and her sister with the help of a crowbar.
Her body was found lying on the bed inside the room, police said.
Preliminary inquiry revealed that Anjali had allegedly hanged herself using a piece of cloth tied to the ceiling fan.
It is suspected that the noose eventually might have loosened or torn off, resulting in her being found lying on the bed.
Family members informed the police that Anjali was a final-year student of a librarian science course from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). About a week ago, her final-year examination results were declared, and she had failed, following which she had been under depression, they said.
The family has not raised any allegation of foul play, police said, adding that no suicide note or external injury marks were found on the body during the initial inspection.
Inquest proceedings have been initiated in the matter as per the law. The body has been sent for post-mortem examination to ascertain the exact cause of death, and further investigation is underway, police added.
