Mangaluru, Jan 01: If considered the contributions of Sahakari Rathna Dr. M.N. Rajendra Kumar to the cooperative sector, he was eligible for felicitation and the convention and this should also encourage the cooperative sector, said Urban Development Minister UT Khader.
Releasing the invitation card on felicitation to Dr. M.N. Rajendra Kumar and convention of Navodaya Self Help Groups at the SCDCC Bank Auditorium here on Tuesday, he said that Rajendra Kumar had contributed a lot to strengthen the cooperative sector for the last 25 years and created a history. The district administration would cooperate with the organisers to conduct the programme, he said.
Rajendra Kumar has played a major role in ensuring security, financial assistance and profit to the customers, said MLA Vedavyas Kamath.
2 lakh people to be expected
It is expected that more than 2 lakh people would participate in the convention. On January 18, total 9,000 were expected to participate from Shivamogga and Uttara Kannada districts. Ministers, MPs, and former ministers would participate in the convention.
To mark the Silver Jubilee of the service of Dr MN Rajendra Kumar as the president of the district cooperative bank and the convention of Navodaya Self Help Groups at the Nehru Stadium in Mangaluru on January 19.
Dr D Veerendra Heggade would preside over the programme which will be inaugurated by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy. Procession, releasing of Vimehanthi memoir, inauguration of cooperative museum would be held, said Felicitation Committee president Ikala Bava Devi Prasad Shetty.
Committee honorary president former minister K Amarnath Shetty, working president Shashikumar Pai, office-bearers Raviraj Hegde, Bhaskar Kotian, Sadashiva Ullal, Savanur Sitarama Rai, SB Jayaraj Rai, Yashpal Suvarna, former MLA Padmanabha Kottari, Sarala Kanchan, Niranjan Bhavantabettu and others were present.



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Tehran: Iran’s ILNA News Agency has reported that former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was killed during the ongoing US and Israeli attacks.
According to ILNA, Ahmadinejad was killed following strikes in Tehran’s Narmak district, including an attack on his residence. The report said he died along with his bodyguards.
News of the deaths of three of Ahmadinejad’s bodyguards was released on February 28, coinciding with the first day of the US and Israeli attacks on Iran.
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Ahmadinejad served as Iran’s president from 2005 to 2013. He was widely known internationally for his hardline rhetoric against Israel and for accelerating Iran’s nuclear programme during his tenure. At home, his disputed re-election in 2009 led to the “Green Movement” protests across the country.
In recent years, Ahmadinejad had positioned himself as a populist critic of the current ruling establishment, though he continued to serve as a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, the body currently involved in helping shape temporary leadership arrangements.
