Former Karkala MLA Gopal Bhandary passes away while traveling on bus
Mangaluru: Congress leader and former MLA of Karkala constituency Gopal Bhandary passed away due to a heart attack on Thursday when he was reportedly travelling on bus from Bengaluru towards Mangaluru.
The 66 year old leader boarded the bus from Bengaluru at 2.pm on Thursday. However, when the bus reached Mangaluru the conductor of the bus suspected something to be wrong with Bhandary as he did not wake up even after reaching the destination.
The conductor of the bus informed the police about Bhandary not responding, the police reached the spot and confirmed that Bhandary was no more.
His body was then shifted to Wenlock Hospital.
Bhandary won the assembly election for the first time in 1999 but lost the election in 2004 to again win his constituency back in 2008. He however lost the previous two elections in 2013 and 2018.
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Supreme Court grants bail to MLA Vinay Kulkarni in Yogish Gowda murder case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has granted bail to Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni in connection with the murder of BJP Zilla Panchayat member Yogish Gowda from Hebballi in Dharwad district.
A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Karol passed the order granting bail to Kulkarni.
Earlier, following the cancellation of his bail, Kulkarni had surrendered before the Special Court for MPs and MLAs. His recent bail plea had also been rejected by the High Court.
Subsequently, Kulkarni approached the Supreme Court, which has now granted him bail.
