Mangaluru: Mangaluru MLA U T Khader has gone under self-quarantine after his Congress party colleague and former MLC Ivan D'Souza tested positive for COVID-19.

In a tweet, Khader said on Sunday that he has gone into self-quarantine after receiving the news about DSouza and his wife testing positive yesterday. As a member of the COVID-19 task force in the district, he is one among D'Souza's primary contacts, Khader said.

He also wished D'Souza, his wife and all those who have infected with coronavirus a speedy recovery.

"My humble appeal to the people is not to panic and yes to precaution, he said.

Meanwhile, a total of 163 people tested positive for coronavirus in Dakshina Kannada on Sunday, taking the number of registered cases in the district to 6,015. Ten deaths were also recorded in the district while Udupi district registered 182 new cases and one death.

 

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Varanasi: Comedian Shyam Rangeela has finally filed his nomination papers as an independent candidate from the Varanasi parliamentary constituency on Tuesday, May 14, the last day of filing papers.

Rangeela, who intended to contest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi had alleged on Monday that he was being denied a nomination from the seat, as he along with several other candidates were reportedly made to wait for filling papers on May 10th and May 13th.

Shyam Rangeela, taking to his official ‘X’ handle, wrote, "With your love and support, I have completed all the requirements as per the rules and submitted the nomination. I also have full faith in the democracy of this country. Now the next two-three days are crucial. Thank you all very much for your cooperation. My electoral future rests in the hands of all election officials who are the custodians of our democracy. With the hope that they all strengthen our faith, Yours Shyam Rangeela.”

Alongside, Shyam, BJP candidate Narendra Modi, Log Party's Vinay Kumar Tripathi, BJP's Surendra Narayan Singh, independent candidates Dinesh Kumar Yadav, Reena Rai, Neha Jaiswal, Ajit Kumar Jaiswal, Ashok Kumar Pandey, Sandeep Tripathi filed their nomination papers on Tuesday.

According to the Election Commision of India, a total of 41 candidates have filed nomination papers from the Varanasi constituency.