Chikmagalur: BJP’s CT Ravi loses against Congress candidate HD Thammaiah
Chikmagalur: BJP’s National General Secretary and four-time legislator from Chikmagalur, CT Ravi lost to congress candidate HD Thammaiah.
CT Ravi won the Chikmagalur Assembly Election in 2018 by 26,314 votes over Congress candidate Shankar BL. Ravi has been leading the constituency since then, however things changed this time for Ravi as the Congress party had placed a strong candidate HD Thammaiah as he was associated with the BJP and was a close aide of CT Ravi.
He has become the second Lingayat MLA to get elected from the constituency after CMS Shastri in 1967.
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Kerala reports second Cholera death of 2025, health surveillance intensified in Alappuzha
Alappuzha: A 48-year-old man from Thalavady in Kuttanad's Alappuzha district died of cholera on May 16, at a private hospital in Thiruvalla. Raghu P.G., a resident of Thalavady grama panchayat Ward VI, died. He was being treated after being admitted to the hospital due to a fever and diarrhea.
According to health officials, he had underlying co-morbidities and his condition deteriorated before being admitted to the Thiruvalla institution. This is the second cholera-related fatality in Kerala in 2025. Earlier in April, a 63-year-old man from Kowdiar in Thiruvananthapuram, Ajai Chandran, also died of the disease.
The Health Department and local panchayat have launched disease surveillance and sanitation drives in Thalavady. Water samples from wells and nearby waterbodies have been collected for testing as part of the containment measures.
