Cong-JDS together face by-poll: Deve Gowda
Bengaluru, October 06: Former prime minister and JDS supremo H.D. Deve Gowda said that Congress-JDS alliance would face the by-election to three Lok Sabha and two Assembly segments.
Speaking to reporters at the party office here on Saturday, Deve Gowda said that “Ramanagar was our constituency where JDS will field its candidate and Congress would field its candidates in Bagalkot and Jamkhandi constituency”, he said.
“Regarding the three Lok Sabha constituencies like Shivamogga, Ballary and Mandya, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, Deputy Chief Minister Dr. G. Parameshwar and former chief minister Siddaramaiah would discuss and take a decision. We do not have any confusion. Both the parties would go together to face the by-elections”, he said.
JDS candidate would contest from Mandya Lok Sabha constituency. But the name was not yet finalized. The by-election to the Lok Sabha seats would not become a referendum to the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, he added.
He has not yet decided on campaigning for by-elections. The party leaders would take care of it. The JDS has given up the Vijayapura local body election to the Congress, he said.
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Insurance consultant loses Rs 71 lakh in cryptocurrency investment fraud
Thane (PTI): A 42-year-old insurance consultant from Mumbra in Thane district of Maharashtra was allegedly cheated of more than Rs 71 lakh by cyber fraudsters who lured him into investing in cryptocurrency trading, police said on Tuesday.
A case was registered against six persons at Mumbra police station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita on charges of cheating and breach of trust. Nobody has been arrested to date.
The complainant, a resident of Kausa in Mumbra, alleged that the accused induced him to invest money in a firm, purportedly associated with a cryptocurrency platform, between August 2025 and March 2026.
He transferred Rs 71,60,015 through cash and online transactions at different times. However, the accused failed to return the invested amount and instead misappropriated the funds, a police official said.
