Former IAS officer, Actor K Shivaram passes away at 70
Bengaluru: Former IAS Officer and Actor, K. Shivaram passed away a private hospital in the city on Thursday. He was 70.
The 70-year-old bureaucrat-turned actor is said to be the first person to clear the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission) Examination in Kannada.
Some of his popular performances include ‘Baa Nalle Madhuchandrake’, ‘Vasant Kavya’, ‘Sangliyana Part-3’, ‘Prathibhatane.’
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Post his retirement as the Bengaluru regional commissioner in 2013, Shivaram started his political journey by joining the Congress party. However a year later he deserted the Congress and joined the JD(S). He contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Bijapur, but suffered loss to BJP's Ramesh Jigajinagi. Subsequently, Shivaram joined the BJP and was later appointed to the party’s state executive committee.
Shivaram is survived by wife Vani Shivaram and a daughter who is married to Kannada actor Pradeep.
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BSP TN chief hacked to death by 6-member gang in Chennai
Chennai: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Tamil Nadu president K Armstrong died after he was hacked by a six-member gang near his house here on Friday, said police.
The two-wheeler-borne gang attacked Armstrong, a former councillor of Chennai Corporation, near his house in Perambur inflicting grievous injuries on him, and fled.
He died on the way to the hospital, they said. The police have launched a hunt to trace out and nab the suspects.
