Former Minister, Writer, Prof. Mumtaz Ali Khan Passes Away
Bengaluru: Former Minister, writer, Prof. Mumtaz Ali Khan passed away at his Ganganagar residence in Bengaluru in the early hours on Monday due to illnesses associated with old age. He was 94 years of age.
In 2008, he had been part of Yediyurappa’s Cabinet of Ministers and served as a Minister. He had been the Minister for Minority Welfare, Hajj, and Waqf Account.
After taking voluntary retirement from his profession as a Professor of Sociology in Bengaluru’s Krishi University. For the last 30 years, he had been running a school named after his late son Noor Ahmed Khan in Bengaluru’s R. T. Nagar. In the unaided Primary and High School run by him, Prof. Mumtaz Ali Khan provided the poor children coming to the school with free education along with mid-day meals, school books, school uniforms, and other required items from his pension money and personal sources. His wife was serving as the Head-teacher in the same school.
Prof. Mumtaz Ali Khan is survived by his wife, one son, one daughter.
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260 Gram Panchayat seats to go to by-polls on May 11 in Karnataka
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Election Commission has announced by-elections for 260 vacant seats across 222 Gram Panchayats in the state. The polling will be held on May 11.
According to the official schedule, the Deputy Commissioner will issue the election notification on April 22, and the last day to file nominations is on April 28. The scrutiny of nominations will be held on April 29, and the last day to withdraw nominations is on May 2.
Polling will be conducted from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM on May 11. In case of any need for re-polling, it will be held on May 13 during the same hours. The counting of votes is scheduled for May 14, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, at the designated taluk centers, and results will be declared following the counting.
