HD Kumaraswamy drops Ramanagara constituency
Bengaluru: JDS president HD Kumaraswamy, who won the assembly elections in Channapatna and Ramanagara constituencies, left the Ramanagara constituency and retained Channapattana.
The JDS president sworn-in as the MLA of Channapatna constituency on Saturday. Kumaraswamy, who had won with a considerable margin in Ramanagara this time, faced a fierce rivalry against CP Yogeshwar in Channapatna.
Kumaraswamy plans to field his wife Anita Kumaraswamy or any party-activist in the by-polls from the Ramanagar constituency as the constituency is considered a JDS-stronghold.
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Vadodara varsity staffer held for stalking, intimidating student
Vadodara, Jan 12: An associate professor of a university in Gujarat's Vadodara has been arrested for allegedly stalking and intimidating a woman student, police said on Sunday.
Mohammed Azhar Dheriwala, an associate professor of Hindi at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU), allegedly harassed the student and threatened to end her career, an official from Sayajigunj police station said.
Dheriwala, who has been associated with MSU for 23 years, was arrested on Saturday night.
Police inspector Z N Dhasura said the accused was earlier suspended based on the recommendation of the University's internal complaints committee (ICC) of the women's grievance redressal cell (WGRC) after another student accused him of sexual harassment.
The complainant, a second-year Master of Arts student, has alleged that Dheriwala approached her on the afternoon of January 4 and asked her to accompany him to his house.
When she refused, he allegedly threatened to end her career and even followed her to her residence, she stated in her complaint.
Dhasura said a case was registered under sections 78 (stalking), 352 (intentionally insulting someone to provoke a breach of peace) and 351 (2) (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS).
