Hours after joining Congress Jagadish Shettar gets party ticket for Karnataka Assembly polls
Karnataka: Hours after joining the Congress party at the party’s head office in Bengaluru, former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Monday was given the party ticket for the upcoming Karnataka elections.
Shettar who contests from the Hubballi-Dharwad Central constituency was given the ticket by the party’s state chief DK Shivakumar.
Shettar, a Lingayat heavyweight joined Congress earlier in the day after quitting BJP which denied him a ticket from his constituency which he has so far represented for six terms starting 1994.
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Belthangady: Two die after bike crashes into tree late at night
Belthangady: Two youngsters lost their lives after a bike lost control and rammed into a tree in Naravi’s Kuthlooru area of Belthangady taluk late Friday night.
The deceased have been identified as Prashanth and Dinesh. According to reports, the incident occurred around midnight while they were returning from an event. The accident took place near Purusha Gudde on the Kokrady-Naravi road.
Venur police visited the spot and conducted an inspection.
