Naseer Ahmed, Venugopal, Ramesh Gowda elected unopposed to Legislative Council
Bengaluru, September 27: Naseer Ahmed and M.C. Venugopal from the Congress and Ramesh Gowda from the JDS on Thursday elected unopposed to the Legislative Council from the Legislative Assembly.
Election officer Kumaraswamy announced the result at his office at Vidhana Soudha here and gave away the certificates to the new members. Later, he said that Thursday was the last day for withdrawing the nomination papers. But out of the three persons who were in the fray, none has withdrawn the nomination papers. As a result, all the three were announced elected unopposed to the Legislative Council. As the nomination papers of independent candidates Venkateswara Swamy and Harishchandra Gowda were not proper, they were rejected. Newly elected Naseer Ahmed and M.C. Venugopal would continue as the MLCs up to June 30, 2020 and the term of Ramesh Gowda would end on June 14, 2022, Kumaraswamy said.
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Delhi: Boy stabbed to death over 'controversial' social media comments, 2 juveniles held
New Delhi (PTI): A 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death at Ramleela ground in northwest Delhi for allegedly making social media comments that police described as "controversial", an official said on Wednesday.
According to the police, the assailants, also minors, attacked him with a knife, inflicting multiple stab wounds.
"A PCR call was received in the Shalimar Bagh Police Station regarding an injured boy lying in Ramleela ground. The police team reached the spot and found him with multiple stab wounds," a police officer said.
He was working as a labourer in a banquet hall for the last two days, the officer said. An FIR was registered and the police apprehended two juveniles in the case.
Preliminary investigation reveals that the deceased was stabbed due to an ongoing enmity, the officer said.
During questioning, the accused told the police that the victim had made "controversial comments" against them on social media. Following which, they intercepted him at Ramleela ground and stabbed him. He died on the spot, officer said.
"We have recovered a dagger and the victim's mobile phone. Further investigation in the case is underway," he added.
