Rahul Gandhi to address two public meetings in Karnataka today

Vartha Bharati | 17-04-2024 | 09:16:00 IST

Rahul Gandhi (PTI)

Bengaluru (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address public meetings at Mandya and Kolar in Karnataka on Wednesday for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

According to Congress sources, he is scheduled to land in Bengaluru around 1.20 pm from where he will go to Mandya by a chopper and address a poll rally at around 2.10 pm. He will then fly to Kolar to address a public meeting at around 4 pm.

Both Mandya and Kolar are going to polls in the first of the two-phase elections in Karnataka.

It is his first visit to the state after the poll schedule was announced a month ago.

Interestingly, the Congress is facing JD(S), which is BJP's ally, in both seats.

While it will be a direct contest between JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy and Congress' Venkataramane Gowda, popularly known as 'Star Chandru' in Mandya, the fight is between Congress' K V Gowtham and M Mallesh Babu in Kolar.

While 14 constituencies in the southern part of the state will see polling on April 26, the second phase of voting in northern districts will be held on May seven.

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Belthangady: Sister of rape victim allegedly murdered in 1986 visits SIT office to file complaint

11-08-2025 ¦ 11-08-2025 IST

Belthangady: The sister of a woman identified as Padmalatha, who had allegedly been raped and murdered in Dharmasthala three decades ago, visited the office of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the Dharmasthala mass burial case, on Monday to file a complaint asking for a re-investigation of the incident.

The victim was reportedly raped and murder about 39 years ago, in 1986.

Padmalatha’s sister Indravathi, who was accompanied by CPM leader BM Bhat and others, asked for a meeting with the senior officers of the SIT.

The team, which is investigating the Dharmasthala mass burial case based on a complaint filed by a man who wished to remain anonymous, is functioning from an office opened in Belthangady.