Davanagere: Former Minister SS Mallikarjun will enter the fray on alliance ticket from Davanagere after senior Congress leader, Shamanur Shivashankarappa, refused to contest.

The AICC had announced that Shamanur Shivashankarappa will be its Lok Sabha candidate from Davangere constituency. But Shivashankarappa was reluctant to contest the polls and said that he did not want B-Form. Subsequently, the KPCC President Dinesh Gundo Rao recommended the party high-command to issue the ticket to Shamanur Shivashankarappa's son SS Mallikarjun.

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Doha: Qatar’s Ministry of Interior has reported a fire in the Ras Laffan area, which is home to the world’s largest LNG production facility, following what it described as “Iranian targeting”.

The ministry confirmed the incident but did not provide further details about the extent of the fire or possible damage.

There was no immediate information on casualties.