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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Karwar/Tumakuru: Government offices in three Karnataka towns were placed on high alert on Tuesday after bomb threat emails were received by the tahsildar offices in Karwar and Bhatkal, and the deputy commissioner’s office in Tumakuru.

According to a report published by Deccan Herald, police officials said all three emails originated from a single email ID and contained claims of “revenge from Tamilians and Pakistanis.” Following the threats, security agencies immediately swung into action and the premises were evacuated and thoroughly searched.

Teams from the local police, bomb disposal squad and dog squad were deployed at all locations. Authorities have confirmed that no suspicious objects or explosives were found. They called the threats a hoax, after extensive checks.

Uttara Kannada Superintendent of Police Deepan M N said precautionary measures were taken as per protocol to ensure public safety. “A detailed search was conducted at all the mentioned offices, but nothing incriminating was found,” he said.

Police have begun efforts to trace the source of the emails and identify the sender while security around key government buildings in the affected districts was heightened as a precaution, officials added.