Bengaluru: Congress MLA from Mangalore UT Khader was elected unopposed on Wednesday to the post of the Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly. Khader had filed his nomination paper to secretary of the Assembly MK Vishalakshi on Tuesday.

As his was the only nomination submitted for the post of the Speaker, Khader’s election was declared unopposed.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had suggested the name of Khader for the post while Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar seconded it.

Khader's election to the post was announced before the Assembly on Wednesday and the new Speaker was congratulated by former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and members of the other parties.

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Morena, Jan 3: A Dalit woman and her daughter were brutally assaulted on Friday allegedly by two men and then dragged on the road in Morena in Madhya Pradesh following a minor incident involving a dog, a police official said.

A video of the incident, which took place in full public view in Ambah area, went viral on social media.

"Anita Mahor has sustained serious injuries after being hit by sticks and then dragged on the road. Her daughter Bharti is also injured. We have arrested Rajesh Tomar and Kumher Singh Tomar for assaulting them," Ambah police station in charge Satendra Singh Kushwaha said.

"Anita Mahor's son Deepak has told us that his younger brother Santosh was going to throw waste this morning when he was startled by the presence of a dog. He threw the waste, which also included dung, on the dog in fright and fled. This infuriated the two accused," he said.

The two accused and others stormed into Mahor's house armed with a chopper and sticks and attacked her and her kin, police said.