Ottawa: Chandra Arya, a native of Dwaralu village in Sira taluk of Tumakuru district, has filed his nomination for the post of Canadian Prime Minister. Reports indicate that he addressed the Canadian Parliament in Kannada after submitting his nomination. Arya had previously announced his intention to run for the Prime Minister's position.

Expressing his joy, Arya stated, "I am delighted to have had the opportunity to speak in my mother tongue, Kannada, in the Canadian Parliament. It is a matter of pride for over five crore Kannadigas that someone from Dwaralu village in Sira taluk, Tumakuru district, Karnataka, has been elected as a Member of Parliament in Canada and is speaking in Kannada."

He also recalled how the Kannada community in Canada celebrated Kannada Rajyotsava in the Canadian Parliament in 2018. Concluding his speech, Arya quoted the lines from the Kannada poem Elladaru Iru Entadaru Iru Endendigu Nee Kannadavagiru (Be a Kannadiga, wherever you are), penned by Kuvempu and popularised by legendary actor Dr. Rajkumar.

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New Delhi (PTI): President Droupadi Murmu on Monday condoled the loss of lives in the fire incident at a hospital in Odisha and prayed for a speedy recovery of the injured.

At least ten patients were killed after a major fire erupted in an ICU in Odisha government-run SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, in the wee hours of Monday, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said.

"Deeply distressed by the loss of lives in the tragic fire incident at a hospital in Cuttack, Odisha. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. I wish a speedy recovery to those injured," Murmu said in a post on X.