Mysuru: Is there more than what meets the eye to the discontent brewing in Congress over Chief Minister Siddharamaiah contesting both from Chamundeshwari in Mysuru and Badami in Bagalkot District? If Siddharamaiah’s behaviour is taken into consideration, it looks like he is upset with the party High Command for not allowing him to contest from…
Mysuru: Today being the third day of filing the nomination papers to the 2018 Assembly polls, candidates from Congress, JD(S), AAP, SDPI and Bharatiya Janashakti Congress filed their papers with the respective Returning Officers (ROs) in city this morning. Vasu, the incumbent Congress MLA from Chamaraja, submitted his papers to the RO at his office…
Bengaluru: Convinced that the May 12 election cannot be won with the strategies formulated by the State BJP leadership, party National President and master strategist Amit Shah has entrusted the responsibility of poll management to his trusted lieutenants from North India who have tasted success in other States including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Shah’s focus…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court this morning dismissed a batch of petitions seeking an independent inquiry into the death of special CBI Judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya, who was hearing the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case. A three-judge bench comprising of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, and Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud said there is no merit…
Mysuru: Voting is not a right it is our responsibility too. And as it is the election season, the Election Commission of India (ECI) is creating awareness among the voters about the importance of voting. The effort of the ECI in this direction is welcome. But should there not be polling booths for the voters…
Mysuru: General Secretary of City BJP Mahila Morcha Lakshmidevi and loyal party worker Lakshmi Gowda of the BJP are competing for a BJP ticket from Chamundeshwari. The Chamundeshwari constituency is witnessing a high-voltage political battle between Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and incumbent JD(S) MLA G.T. Devegowda. As soon as Star of Mysore broke the news yesterday…
K.R. Pet: Former Assembly Speaker Krishna, popular as K.R. Pet Krishna from Congress has announced his retirement from active politics. “I have no intention to continue in politics that has been polluted and I have decided to retire from politics after spending over 40 years there,” he said. Addressing reporters at Ramdas-Sulochanamma Kalyana Mantap yesterday,…
Mysuru: In a bid to solve the issues prevailing in Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), the Forum of Former Vice-Chancellors of Karnataka State Universities is ready to intervene in resolving the issues and has suggested conducting an eligibility or proficiency test to the students who have pursued the education in KSOU from 2012 to 2015….
Mysuru: “Pourakarmikas should be allowed to move up from the lower strata of society and join the mainstream,” said Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. He was speaking after inaugurating a convention of Pourakarmikas organised by former Mayor Narayana at Jaganmohan Palace here yesterday. Siddharamaiah opined that children of Pourakarmikas need not continue the same profession and suggested…
Mysuru: Karamveer Chakra Dr. Renu Agrawal, former Chief Scientist, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru, has been nominated to National WISTEMM Selection Committee by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, for a period of three years. In 2014, DST brought all the women-centric schemes and programmes under one ambit named KIRAN (Knowledge Involvement…
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