Madikeri:- Madikeri Assembly segment BJP candidate Mandepanda Appachu Ranjan filed his nomination for the seat yesterday. Appachu Ranjan, a former Minister, accompanied by hundreds of supporters, performed special puja at the town’s famous Chowdeshwari Temple at 10.30 am, before marching in a grand procession to the District Administration office where he presented his nomination papers…
Chief Minister leaves for Bengaluru after addressing the Press in Mysuru
April 21, 2018Siddharamaiah’s Badami Burden “I will know after I go to Bengaluru,” says CM Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, after filing his nomination papers to contest for the May 12 Assembly elections from Chamundeshwari constituency yesterday, left for Bengaluru this morning from his residence in Ramakrishnanagar. He was accompanied by Excise Minister R.B. Thimmapur. Addressing the media…
Ambarish refuses to contest
April 21, 2018Bengaluru: Despite the Congress High Command insisting him to contest from Mandya Assembly segment, Actor and sitting Mandya MLA Ambarish is said to have refused to contest the May 12 Assembly polls. Ambarish, who was allotted the party ticket from Mandya, is reported to have bluntly told the High Command that he will not be…
H.V. Rajeev to contest as independent
April 21, 2018Mysuru: With the party denying him the ticket to contest from Krishnaraja Constituency, BJP leader and District Co-operative Union President H.V. Rajeev had convened a meeting of his supporters at Nityananda Convention Hall here this morning to get their opinion. While most of the speakers urged Rajeev to contest either as an independent candidate or…
Karnatak classical vocal recital by Sreeranjini tomorrow
April 21, 2018Mysuru: City’s cultural organisation Bhanuvara Sanje Geleyara Balaga, popularly known as BHASANGE Balaga, will present a Karnatak classical vocal recital by Vidushi H.S. Sreeranjini of Bengaluru at Vasudevacharya Bhavana of Nadabramha Sangeetha Sabha, JLB Road here on Sunday, 22nd April at 6 pm. BHASANGE Balaga is providing a platform for young talents in the field…
Training for Booth officers at respective Constituency tomorrow
April 21, 2018Mysuru: A training for Polling Booth Officers — Returning Officers (ROs), Assistant Returning Officer (AROs) and Polling Officers (POs) — has been arranged tomorrow in the jurisdiction of respective Assembly Constituencies from 9 am. All the designated 16,565 booth officers have been asked by Deputy Commissioner, who is also the District Electoral Officer, to report…
Book Talk: Star of Mysore – Story of a unique evening english newspaper
April 21, 2018Trials and Tribulations of a Newspaper Editor By M.P. Prabhakaran, New York Title: Star of Mysore, Story of a unique evening english newspaper Author: K. B. Ganapathy Pages: 144+viii Price: Paperback: Rs. 250, Hardbound: Rs. 350 Publisher: Talukina Venkannaiah Smaraka Granthamale, Mysuru K. B. Ganapathy, the author of Star of Mysore: Story of a unique…
Man goes missing from city
April 21, 2018Mysuru: A 33-year-old man, who left his house on Apr.8 at about 9.30 pm, saying that he was going to his colleague’s house, has since gone missing. The missing person is Ramu, a resident of B.M. Sri Nagar. Ramu is 5.5 ft. tall, fair complexioned, oval faced, normal built, speaks Kannada and Tamil and was…
Poll-phernalia: Courting the Khadi Kurta
April 21, 2018By V. Shourabh Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav This white-coarse Khadi was a political weapon which broke the monopoly of British mills and saw a rise in India’s indigenous cotton. With the use of Charkha, Khadi was hand-spun to mark the start of a manufacturing revolution in India. With its early inception, since the days…
Poll-phernalia: Election Carnival is here…
April 21, 2018By V. Shourabh Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav With Khadi-clad political leaders out on election campaign trail, Khadi outlets in city are doing brisk business as sales have picked up. Almost all the Khadi shops are teeming with politicians and their supporters. Not only Khadi clothes, other election essentials like colourful party flags, caps, shiny…
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