Mysuru: The city- based Mysore Lac and Paints (MyLAC), a key player in the voting process, has supplied 22,000 more bottles of indelible ink to the Election Commission for today’s Assembly polls. MyLAC has made its own mark in the country’s elections by supplying indelible ink to all polls in the country right from Gram…
EC orders closure of Indira Canteens
May 12, 2018Mysuru: Poor people faced hardship as Indira Canteens remained closed across the State due to polling which began at 7 am this morning. In an order issued last evening, the Election Commission (EC) asked the administrative machinery to close down all the Indira canteens as the voters might be induced to vote for a particular…
Ethnic booths motivate tribals: Festival of Democracy
May 12, 2018The Festival of Democracy was on display at the 15th Assembly elections today with many of the voting booths in the city and the district turning colourful, cheerful, innovative and ethnic. The role of SVEEP (Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation) in this election is huge as it is the one which has taken…
BJP complains about fake voters in NR Constituency
May 12, 2018Mysuru, May 12- Alleging that there were thousands of fake voters in Narasimharaja (NR) Constituency, BJP District Secretary Umesh Kumar has lodged a complaint with the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abhiram G. Sankar, who is also the District Electoral Officer, urging him to initiate action in this regard. Citing many instances of inclusion of fake voters…
Postal ballot
May 12, 2018Mysuru: A total of 9,597 polling staff, who have been deputed for poll duty in different parts of the district, have cast their postal ballots. The poll authorities had issued 16,325 postal ballots and the rest of the postal ballots are expected to reach the counting centres in city by May 15, according to Information…
A criminal waste of water at Rajiv Nagar
May 12, 2018Mysuru: At a time when we are fighting a battle over sharing of Cauvery water with Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry and at a time when a severe drinking water crisis is staring at us with the water levels at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) going below the dead storage level, gallons of water is wasted…
Rain with gale reaks havoc in Mandya
May 12, 2018Polyhouse completely destroyed Mandya: Heavy rain accompanied by gale has created havoc in many parts of the taluk on Thursday night with sheet roofs of many houses getting blown off and also bringing down many electric poles. The worst hit villages were Holalu, Goravale, B. Hosahalli and Gopalapura. Over ten electric poles near Hosahalli gate…
‘Save Rhino’ motor bike rally passes through city
May 12, 2018Mysuru: A motor bike rally to create awareness about saving the single horned rhino, which is on the verge of extinction, passed through the city yesterday. The members of the Indian Wildlife Explorers and a few animal lovers welcomed the rallyists at Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at the North Gate of the Mysore Palace. The rallyists…
Bank Unions threaten stir on May 30, 31
May 12, 2018New Delhi: Employees of public sector banks have threatened to go on two-day nation-wide strike from May 30 against “a meagre” 2% hike offered by the management body, Indian Banks’ Association (IBA). During the negotiations held on May 5, IBA made two unacceptable propositions including an offer of 2% hike in the wage bill cost…
Critic Giraddi Govindaraj passes away
May 12, 2018Dharwad: Noted critic, poet and teacher Dr. Giraddi Govindaraj (79) died of a massive heart attack at his residence in Dharwad yesterday. He leaves behind his wife Saroja, two sons and two daughters. Dr. Govindaraj was alone at home when he reportedly suffered a heart attack in the evening. When his wife returned, she found…
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