Month: May, 2018

Pre-poll seizures cross Rs. 150 crore in State
Elections 2018, News

Pre-poll seizures cross Rs. 150 crore in State

May 4, 2018

Bengaluru/ Mysuru: More money and liquor seem to be flowing in this election than in the past, which could be an indicator of how fiercely the elections to the Assembly are being fought across the State. The Surveillance teams of the Election Commission have seized cash and goods besides liquor worth Rs.153.54 crore across the…

Jayanagar BJP MLA Vijayakumar dies of heart attack
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Jayanagar BJP MLA Vijayakumar dies of heart attack

May 4, 2018

Bengaluru: B.N. Vijayakumar (60), a sitting BJP MLA from Jayanagar, died of a massive heart attack at a Bengaluru Hospital early this morning. Vijayakumar, a long time BJP member, was a bachelor. A BJP candidate from Jayanagar for the May 12 Assembly polls, Vijayakumar collapsed during a campaign rally in the Constituency late last evening,…

Rs. 50 lakh unaccounted cash seized from KSRTC bus
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Rs. 50 lakh unaccounted cash seized from KSRTC bus

May 4, 2018

Hanagodu: Election officials, Police and Paramilitary forces guarding the Manuganahalli check-post near Bilikere on the Mysuru-Madikeri Highway were in for a surprise this noon as unaccounted cash worth Rs. 50 lakh was seized from a KSRTC bus. The bus (KA-19-F-3142) was on its way from Mysuru to Udupi via Mangaluru and there were over 50…

Parameshwara hatching plot to defeat CM in Chamundeshwari, says BJP leader R. Ashoka
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Parameshwara hatching plot to defeat CM in Chamundeshwari, says BJP leader R. Ashoka

May 4, 2018

Mysuru: Accusing Chief Minister Siddharamaiah of hatching a plot to ensure the defeat of KPCC President Dr.G. Parameshwara from Koratagere Constituency in the 2013 Assembly polls, senior BJP leader and former Deputy CM R. Ashoka has claimed that Dr. Parameshwara is now chalking out plans to ensure the defeat of the CM in Chamundeshwari Constituency…

No booze days
Elections 2018, News

No booze days

May 4, 2018

Mysuru:  To ensure free, fair and peaceful  polling, the District Administration has issued orders prohibiting sale and storage of liquor during elections. Accordingly, hotels that serve liquor, bars, clubs, liquor shops (that serve and sell liquor) and pubs across the district will go dry for more than three days — from 6 pm on May…

Apex Court stays order to compensate KSOU’s Kerala students
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Apex Court stays order to compensate KSOU’s Kerala students

May 4, 2018

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed the order issued to the Mysuru-based Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) to pay compensation of Rs. 3 lakh each to the students for discontinuing its various educational programmes from August 2014, in Kerala. A Bench of Justices S.A. Bobde and L. Nageswara Rao issued notice to Brainnet and…

SC stay a big relief, says KSOU VC
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SC stay a big relief, says KSOU VC

May 4, 2018

Mysuru: The Supreme Court staying the order issued to Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) by the Kerala High Court to pay compensation of Rs. 3 lakh each to the students for discontinuing its various educational programmes from August, 2014 in Kerala has come as a big  relief to KSOU. Speaking to Star of Mysore, KSOU…

Tusker caught in trench dies of heart attack
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Tusker caught in trench dies of heart attack

May 4, 2018

H.D. Kote:  A wild tusker nicknamed ‘Bakra’ by villagers frequently found roaming at Antarasanthe, Metikuppe and Belleguppi villages, was found dead after it fell into an elephant trench at Dammanakatte Haadi in H.D. Kote taluk yesterday. As the tusker fell into the trench, its tusks got embedded into mud and it could neither  move its…

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