Bengaluru: Even as State BJP Chief Yeddurappa was being sworn-in as Chief Minister at the Raj Bhavan here, the Congress and JD(S) MLAs staged a protest in front of Mahatma Gandhi Statue near Vidhana Soudha. The MLAs were brought to the protest venue in special buses from their respective resorts. They shouted slogans against the…
Runway expansion, underpass near Mysore Airport gets nod
May 17, 2018Mysuru: The 12-years effort to build a 500 metre-600 metre long tunnel or underpass near the Mysore Airport in Mandakalli and the extension of runway to 2,750 metres has finally borne fruit, with the Director General, Bureau Civil Aviation Authority giving ‘Security Clearance.’ In a statement, Mysuru MP Pratap Simha has stated that it is…
Cauvery Management Scheme: SC rejects Karnataka’s plea to stall finalisation of draft
May 17, 2018New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday laid down three major modifications to Cauvery Management Scheme draft submitted by the Centre on May 14. While there was no clarity in the nomenclature of the scheme in its draft, SC has asked Centre to change the name of the authority to Board. It has also directed Centre…
Karnataka Assembly Polls – 2018: Defeated candidates react
May 17, 2018I respect people’s verdict: Vasu Chamaraja Congress candidate Vasu, who lost the Assembly polls to BJP’s L. Nagendra, has said that he would respect the voters’ mandate. Maintaining that he was not disappointed over the result, Vasu, who had won from Chamaraja in 2013, said that his defeat in last week’s election, may also be…
Mysuru bags Cleanest Medium City Award
May 17, 2018Mysuru: The efforts of the District Administration, Mysuru City Corporation and the citizens paid off as the heritage city Mysuru topped the Cleanest City list among the Medium Cities category in the Swachh Survekshan-2018 rankings. However, it is also to be noted that unlike the first two times when the city bagged the top slot…
Amidst poaching threat…: Congress MLAs may be moved to Kochi or Hyderabad Resort
May 17, 2018Bengaluru: The Congress has decided to move its 78 lawmakers out of Karnataka. Reports suggest they are likely to be flown to a plush resort at Kochi in Kerala later this evening. Latest reports from Bengaluru say that the MLAs (both JD(S) and Congress) might be moved to a resort in Hyderabad. Sources said…
City JD(S) protests Guv action
May 17, 2018Mysuru: The city JD(S) leaders too staged a protest near the bust of Mahatma Gandhi opposite City Law Courts Complex here this morning alleging that Governor Vajubhai R. Vala had ignored the majority of the JD(S) and the Congress Legislators. They said that the Governor had bowed to the diktats of the ruling party and…
Four questioned by Police over evm hacking allegations
May 17, 2018Mysuru: Following accusation by a few defeated candidates that EVMs and VVPATs were hacked in the May 12 Assembly polls, the Police are said to have questioned four persons who had made claims on hacking. Defeated NR JD(S) candidate Abdul Aziz (Abdulla) and SDPI candidate Abdul Majeed has lodged a complaint with the NR Police…
HDD fans offer puja
May 17, 2018Mysuru: Members of H.D. Deve Gowda Abhimanigala Harsha Balaga offered special puja at Sri Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hill here this morning seeking divine blessings to have H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) back as the Chief Minister. They also broke 101 coconuts outside the Temple. Marking the 86th birthday of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda (HDD)…
Police, Paramilitary lauded for incident-free election bandobust
May 17, 2018Mysuru: The 15th Karnataka Assembly elections has passed off peacefully in city with tight security arrangements made by the District Administration and the Police. “It is due to the people’s patience, co-operation, the blessings of Goddess Chamundeshwari and the untiring efforts of the Police Officers and staff that the election bandobust was a success,” said…
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