Mysuru: The Temple Town of Nanjangud, also known as Dakshina Kashi, has chosen BJP candidate B. Harshavardhan as its MLA for the first time since 1957. Traditionally, the Constituency has been a bastion of Congress, Janata Party and Janata Dal. Harshavardhan, the son-in-law of former Minister and senior Dalit leader V. Sreenivasa Prasad, defeated incumbent…
Mysuru: In the 11 Constituencies of the district, where elections were held on May 12 and the counting took place yesterday, 16,362 voters have opted for None Of The Above (NOTA) and 972 Postal Ballots were found invalid due to various technical reasons and were rejected. The Constituency wise NOTA votes are as follows: Krishnaraja…
Mysuru: Varuna Congress candidate Dr. Yathindra, son of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, has set a record of sorts in his electoral debut, by registering the highest margin of victory among all the Assembly segments of the district. Dr. Yathindra, who secured 96,435 votes defeated his nearest rival Thotadappa Basavaraju of BJP by a margin of 58,616…
Mysuru: Former Minister Adagur H. Vishwanath, who was fed up with the functioning style of Congress leaders and had quit the party last year to join the JD(S) registered a comfortable victory over Congress candidate H.P. Manjunath by a margin of 8,575 votes. Vishwanath who had openly ridiculed the working style of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah…
Chamarajanagar: At last, ‘Lotus’ has bloomed in Gundlupet Assembly Constituency with BJP candidate C.S. Niranjan Kumar (94,151 votes) defeating Dr. Geetha Mahadevaprasad (77,467 votes). Since the first General Election in 1952, Gundlupet Constituency has seen 15 elections including a by-election. However only five people had represented the Constituency and now Niranjan Kumar will be the…
Chamarajanagar: Congress MLA C.Puttaranga Shetty of Chamarajanagar Assembly Constituency has scored a hat-trick by defeating BJP candidate K.R. Mallikarjunappa, a first of its kind in the Constituency. Interestingly12 other candidates from the Constituency have lost their deposits and Vatal Nagaraj of Vatal Prakash has earned the dubious distinction of losing the deposit for the third…
Mysuru: There is greenery all around, flowers blooming in the garden, house right in the middle of the hill, the rising sun and the red rays entering… This is not the opening line of a story but the way art bloomed through the imaginative minds of the children. This was the scene at the Bannimantap…
Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) has invited applications from eligible foreign students with Indian or foreign degrees for admission to various post-graduate, graduate and certificate programmes. Those having a foreign degree should submit the ‘eligibility certificate’ obtained from the UoM to the Principal of the respective college or institution. Application for post-graduate programmes is…
Mysuru: The Department of Empowerment of Senior Citizens and Physically Challenged has invited applications from physically challenged students for award of scholarships and Prathibha Puraskar. Such of the students studying from 1st standard to post-graduation with at least 40% marks in the previous examination can apply through the heads of schools and colleges. Students who…
Aruna Devi to hold technical sessions for students, startups and those already into business Mysuru: WISE (Women In Small Enterprise), the Ladies Wing of Mysore Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI), provides women entrepreneurs of Mysuru a common platform to implement business strategies and motivates them to set up their own business. WISE has been…
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