No Gala Opening Ceremony BCCI to donate funds to families of Pulwama terror attack victims Chennai: The 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) Season is a lot different from what it traditionally has been. A major change came in the 12th edition of the cash-rich franchise League when the Board of Control for Cricket in India…
cVIGIL app to report poll code violation
March 23, 2019Mysuru: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is stringently implementing the election Model Code of Conduct for the guidance of political parties and candidates. However, often times, political parties violate the poll conduct. To keep the political parties in check, ECI introduced a mobile app ‘cVIGIL’, which stands for “citizens’ vigil”, on a pan-India level….
Call Helpline 1950 to find your name on Voter List and know your Polling Booth
March 23, 2019Mysuru: The Election Commission of India has strengthened its Voter Helpline to make it easy for the Voters to get authentic information pertaining to their voter registration. It is an All India Helpline that has been efficiently segregated and mapped to the respective districts. The enrolled electors in the Electoral Roll can check the details…
Will Modi throw his hat in ring from Bengaluru South?
March 23, 2019PM’s contest will boost BJP’s prospects from State and help party win more than 22 seats Bengaluru: With the Central BJP leaders withholding announcement of the party nominee for Bengaluru-South Lok Sabha seat, rumours are rife in the political circles that Prime Minister Narendra Modi may chose to contest from there. According to party sources,…
Pratap Simha to file nomination on Mar. 25
March 23, 2019Mysuru: MP Pratap Simha, who has been renominated by the BJP, will file his nomination as the party candidate from Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha seat at the DC’s office here at 12.30 pm on Mar. 25 (Monday). Announcing this at a press meet at Hotel President on B.N. Road here this morning, K.R. BJP MLA S.A….
EVMs, VVPATs shifted to taluk treasuries, strong rooms
March 23, 2019Mysuru: With hardly a month to go for the clash of titans in the Lok Sabha Elections, the Election Commission, aided actively by the ground-level implementation officers are fully geared up for the festival of democracy by ensuring the poll process is glitch-free. While a massive exercise has begun to sensitise voters by Systematic Voter’s…
Former MP C.H. Vijayashankar meets Minister S.R. Mahesh
March 23, 2019Mysuru: Even before the Congress is to announce its list of candidates for Lok Sabha seats from the State, former MP and Congress leader C.H. Vijayashankar, who is the most likely nominee of the Congress for the Mysuru-Kodagu LS seat, meet Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh at the latter’s residence in Chamaraja Mohalla here yesterday. During…
‘100 crore population living in slave mindset’
March 23, 2019Orator Tejaswi Surya rips apart dynastic politics; says families enslaved India for selfish interests Mysuru: He is in his twenties and has acquired a law degree and is a practicing lawyer. And he is in great demand for campaigning in different parts of the State for the Lok Sabha elections. Tejaswi Surya is emerging as…
Advani likely to get RS seat in lieu of Gandhinagar loss
March 23, 2019New Delhi: Senior BJP leader L. K. Advani is likely to be given a Rajya Sabha seat in May 2019 from Gujarat. BJP President Amit Shah is contesting from Advani’s Gandhinagar seat and if he gets elected to the Lok Sabha, Advani will replace him in the Rajya Sabha. In other words, the two are…
Gautam Gambhir joins BJP, likely to contest from New Delhi seat
March 23, 2019New Delhi: Former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir joined the Bharatiya Janata Party yesterday with weeks to go for the Lok Sabha elections and said he was ’impressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision’. “I am impressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision… I have contributed to the field of cricket and now hope to do…
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