Poll Code hits sale of publicity materials Mysuru: As the carnival of democracy comes nearer, political parties try to woo voters in whatever way they can. One among them is to introduce a range of innovative poll-related merchandise – party flags, caps, T-shirts, Khadi shawls, coloured kurtas, party symbol shawls, balloons, key chains and badges…
Mysuru: Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, who is also the District Election Officer and Returning Officer, has said that since Model Code of Conduct is in force for the Lok Sabha elections, bank transactions over Rs. 10 lakh would be monitored by the Income Tax Department. He said that one needs to carry valid…
Mysuru: Karnataka Municipal Administration Minister C.S. Shivalli (57) passed away at a private hospital in Hubballi following a heart attack this afternoon. Shivalli was elected on a Congress ticket from Kundgol Constituency in Dharwad district. He was a three-term MLA from Kundgol.
Mysuru: Record wildfire season has destroyed millions of trees in Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Many areas have been burned so severely that natural regeneration is not possible, making replanting necessary. Ash has covered over 8,000 acres of land across the Bandipur Tiger Reserve, which houses the highest number of tigers in India and it is the…
Mysuru: In a twist to the murder case of Raghavendra of Mahadeshwara Layout, the Police have unearthed a conspiracy that was hatched by his close friend to eliminate Raghavendra. The Police have discovered that it was a murder that revolved around a girl and a financial dispute. The friend gave ‘Supari’ to his accomplices to…
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party yesterday announced its first list of candidates from Karnataka for the Lok Sabha elections. As expected, of the 21 names announced, 14 sitting MPs were nominated once again from their respective constituencies. The party has to announce names for 8 more seats. This includes five-time MP Anantkumar Hegde who…
Hassan: Ending days of speculation on will he or won’t he, Prajwal Revanna, son of PWD Minister H.D. Revanna and grandson of JD(S) supremo and former PM H.D. Deve Gowda, filed his nomination as the JD(S)-Congress coalition candidate from Hassan Lok Sabha Constituency, at the Hassan Deputy Commissioner’s office this morning. Although Deve Gowda, the…
World Water Day observed in city Mysuru: World Water Day was observed by Mysuru Zilla Panchayat by organising an awareness rally and a stage programme in city this morning. Students of various colleges, who had assembled in front of Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at the North Gate of Mysore Palace, took out an awareness rally by…
Bengaluru: With the JD(S) getting eight out of the twenty eight Lok Sabha (LS) seats in the State as per a seat sharing pact signed between the ruling coalition partners-JD(S) and Congress, the regional party is finding it difficult to get candidates in some seats allotted to it for the LS polls. Even as JD(S)…
Mysuru: Young NRI writer, Kiran S. Bhat’s travelogue ‘Tirugata’ was released by K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief, Star of Mysore, at a function organised by Bengaluru-based Publisher ‘Chirantana Media Solutions’ at Hotel Radisson Blu Plaza here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Ganapathy said, Kiran Bhat has penned the travelogue after touring 124 countries, studying their environment, culture,…
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