Ningamma (84), wife of late Narayanappa and a resident of Naguvanahalli, Srirangapatna taluk, passed away early this morning at her residence. She leaves behind six daughters, one son and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at Naguvanahalli this afternoon, according to family sources.
Poll crackdown intensifies
March 21, 2019Cash, liquor worth over Rs. 1.24 crore seized in Mysuru Mysuru: Even as political parties are indulging in hectic parleys to zero-in on candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha Elections and even before prominent candidates filing their nomination papers, authorities responsible for conducting free and fair elections have tightened the grip on unaccounted cash, liquor…
Almost all sitting BJP MPs to get ticket
March 21, 2019Bengaluru: With the deadline for filing of nominations for 14 Lok Sabha seats in southern half of the State just five days away (Mar.26), the BJP has reportedly decided to field almost all its sitting MPs. In another interesting development, the BJP is also said to have decided against supporting independent candidate Sumalatha, who filed…
Sumalatha declares assets worth Rs.23.41 crore
March 21, 2019Mandya: All through her actor-husband Ambarish’s political career, Sumalatha kept a low profile politically. But now, after his death, she has entered the electoral battle as an Independent Candidate as Congress, her husband’s party, ceded the Mandya Lok Sabha seat to coalition partner JD(S). She filed her nomination papers yesterday amidst much fanfare. Sumalatha is…
MLA Nagendra confident of BJP victory in Mysuru
March 21, 2019Mysuru: Claiming that there was no guarantee of JD(S)-Congress workers getting united in the wake of seat-sharing pact between the two parties in the State, Chamaraja BJP MLA L. Nagendra has said that this situation was certainly going to help the BJP in the LS polls. Addressing a meeting of party workers from MCC Ward…
Three file nominations on second day
March 21, 2019Mysuru: Three candidates filed their nomination papers as Independents on the second day of the filing of nominations yesterday. Srinivasaiah of Mysuru (pic. left) and P. Yadurappa of Periyapatna (pic. right) were the ones who filed their nominations yesterday. However, the third nomination of the day was a repeat nomination, as Ayub Khan who had…
Family proposes, Astrologer disposes Mandya JD(S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy postpones nomination filing to Mar.25
March 21, 2019Mandya: JD(S)-Congress coalition candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, has postponed the filing of nomination papers for Mandya Lok Sabha constituency. Going by the advice of priests and family members, Nikhil was to file a set of nomination papers at 12.30 pm today, considered an auspicious time. An announcement was made in…
“Government should propose IMS (Indian Medical Service) akin to IAS”
March 21, 2019Dr. Vivek Jawali at CII’s India Higher Education Summit Mysuru: The medical education sector should look at ‘outsourced on-site private programmes’ to improve medical education and services, said Dr. Vivek Jawali, one of the leading Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons in the country. Delivering the keynote address on “Newer needs in health care education” here recently…
This is Sreenivasa Prasad’s 14th, Dhruvanarayan’s 6th election
March 21, 2019Chamarajanagar: Senior BJP leader V. Sreenivasa Prasad, who has confirmed his candidature from Chamarajanagar (SC) seat, will be contesting his 14th election while his likely opponent R. Dhruvanarayan of the Congress, who is the sitting MP, will be contesting for the sixth time. Out of the 13 polls he has contested so far, Sreenivasa Prasad…
SSLC exam begins
March 21, 2019Mysuru: The SSLC Exam (2018-19) conducted by the State Government, began with over 36,000 students from across the district appearing for the first language paper this morning. The exam is being held at 138 centres in the district, including 46 in the city. The exam will conclude on April 4 with third language paper. CCTV…
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