Additional SP, two Dy.SPs deputed in the Constituency Mysore/Mysuru: With voting booths to open tomorrow morning at 6 am, elaborate security arrangements have been made with a large workforce deployed to conduct the elections effectively, said Deputy Commissioner Dr. K.V. Rajendra this morning at a press meet. Dr. Rajendra, who is also the District Electoral…
Leaders visit Chamundeshwari Hill Temple on poll eve
May 9, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: With a few hours left for Assembly election tomorrow (May 10), several leaders irrespective of ruling BJP and main Opposition party Congress went on a praying spree, visiting Chamundi Hill Temple in Mysuru this morning. Opposition Leader in Legislative Assembly Siddharamaiah, KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar and former Minister and Congress leader K.J. George visited…
Transport facility for polling staff
May 9, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The District Administration has made vehicle arrangements to ferry poll officials and supporting staff to their respective polling booths today. A total of 481 KSRTC buses, 84 maxicabs and 29 jeeps have been arranged to ferry 2,905 Presiding Officers, 3,250 Assistant Polling Officers and 6,352 other poll officials to as many as 2,905 polling…
PM pays tributes to Balarama
May 9, 2023New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday paid tributes to Balarama, the iconic elephant of Mysuru Dasara and said that he is saddened by the incident. Modi tweeted both in Kannada and English, “For many years, Gajraja Balarama was a key part of the iconic Dasara celebrations in Mysuru. People fondly recall him carrying the…
Rain disrupts normal life in city
May 9, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Rains lashed the city yesterday at about 7 pm and continued till late night, disrupting normal life. Following the heavy downpour, rain water flooded low-lying areas while drains and manholes overflowed on to the roads. As a result, motorists, especially two-wheelers, found it difficult to wade through the flooded roads and caused traffic jams…
Mobile phone, camera not allowed
May 9, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The voters are not permitted to carry either mobile phone or camera to Polling Booth on the day of election tomorrow. According to Section 128 of Representation of People Act, 1951 and Section 39 of The Conduct of Election Rules, capturing photographs of voting is a violation of secrecy of voting. Even match boxes…
Preliminary checks today, mock polling at 6 am tomorrow
May 9, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: After the polling officers reach their respective polling booths, they will have to take the machines out from their boxes today itself and connect the EVMs — Ballot Units and Control Units — and VVPAT machines. They will carry out preliminary checks and report malfunctions, if any, to the presiding officer who will alert…
Outside food not allowed inside polling booths
May 9, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Upon reaching the respective booths, polling officers will stay overnight at the polling booths and arrangements for food, water and toilets have been made till the voting process ends. Polling officers have been asked not to accept food from the public or the polling agents or from any political parties as the District Administration…
Yaduveer releases study book for competitive exams
May 9, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that the erstwhile Mysore Maharajas have contributed a lot for education, Royal family member Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar said that the Maharajas established the University of Mysore for the cause of education of all sections of the society of the then Mysore State. He was speaking after releasing the study book for UGC-NET…
Voting awareness among college students, corporates
May 9, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A group of students of Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering in the city called “Arivina Angana” organised various programmes like dance, drama and painting to create awareness about voting among the students of their college with the slogan “Be Bright, Vote for the Right.” Speaking on the occasion, R. Shilpa, Professor of the Electronics and…
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