Bengaluru: With BJP and JD(S) petitioning the Election Commission of India yesterday night to countermand the election in the Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency in Bengaluru following the seizure of a huge number of voter ID cards and numbered counterfoils from an apartment in Jalahalli, Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar, while promising firm action, said, “We cannot…
Income Tax sleuths seize lakhs of rupees from resort in Badami
May 9, 2018Bagalkot: Just a couple of days before the voting day for the Assembly elections scheduled to take place on May 12, a cash scandal has hit Badami Constituency where Chief Minister Siddharamaiah is contesting, after the Income Tax Department raided a private resort on Monday and seized lakhs of rupees from there. Badami constituency holds…
Thanks to Assembly elections: Sleepy Mysore Airport abuzz with VVIPs
May 9, 2018Mysuru: The Mysore Airport at Mandakalli may not be one of the busiest mini airport in India but over the last three months, the airport has been handling air and chopper traffic to the maximum, thanks to the election season. For political parties, Mysuru region (Mysuru, Mandya, Ramanagaram, Hassan, Chamarajanagar and Kodagu) has acquired special…
Constitution will be tested if BJP comes to power in State: Jignesh Mevani
May 9, 2018Mysuru: The BJP has captured power in 21 States in the country on its own merit. If it comes to power in Karnataka too, then it will have an effect on our ideals, thinking and the idea of Constitution, said Gujarat’s Vadgam constituency MLA Jignesh Mevani. He was addressing at the valedictory of ‘Save Constitution’…
Caste is not a criterion to become Chief Minister: Prakash Rai
May 9, 2018Mysuru: Caste should not be a criterion for someone to become the Chief Minister. Only those who are eligible, deserving and hard working should be made the Chief Minister and not a person belonging to a particular caste or community, said multi-lingual actor Prakash Rai. He was reacting to a question on Dalit Chief Minister…
Petrol bunk owners facing Model Code of Conduct heat
May 9, 2018Mysuru: The petrol bunk owners are facing the heat of Model Code of Conduct in force. Every day, the cash they carry home or to deposit in the banks are being checked by the election officials and this has resulted in a great deal of inconvenience both to the owners and the employees, said the…
Election watch: City Police Commissioner briefs Police personnel
May 9, 2018Mysuru: City Police Commissioner Dr. A. Subramanyeswara Rao has directed the Probationary Police and other officials to take care to see that no untoward incidents occur during the Assembly polls on May 12. Addressing a meeting including 36 Probationary DySPs, 300 Probationary SIs, higher officials and Sub-Inspectors of all the Police Stations in the City,…
B.Y. Vijayendra campaigns at Srirangapatna
May 9, 2018Srirangapatn: State BJP Yuva Morcha General Secretary B.Y. Vijayendra campaigned for BJP candidate K.S. Nanjundegowda in villages of the taluk yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Vijayendra said that Nanjundegowda was a farmer leader and contended that electing a person from farming background would help to fight for the cause of farmers and added that the…
Bogadi Christian voters’ names missing from list
May 9, 2018Mysuru: The names of more than 200 voters belonging to Christian community at Bogadi coming under Chamundeshwari Constituency limits are missing from the voters’ list, alleged the leaders of the community. Addressing a press conference at the Pathrakartara Bhavan, this morning one of the leaders Sandesh Joseph D’Souza said that Christian priests, nuns and others…
Vindictive stigmatisation fails to politically eliminate S.A. Ramdas
May 9, 2018With three days to go for the Karnataka Assembly elections, we voters in Mysuru city are facing the onslaught of candidates seeking support based on their promises which they never deliver. And we voters, left with no choice, keep voting not wanting NOTA. After all, let there be someone to represent us as an MLA…
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