Siddharamaiah’s Badami Burden “I will know after I go to Bengaluru,” says CM Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, after filing his nomination papers to contest for the May 12 Assembly elections from Chamundeshwari constituency yesterday, left for Bengaluru this morning from his residence in Ramakrishnanagar. He was accompanied by Excise Minister R.B. Thimmapur. Addressing the media…
Ambarish refuses to contest
April 21, 2018Bengaluru: Despite the Congress High Command insisting him to contest from Mandya Assembly segment, Actor and sitting Mandya MLA Ambarish is said to have refused to contest the May 12 Assembly polls. Ambarish, who was allotted the party ticket from Mandya, is reported to have bluntly told the High Command that he will not be…
H.V. Rajeev to contest as independent
April 21, 2018Mysuru: With the party denying him the ticket to contest from Krishnaraja Constituency, BJP leader and District Co-operative Union President H.V. Rajeev had convened a meeting of his supporters at Nityananda Convention Hall here this morning to get their opinion. While most of the speakers urged Rajeev to contest either as an independent candidate or…
Training for Booth officers at respective Constituency tomorrow
April 21, 2018Mysuru: A training for Polling Booth Officers — Returning Officers (ROs), Assistant Returning Officer (AROs) and Polling Officers (POs) — has been arranged tomorrow in the jurisdiction of respective Assembly Constituencies from 9 am. All the designated 16,565 booth officers have been asked by Deputy Commissioner, who is also the District Electoral Officer, to report…
Poll-phernalia: Courting the Khadi Kurta
April 21, 2018By V. Shourabh Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav This white-coarse Khadi was a political weapon which broke the monopoly of British mills and saw a rise in India’s indigenous cotton. With the use of Charkha, Khadi was hand-spun to mark the start of a manufacturing revolution in India. With its early inception, since the days…
Poll-phernalia: Election Carnival is here…
April 21, 2018By V. Shourabh Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav With Khadi-clad political leaders out on election campaign trail, Khadi outlets in city are doing brisk business as sales have picked up. Almost all the Khadi shops are teeming with politicians and their supporters. Not only Khadi clothes, other election essentials like colourful party flags, caps, shiny…
LATHI CHARGE: Congress-JD(S) activists clash in front of Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple before CM Siddharamaiah, MLA G.T. Devegowda file nominations
April 20, 2018Mysuru: Even as both Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and JD(S) MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) were on a temple-hopping spree before filing their nominations separately for the Assembly election from Chamundeshwari, tense situation prevailed this noon at Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple. The Police resorted to lathi charge as supporters of both the Congress and JD(S) gathered in thousands…
Badami suspense continues as CM plays cards close to chest
April 20, 2018Mysuru: The suspense over Chief Minister Siddharamaiah contesting in two seats — from Badami in Bagalkot District and Chamundeshwari in Mysuru District — continued even today as the Chief Minister is playing cards close to his chest. He said, “You will know tomorrow.” At an interaction with journalists organised by Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA)…
Madikeri Congress candidate’s ticket put on hold
April 20, 2018Madikeri: After the Congress released its first list of 218 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly election, the party has put its contentious pick for the Madikeri seat on hold. The lawyer for absconding businessman Mehul Choksi, H.S. Chandramouli, had originally been given a ticket by the party to contest the election from Madikeri. Sources…
Bhavani Revanna’s video clip creates stir
April 20, 2018Mysuru: A video clip in which JD(S) leader Bhavani Revanna, wife of former Minister Holenarsipur JD(S) MLA H.D. Revanna, who is also the son of former Prime Minister and JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda, is purportedly seen asking a group of people not to support a particular candidate in K.R. Nagar Constituency of the district…
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