Arun Yogiraj’s sculpture to feature five-year-old Lord Ram armed with a bow and arrow Ayodhya/Mysuru: City-based sculptor Arun Yogiraj will carve out a standing idol of Ram Lalla that will be placed inside the under-construction Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Over 60 percent of the construction of Ram Temple has been completed and as the sun…
Former CM Siddharamaiah goes on temple run before filing nomination
April 19, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Former Chief Minister and Varuna Constituency Congress candidate Siddharamaiah undertook a temple run this morning, before filing his nomination papers from Varuna Constituency at Nanjangud later this afternoon. Siddharamaiah, who arrived at his native village Siddaramanahundi from his Ramakrishnanagar residence in the city, was given a tumultuous welcome by the villagers. He later offered…
Sudeep adds ‘star power’ to CM Bommai’s road show
April 19, 2023Bengaluru (Agencies): Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai took out a mega road show, with BJP National President J.P. Nadda and Sandalwood actor Sudeep, at his Constituency Shiggaon in Haveri this morning. Bommai, who filed his second set of nomination at the Tahsildar’s Office, took out a road show after garlanding the statue of Kittur Rani at…
Cracker godown gutted in Hebbal
April 19, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Tension prevailed for sometime at a cracker godown on Rane Madras Factory Road, Hebbal in Hootagalli Industrial Area this afternoon, when it caught fire resulting in loud booming sounds. The crackers worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in the fire. Anand who owns the godown had not only stored the crackers, but was also…
Santosh will make Somanna a scapegoat: Siddharamaiah
April 19, 2023If Sonia Gandhi can contest in Bellary, Indira Gandhi from Chikkamagalur, Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad, why not Somanna from Varuna: Pratap Simha Mysore/Mysuru: Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, Siddharamaiah, who is the Congress candidate for Varuna, has alleged that V. Somanna, who is contesting as the Varuna BJP candidate at the behest of…
Grandson’s interest in politics makes grandfather happy
April 19, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Siddharamaiah expressed his delight over his grandson’s interest in politics. Dhawan, the son of Siddharamaiah’s late elder son Rakesh Siddharamaiah, accompanied his grandfather to Mysuru to witness Siddharamaiah’s nomination filing as the Congress candidate for Varuna. Siddharamaiah explained that he is happy to see his grandson’s interest in politics and that Dhawan’s visit was…
Shettar accuses BJP leader B.L. Santosh of shaking party foundation
April 19, 2023Hubballi: Accusing B. L. Santosh, BJP National General Secretary (Organisation), of shaking the very foundation of the party by cutting short the prospects of popular party leaders, former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who quit the BJP to join the Congress, squarely blamed Santosh for him being denied the BJP ticket from Hubballi-Dharwad Central seat. Addressing…
Krishnaraja Assembly Constituency: Ramdas won’t quit BJP, will seek votes for party nominee
April 19, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: S.A. Ramdas, the BJP MLA of Krishnaraja Assembly Constituency, who had been sulking over not getting the ticket to contest the coming election on May 10, has decided to remain as a common worker of the party. Addressing media persons at his office in Vidyaranyapuram in city last evening, Ramdas said: “It is important…
Harish Gowda, Tanveer Sait of Congress file papers
April 19, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The nomination-spree continued on the fifth day today, with many candidates representing different parties and independent contestants filing their nomination papers across the district. The deadline for filing of nomination papers is Apr. 20. As the last day (Thursday) is considered as inauspicious due to Amavasya (New Moon Day) coupled with solar eclipse, candidates…
India overtakes China; becomes most populous nation with 142.86 cr. people
April 19, 2023New Delhi: India has become the world’s most populous country, overtaking China, data released by the United Nations today showed. According to UN estimates, India’s population is 142.86 crore against China’s 142.57 crore. This is the first time that India has topped the UN list of most populous countries since it started collecting population data…
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