Nanjangud: The high stakes political battle between Opposition leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah of the Congress and Housing Minister V. Somanna of the BJP in Varuna Assembly segment of Mysuru district, the home Constituency of Siddharamaiah, shot off today with BJP candidate Somanna filing his nomination papers from Varuna at Taluk Panchayat Office in…
Show of strength: Candidates take out procession before filing nominations
April 17, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The city was a sea of humanity this morning as thousands of party workers representing different parties hit the streets as most candidates took out a grand procession as a show of their strength before filing their nomination papers at the respective Office of the Returning Officer (RO). Chamundeshwari MLA and JD(S) candidate G.T….
Shettar joins Congress
April 17, 2023To contest from Hubballi-Dharwad Central Shettar had reportedly told BJP’s Central leadership to give him a ticket to contest now as denying him an opportunity to contest will have a bearing on 20 to 25 Assembly seats in North Karnataka. He even offered to resign from MLA’s post in 6 months. However, Central leadership made…
Two-day TiECON concludes with new business ideas
April 17, 2023Creating value, driving economy, networking and startup promotion focus of many sessions Mysore/Mysuru: The two-day annual flagship event TiECON Conference with the theme ‘Business Scalability and Sustainability’ came to a close on Apr. 15 at Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel. It was a technology conference designed for entrepreneurs, corporate executives and investors. The event was a…
TAKE DIVERSION: With elections ahead, many city roads blocked for repair
April 17, 2023Projects worth Rs. 695.6 crore; MUDA: Rs. 377.6 crore; MCC: Rs. 200 crore; PWD: Rs. 118 crore By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has begun repairing important roads across the city that are distributed across the Assembly Constituencies of Chamaraja, Krishnaraja and Chamundeshwari amidst the thick of elections. Asphalting machines are rumbling…
Mysuru District to have women exclusive 55 pink polling booths
April 17, 2023By M.B. Pavan Murthy Mysore/Mysuru: In a woman-friendly initiative, the District Administration will be setting up five all women Sakhi Pink Polling Booths in each of the 11 Assembly Constituencies in the district totalling 55, in order to ensure larger participation of women in the elections to take place on May 10. The initiative is…
‘I am confident of winning from both Varuna and Chamarajanagar’
April 17, 2023BJP Minister V. Somanna calls on former Congress MLA Vasu Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that the people of Varuna and Chamarajanagar Constituencies would vote for him if they want development like in Bengaluru’s Govindarajanagar, which is currently represented by him, Housing Minister V. Somanna said he has full confidence of winning from both the Constituencies which he…
Industrialist shot dead near Virajpet
April 17, 2023Three persons rain bullets on him for objecting illegal tree-felling Virajpet: An industrialist, who objected illegal cutting of a tree by three persons, was shot dead by the trio at Padachi Kaadi in Thora village of Vijarpet taluk on Saturday midnight. The industrialist, who was shot dead, has been identified as B.S. Madhu (44), a…
Endowment lecture on future cement technology held
April 17, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A session on ‘Ultra High-Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) – A Leap Forward’ was organised at Sir MV Hall in the Golden Jubilee Complex of National Institute of Engineering (NIE) recently by the Mysore Centre of the Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India). The session was organised as part of T.K. Nagaraj Endowment Lecture,…
Voter awareness campaign for public at Raitha Santhe
April 17, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: With an intention to make sure that every citizen cast their votes in the upcoming Assembly elections, a voter awareness campaign, organised jointly by Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) Committee, Agriculture Department was held during the Bhanuvara Santhe (Sunday Market) at Raitha Santhe building (farmers market) in Vijayanagar 2nd Stage here yesterday….















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