Bengaluru: With the May10 Assembly polls just a week away, the Congress on Tuesday expelled 24 party leaders including three former MLAs from the primary membership of the party for 6 years, for having revolted against the party and contesting the polls as rebel candidates. Those expelled are: former MLAs Ramakrishna Doddamani (Shirahatti), B.B. Ramaswamy…
Bid to sell star tortoise, deer antlers: Two arrested
May 3, 2023Kollegal: In separate cases, the Kollegal CID Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested two persons who were trying to sell a live star tortoise and deer antlers and have seized the tortoise and antlers from them. In the first case, the CID Mobile Squad personnel, who raided a spot near Saragur Bus Stand, arrested 36-year-old…
Woman goes missing
May 3, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A 35-year-old woman, who was staying in Room No. 3 of Mysore University Women’s Hostel, who left the room at about 11.30 am on Apr. 19 has since gone missing. The missing woman is T.P. Chaitra, a teacher at the Higher Primary School in Manasagangothri campus. She is 5.2 ft. tall, normal built, oily…
Unidentified body found
May 3, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The body of an unidentified middle aged man (50-55 years) has been found in the lake along the Ring Road in Hebbal Police Station limits on Apr. 26. The man is 5.5 ft. tall, medium built, wheatish in complexion and oval faced. A tattoo mark featuring Goddess Chamundeshwari sitting on a tiger, with letters…
Battle for Varuna: Amit Shah in Siddharamaiah’s home turf
May 2, 2023Mysuru: Union Home Minister Amit Shah campaigned at the high-voltage Varuna Assembly Constituency this morning in favour of senior BJP leader and State Minister V. Somanna who is pitted against former CM Siddharamaiah. Amit Shah’s chopper landed at the Suttur helipad in Varuna at 12.30 pm and he headed to Hosakote to address a public…
Sharad Pawar resigns as NCP Chief
May 2, 2023Committee to be formed to decide on successor Mumbai: In a move that came as a surprise to many, veteran politician and a stalwart of Maharashtra politics, Sharad Pawar today stepped down as the Chief of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which he floated two decades ago. Pawar, who helmed the party since its inception…
NR candidates vouch for infrastructure development in Constituency
May 2, 2023Mysuru: Taking a differing view on the development of NR Constituency, candidates of the three major political parties — sitting MLA Tanveer Sait of the Congress, S. Satish (Sandesh Swamy) of the BJP and Abdul Khader of the JD(S) — have vouched for infrastructure development in the Constituency in their own ways, if elected in…
After party workers take away soft drinks at Amit Shah’s Gadag rally: Pratap Simha pays vendor Rs. 35,000 to compensate loss
May 2, 2023Gadag: During his ele-ction campaign, Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Lakshmeshwar-Shirahatti in Gadag for a BJP rally on Apr. 28. Amid this, 22-year-old Sameer Hasan, who had come to the rally venue to sell cold drinks, had to face an unfortunate incident where his truck full of cold drinks was emptied by people who…
PM Modi’s grand road show
May 2, 2023Mysuru: Wearing the traditional Mysore Peta, a saffron shawl on his white kurta and a grey ‘Modi half-sleeve jacket,’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted a mega road show in Mysuru city in an open vehicle for the first time on the evening of Apr. 30 and wound up his whirlwind two-day campaign tour of Karnataka…
Cultural troupes give festive look to political event
May 2, 2023Mysuru; More than 26 folk and cultural troupes performed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s road show in the city on Apr. 30, creating an electrifying atmosphere. The political event where the PM had come to seek votes for BJP candidates of Mysuru and to enthuse the party workers to go to people on the development…















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