There are 25.09 lakh voters in Mysuru District Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, who is also the District Electoral Officer and Returning Officer for Mysuru-Kodagu Parliamentary election, has clarified that District Administration will not receive any application from public seeking revision of voters list, deletion and inclusion of their names in the electoral list…
BJP lodges complaint against Mandya District Election Officer
April 4, 2019Mandya: A delegation led by BJP Spokesperson G. Madhusudhan has lodged a complaint against Mandya Deputy Commissioner N. Manjushree, who is also the District Election Officer, with the State Chief Election Officer. Speaking to the media after lodging the complaint, Madhusudhan accused the District Election Officer of giving opportunities to JD(S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy to…
38 complaints registered in cVigil App
April 4, 2019Mysuru: The cVigil App launched by the Election Commission of India to prevent irregularities during LS elections and curb violation of Poll Code, has registered 38 complaints in Mysuru District. The public had been informed to report any irregularities like distribution of money, sarees, cooker and other materials and also using flex, banners illegally, by…
I-T raid on former Congress Minister’s house at Mandya
April 4, 2019Mandya: A week after the Income-Tax Department conducted raids on top JD(S) leaders from Mandya and Hassan, the I-T sleuths on Wednesday raided the house of Mandya District Congress President and former Minister M.S. Atmananda. A team of about ten I-T officials acting on a tip off that preparations were on for distribution of cash…
Row over tape: Mysuru Tahsildar transferred
April 4, 2019Mysuru: Mysuru Tahsildar Renukumar, whose political neutrality had come under the scanner after a row over audio tape reportedly on assuming office, was shunted out. The State Government on Wednesday issued an order on transferring Renukumar, with approval of the Election Commission of India. The transfer comes a fortnight before Mysuru goes to the LS…
Six candidates served notice to explain non-tally of poll expenditure
April 4, 2019Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, who is also the District Electoral and Returning Officer has served notice to six candidates contesting the LS polls from Mysuru-Kodagu, to explain the mismatch in the affidavits filed by them on poll expenditure. The candidates who were served with notices are C.H. Vijayashankar of the Congress, Pratap Simha…
Nomination for 14 LS seats in North Karnataka ends
April 4, 2019Bengaluru: The filing of nomination papers for 14 Lok Sabha seats in the Northern part of the State will end today (3 pm). The scrutiny of papers will take place tomorrow (Apr. 5) and the last date for withdrawal of nominations is Apr. 8. The 14 seats Davanagere, Dharwad, Shivamoga, Uttara Kannada, Haveri, Belagavi, Chikkodi,…
BJP leaders call for re-election of Modi at Ganiga community meeting
April 4, 2019Mysuru: Maintaining that the Lok Sabha polls is crucial one for the country in terms of economic growth and security, senior BJP leader and former MLA Maruthi Rao Pawar has called upon the people to re-elect Narendra Modi as Prime Minister for safeguarding the country’s interest. Pawar was speaking at a meeting of Ganiga community…
Former Minister Suresh Kumar campaigns in City Courts
April 4, 2019Mysuru: Hitting the campaign trail in Mysuru-Kodagu LS seat, BJP MLA and former Law Minister Suresh Kumar campaigned for party candidate Pratap Simha at two Courts (Chamarajapuram and Malalawadi (Jayanagar) in the city this morning. The former Minister met advocates in the Courts, Mysuru Bar Association President S. Anand Kumar and other office-bearers and sought…
MTA to refuse tourist vehicles for people who skip voting
April 4, 2019Mysuru: This is not only the holiday season but also the election season and Apr. 18 is the polling day followed by holidays. The trend during this season for most of the voters is to skip voting and proceed on holidays to various tourist destinations. However, putting a spoke in the plans of the holiday…
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