Mysuru: Marriage Halls (Kalyana Mantaps) and Community Halls have come under Election Commission (EC) scanner ahead of the May 12 Assembly elections in a bid to prevent political parties, candidates and their leaders from misusing marriage and other occasions to woo voters. Even Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s visit to the Sriranga Samudaya Bhavan at Nivedithanagar near…
Jodhpur: Actor Salman Khan will have to spend this night in jail as well. The judgment on the actor’s bail plea, in the 1998 blackbuck killing case, has been reserved by Jodhpur Sessions Court till tomorrow(Apr.7). The actor was sentenced to five years imprisonment and was imposed a fine of Rs. 10,000 yesterday by a…
Madikeri: It is marriage season in Kodagu and this time as the season has coincided with the elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has kept an eye on lavish programmes where liquor is served to guests. Though serving liquor to guests during family functions is common in Kodagu, the Model Code of Conduct forbids…
Hassan: Hassan election officials yesterday lodged a complaint against District Minister A. Manju for misusing the District Minister’s office and thereby violating the Election Model Code of Conduct. It is said that three women employees were involved in election work in the office on Mar. 31, with the door locked from outside. A section of…
Bengaluru: The President of Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha, Vatal Nagaraj has called for a State-wide bandh on Apr.12 opposing the formation of Cauvery Water Management Board. “We are actually against the idea of calling for a bandh. But when Tamil Nadu parties call for a State-wide bandh, we have to counter it. Otherwise only their…
Bengaluru: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda yesterday accused former IPS officer and adviser to the Home Minister Kempaiah of misusing government machinery in the elections. Gowda was speaking after meeting Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Om Prakash Rawat, who is on a visit to the city to review preparedness for the Assembly…
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is suffering from some kidney related problems and is set to undergo kidney transplant this weekend. A senior AIIMS official said that all paperwork and other formalities for the kidney transplant have been completed and the surgery would happen sometime this weekend. “He came to the hospital at…
Mysuru: An incident of a Police officer using the ladies toilet at KSRTC Suburban Bus Stand to attend nature’s call has been reported in city on Wednesday night and the video of the cop coming out of the ladies toilet has gone viral in the social media, thus embarrassing the Department. The cop attached to…
New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS), an apex body of the Print Media industry, has welcomed the decision of the Prime Minister in turning down the stringent guidelines on ‘fake news’ issued by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. After a widespread criticism by journalists and the Opposition, who realised this was an attempt to…
Bengaluru: Less than a week after meeting State JD(S) President and former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy, actor Sudeep met Chief Minister Siddharamaiah at the latter’s residence here yesterday. Although the details of the meeting is not known, the meeting between the actor and the CM has given rise to speculations in political circles. The actor’s meeting…
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