Mandya: BJP Taluk Panchayat Member Mangala Naveen Kumar gave birth to a baby girl after exercising her franchise at Chikkamarali in Pandavapura taluk. She developed delivery pain after casting her vote and was admitted to Pandavapura Government Hospital where she gave birth.
594 villagers boycott polls in Hunsur
April 18, 2019Hunsur: Over 594 voters boycotted the election at Billenahosalli – Chandanagiri polling booth number 159, dominated by tribals in Hunsur taluk accusing the failure of the Government to take up development works in their village. The villagers had threatened of a poll boycott and even held protest last week demanding enough drinking water, good roads…
Exclusively decorated ‘Sakhi’ booth
April 18, 2019Hunsur: The Women’s Pre-University College in the town has been designated as ‘Sakhi’ polling booth for the Lok Sabha elections in Mysuru-Kodagu Constituency which is totally manned by women and exclusively decorated. Vehicles have been arranged to bring the aged and disabled voters to the booth. A selfie zone is also set up in the…
‘A truly Smart City gives equal opportunity to all its residents’
April 18, 2019Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu on Dr. Shalini Rajneesh’s book ‘Making of a Smart City’ New Delhi: “The writers of the book ‘Making of a Smart City,’ Dr. S.L. Goel and Dr. Shalini Rajneesh, have portrayed the concept of modern cities based on happiness index of its citizens. This is a new and welcome perspective,” said Vice-…
EC suspends State IAS Officer for checking PM’s copter
April 18, 2019He was deputed as Poll Observer at Odisha New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) yesterday suspended a General Observer belonging to Karnataka IAS cadre for allegedly checking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s helicopter in Odisha’s Sambalpur on Tuesday. Mohammed Mohsin was suspended with immediate effect for acting contrary to the instructions of the Commission concerning SPG…
Defence Minister calls on Tharoor
April 18, 2019New Delhi: Social media has lauded the gesture of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman who, burying the political differences, visited senior Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram candidate Shashi Tharoor in a hospital and enquired about his health. Sitharaman, after completing her visit to Thiruvananthapuram and returning to Delhi, visited the hospital where Tharoor was undergoing treatment after…
Bike rider killed in Bengaluru
April 18, 2019Bengaluru: Bengaluru, which was stuttering under heat wave, experienced heavy rains last evening. A bike rider lost his life in a rain-related incident. A student, Kiran, who was riding a bike, died when a tree fell on him following strong winds and heavy rain. He was severely injured and succumbed to the injuries, it is…
N.D. Tiwari’s son Rohit Shekhar Tiwari passes away
April 18, 2019New Delhi: Rohit Shekhar Tiwari, son of the late Uttarakhand Chief Minister N.D. Tiwari, passed away yesterday. According to Joint Commissioner, Delhi Police, Devesh Shrivastava, Rohit was reportedly admitted to the hospital after he suffered a nose bleed. He was immediately rushed to the Max Hospital in an ambulance, but was declared brought dead. His…
Over 50 dead in different parts of country
April 18, 2019New Delhi: Heavy rain accompanied with lightning in western and central parts of the country has affected four States with loss of lives in some of them. Rain accompanied by thunderstorm and lightning hit Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in the last 24 hours. In all, over 50 people have died out of whom…
Election Commission to hold by-poll in Kundgol on May 19
April 18, 2019Hubballi: The Election Commission has announced the date for the by-poll for Kundagol Assembly constituency which fell vacant after the death of MLA C.S. Shivalli. Polling will be held on May 19 and votes will be counted on May 23. The gazette notification will be issued on Apr.22, last date for the submission of nominations…














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