Mysuru: The Election Commission (EC) has directed the District Administration to set up a Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) to check the menace of paid news during the build-up to Assembly elections. The EC identified paid news masquerading as news as a major problem during elections. It issued guidelines to the MCMC to not…
Keep vehicles in good condition for poll duty
March 30, 2018Mysuru: With the Election Commission of India (ECI) announcing the Karnataka Assembly poll schedule, Deputy Commissioner (DC) K.B. Sivakumar has asked all Government Departments to keep the vehicles attached to them in good running condition. In a press release, the DC said that Government vehicles must be ready for poll work deployment whenever asked to…
Congress finalises list of 75 candidates
March 30, 2018Bengaluru: With the announcement of poll schedule, the KPCC is said to have finalised the list of 75 candidates and sent it to the party high command for approval. The list contains the names of influential leaders and Ministers including CM Siddharamaiah, KPCC President Dr. G. Parameshwara, Minister D.K. Shivakumar, K.J. George and Dr. H.C….
President Kovind witnesses Kodagu firm’s Biocapsule Technology
March 30, 2018Mysuru: Dr. Chaitra Narayan, Co-founder of Codagu Agritech, Kushalnagar, Kodagu district, was selected as one of the 17 Start-Up entrepreneurs among 150 Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Institutes for a presentation of ‘Biocapsule Technology’ before President Ram Nath Kovind. The event was held at Rashtrapathi Bhavan as part of Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship between…
Siddharamaiah lacking in confidence of victory in Chamundeshwari: BJP leader
March 30, 2018Mysuru: Claiming that Chief Minister Siddharamaiah lacks confidence in winning from any one Assembly segment in the State, BJP leader N.V. Phanish has said that the CM is still looking for a safer constituency. Addressing a ‘Yuva Shakti Samavesha’ organised by BJP District Yuva Morcha at Rajendra Kalamandira in Agrahara here yesterday, Phanish maintained that…
Sumalatha Ambarish to contest Assembly polls?
March 30, 2018Mandya: With actor and Mandya Congress MLA M.H. Ambarish making a rare appearance in the constituency, the KPCC is said to be looking for alternative candidates. Ambarish who is also facing health issues, is said to be not keen to contest the polls this time and as such, the KPCC is looking at fielding the…
Chief Minister to face defeat in Chamundeshwari: HDK
March 30, 2018Mysuru: Reiterating that Chief Minister Siddharamaiah will taste defeat in Chamundeshwari Assembly segment, State JD(S) President and former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy has said that it was JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda who had instilled confidence in Siddharamaiah when he (CM) lost the seat in 1999 General Assembly Elections. Speaking to press persons at a private…
Mysurean reaches finals of Mrs. India beauty pageant
March 30, 2018Mysuru: Mysurean Shruthi Shivalingaiah has entered the finals of the Mrs. India Queen of Substance (MIQS) beauty pageant. The final is scheduled from Apr. 11 to 13 at ITC Welcome Hotel, New Delhi. There are 48 contestants from different States of India. Shruthi is the daughter of Dr. S. Shivalingaiah, a retired Veterinary Doctor and…
Ban on rafting in River Cauvery extended till April 28
March 30, 2018Madikeri: Following increase in illegal river rafting business in various places of Cauvery River, Kodagu Deputy Commissioner (DC) P.I. Sreevidya has extended the ban on river rafting in Cauvery River and Cauvery basin and also in other places across Kodagu district till Apr.28. The DC, who is also the District Magistrate, taking into consideration the…
Malikayya Guttedar expelled from Congress
March 30, 2018Bengaluru: The Congress on Thursday night expelled party Legislator from Afzalpur, Malikayya Guttedar for six years on charges of anti-party activities. Malikayya Guttedar, a six-time MLA from Afzalpur in Kalaburagi district had met State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa at the latter’s Dollars Colony residence in Bengaluru on Thursday morning. After the meeting, Malikayya publicly announced…














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