Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Mahaninga B. Nandaganvi has suspended a Constable on charges of allegedly videographing sleeping people through window during nights and the suspension order in this regard was issued to the Constable on Monday. The suspended Constable has been identified as Mehaboob Halli, who was serving at Lashkar Police Station in…
Decision on countermanding RR Nagar polls after probe: EC
May 9, 2018Bengaluru: With BJP and JD(S) petitioning the Election Commission of India yesterday night to countermand the election in the Rajarajeshwari Nagar constituency in Bengaluru following the seizure of a huge number of voter ID cards and numbered counterfoils from an apartment in Jalahalli, Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar, while promising firm action, said, “We cannot…
Income Tax sleuths seize lakhs of rupees from resort in Badami
May 9, 2018Bagalkot: Just a couple of days before the voting day for the Assembly elections scheduled to take place on May 12, a cash scandal has hit Badami Constituency where Chief Minister Siddharamaiah is contesting, after the Income Tax Department raided a private resort on Monday and seized lakhs of rupees from there. Badami constituency holds…
Thanks to Assembly elections: Sleepy Mysore Airport abuzz with VVIPs
May 9, 2018Mysuru: The Mysore Airport at Mandakalli may not be one of the busiest mini airport in India but over the last three months, the airport has been handling air and chopper traffic to the maximum, thanks to the election season. For political parties, Mysuru region (Mysuru, Mandya, Ramanagaram, Hassan, Chamarajanagar and Kodagu) has acquired special…
Mothers along with children go missing from city
May 9, 2018Mysuru: In separate incidents, two women along with their children and a teenage girl has gone missing from Metagalli Police limits in city. In the first incident, a 27-year-old mother has been reported missing along with her two-year-old daughter since Apr. 25 from city. While the mother has been identified as Aruna, her daughter has…
BJP is never for change of Constitution: Sreenivasa Prasad
May 9, 2018Mysuru: Asserting that the BJP has nowhere said that it was for change of Constitution, senior BJP leader and former Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad has lashed out against writers and intellects who have launched a malicious campaign against the BJP in the run up to the assembly polls. Addressing a press meet at a Private…
Constitution will be tested if BJP comes to power in State: Jignesh Mevani
May 9, 2018Mysuru: The BJP has captured power in 21 States in the country on its own merit. If it comes to power in Karnataka too, then it will have an effect on our ideals, thinking and the idea of Constitution, said Gujarat’s Vadgam constituency MLA Jignesh Mevani. He was addressing at the valedictory of ‘Save Constitution’…
Caste is not a criterion to become Chief Minister: Prakash Rai
May 9, 2018Mysuru: Caste should not be a criterion for someone to become the Chief Minister. Only those who are eligible, deserving and hard working should be made the Chief Minister and not a person belonging to a particular caste or community, said multi-lingual actor Prakash Rai. He was reacting to a question on Dalit Chief Minister…
Echo of Writ Petition in High Court over gun license exemption to Kodavas
May 9, 2018Petition aims to disturb harmony in Kodagu, alleges Kodava Samaja Madikeri: The Madikeri Kodava Samaja has questioned the move behind filing a Writ Petition in the High Court questioning the exemption to Kodavas and Jamma land holders in Kodagu district from obtaining a license to possess firearms under Section 3 and 4 of Indian Arms…
Petrol bunk owners facing Model Code of Conduct heat
May 9, 2018Mysuru: The petrol bunk owners are facing the heat of Model Code of Conduct in force. Every day, the cash they carry home or to deposit in the banks are being checked by the election officials and this has resulted in a great deal of inconvenience both to the owners and the employees, said the…















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