PWD officials remove the gate installed by erstwhile Mysore Royal Family amid Police security Mysore/Mysuru: Now, the residents of Nayakara Beedhi can pass through Devikere Road atop Chamundi Hill with ease, as the gate installed by erstwhile Mysore royal family has been removed by Public Works Department (PWD) amid heavy Police cover on Monday. This…
Lok Sabha Election: Counting of votes from 8 am tomorrow
June 3, 2024Tight security, restrictions around counting centre Mysore/Mysuru: The counting of votes for Lok Sabha Election – 2024 will commence nationwide tomorrow (June 4) at 8 am. Initial trends are expected by 10 am. With just hours remaining before the count for the polls held in seven phases, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar, along with…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway flooded; vehicles stranded
June 3, 2024A repeat of March 2023 and August 2022 scenarios; no proper outlets for water to flow to drains, complain commuters Ramanagara: In a repeat of the harrowing experience faced by motorists on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway in March 2023 and August 2022, last evening’s rain once again caused severe flooding, blocking traffic for several hours. The…
Modi Mantrava Japiso Manuja! | Exit Poll-2024: Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi and the Astrologer
June 3, 2024This is my take on the Parliamentary Election 2024 exit poll survey now being beamed in all TV channels. This has made the Opposition sulk. Personally speaking, my faith in this exit poll survey is same as my faith in astrology. It is not ipso facto always correct. But sometimes… Honestly, in the matter of…
Traffic violations on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway: 74,915 cases in 28 days
June 2, 2024Utter disregard for road safety as 100 cases booked every hour Mysore/Mysuru: Traffic violations, including over-speeding, driving without seatbelts, lane violations and dangerously driving on the wrong side, continue unabated on the Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway (NH-275). Every hour, the AI-based Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras detect over 100 violations. According to data released by…
LS Poll: Counting of votes on June 4: City Police announce traffic ban, diversion, parking facilities
June 2, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The counting of votes of Lok Sabha election is scheduled to take place on June 4 at Maharani’s College of Commerce and Management for Women on Valmiki Road at Paduvarahalli in city. In view of this, the City Police have issued a notification stating that vehicular movement on all roads around the counting centre…
Most exit polls predict over 350 seats for BJP-led NDA
June 2, 2024New Delhi: After a marathon Lok Sabha election 2024, spread over six weeks, the second longest general election since 1951-52, a big win for the ruling BJP-led NDA has been predicted by twelve exit polls. The BJP and its allies are expected to breach the 300-seat mark once again, with major gains in the southern…
Five days in the next six will be dry days
June 1, 2024Petition filed in High Court seeking revocation of liquor ban on weekend Mysore/Mysuru: The sale of liquor will be prohibited in the Mysuru district for five days in the first week of June due to the Lok Sabha Elections’ result day and the State Legislative Council Elections. Six members will be elected to the Legislative…
BJP leader R. Raghu demands white paper on financial status of Boards and Corporations
June 1, 2024Rs. 187 crore scam in Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd. Mysore/Mysuru: BJP OBC Morcha State President R. Raghu Kautilya has demanded that the Congress State Government immediately issue a white paper on the financial status of various Corporations and Boards following a massive scam in which Rs. 187 crore was misappropriated in Karnataka Maharshi…
Black Magic & Astrology in Politics
June 1, 2024It’s a magical time in Karnataka again. We’re talking about ‘black magic.’ Our Chief Minister Siddaramaiah may have passed a watered-down Anti-Superstition Bill. Maybe he should try again for a more implementable one, for his Deputy says it’s threatening their Government. Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar stated on Thursday that political opponents are performing black…















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