Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru District Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) Committee that has been doing many unique programmes and campaigns for voter education, spreading voter awareness and promoting voter literacy, has introduced another unique concept of providing appreciation certificates to the select first-time voters and also senior citizens. This is the first-of-its-kind initiative in Karnataka…
Marking wrong finger with indelible ink raises brows!
May 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Election officers at many polling booths in Mysuru might face action since they applied the indelible ink on the right forefinger of many voters instead of the left forefinger. The DC, who is also the District Electoral Officer, had said that the marking would be on the left hand forefinger. Even Varuna Congress candidate…
BJP getting full majority, so no post-poll alliance with JD(S): BSY
May 10, 2023Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY) this morning said the BJP will form a Government with an absolute majority in the State, and therefore there is no question of having a post-poll alliance with JD(S) to form the Government in the event of a hung verdict in the Karnataka Assembly election. “The question…
Specially-abled, aged step out with youthful zest to vote
May 10, 2023Student volunteers including NCC Cadets, Scouts and Guides aid needy at 2,905 polling booths Mysore/Mysuru: Specially-abled and elderly people made a beeline to cast their vote for the Assembly election this morning. The specially-abled who came in three-wheelers to Polling Station, were helped at all the 2,905 booths in wheelchair, by student volunteers including NCC…
Voter Turnout app comes handy to know vote percentage
May 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to educate voters in the country and encourage them to vote, the Election Commission has been taking active measures. It has launched a new mobile app for the voters to see the real-time availability of voter turnout. This morning there have been more than 1 lakh downloads by curious people who…
City, District Police make elaborate security for peaceful voting
May 10, 20234,914 Police personnel deployed; Cops keep vigil over 1,597 polling booths through web casting; City Top Cop, DCP visit critical booths Mysore/Mysuru: There is heavy security and the Police are keeping a hawk eye vigil to ensure peaceful voting today in city. City Police Commissioner B. Ramesh, soon after casting his vote along with his…
Royal family members exercise franchise
May 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Taking part in the biggest democratic exercise of the State, Mysore royal family member Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, accompanied by his wife Trishikha Kumari, cast his vote at Srikantha School polling booth in Agrahara this morning. Speaking to presspersons, Yaduveer lauded the efforts and arrangements made by the Election Commission for ensuring maximum voter…
1.2 lakh vials of indelible ink supplied by MPVL
May 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited (MPVL) has supplied 1.2 lakh vials of indelible ink for Assembly elections in the State today. The then Maharaja of Mysore Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar established MPVL in 1937, while the production of indelible ink began in1962. Apart from the Assembly elections in Karnataka and most of the other States,…
Congress workers’ bid to stop Somanna at Varuna triggers tension
May 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Tension prevailed at Karya village in Nanjangud taluk falling under Varuna Assembly Constituency in the district for some time, when Congress workers took objection to BJP candidate V. Somanna inspecting a Polling Booth during the election this morning. Somanna was walking towards the booth in the village, when irate Congress workers restrained him at…
Admissions open for diploma courses at JSS PDA
May 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: JSS Polytechnic for the Differently Abled (JSS PDA) has invited applications from differently abled students for admission (on All India basis) to the following three-year Diploma courses for the year 2023-24: 1. Architecture Assistantship; 2. Commercial Practice; 3. Computer Science and Engineering; 4. Jewellery Design and Technology; 5. Electronics and Communication Engineering; 6. Computer…















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