Mysuru: With no respite from the stink of the garbage piled up enormously at the Excel Solid Waste Management Plant or Sewage Farm at Vidyaranyapuram, Federation of Mysuru South Apartment Owners and Welfare Association has decided to boycott the forthcoming Assembly elections and also garner support of all the residents in Vidyaranyapuram and Chamundipuram through…
Rahul Gandhi to address Maharani’s students in Mysuru
January 9, 2018Mysuru: After addressing a 2,000-strong gathering of students at Mount Carmel College in 2015 in Bengaluru, Congress President Rahul Gandhi seems to adopt the same strategy to win over student voters in the 2018 Assembly elections in Karnataka. He is scheduled to address students of Maharani’s College in city this month end. The exact date…
Election Commission begins preparations for Assembly polls
January 9, 2018Bengaluru: With the State Assembly polls likely to take place in the first week of May, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has begun preparations in right earnest, with an ECI team arriving in the State capital yesterday. The ECI team, headed by senior official Umesh Sinha, comprises of other officials namely — Sandeep Saxena,…
Assembly Elections 2018: Election Commission begins Training for Electoral Officers
January 8, 2018Mysuru: In view of the forthcoming Assembly elections in Karnataka, a six-week training programme for Electoral Officers (Returning Officers and Assistant Returning Officers) began at the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) on Lalitha Mahal road in city this morning. The training programme is organised by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in association with the State…
Kumaraswamy appeals voters to give clear verdict to JD(S)
January 4, 2018Bengaluru: Appealing the electorate to give a clear majority to the JD(S) in the forthcoming Assembly polls, State JD(S) President and former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy has said that the next five years will be the most challenging period in his life as he has pledged to give better administration to the State. Interacting with senior…
‘Not too difficult to win Karnataka’: Amit Shah addresses party leaders in Bengaluru
January 1, 2018Bengaluru: Maintaining that it will not be difficult for the BJP to win the forthcoming Karnataka Assembly polls, BJP National President Amit Shah has stressed on the need for unity among party leaders in the State to achieve victory. Addressing the party leaders at a hotel near Yelahanka on the outskirts of Bengaluru on Sunday,…
As election year nears, JD(S) Chief performs Tri-Ranga Darshana
December 30, 2017Mysuru: With Assembly elections just a couple of months away, former Prime Minister and JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda did a bit of temple hopping on Friday. Deve Gowda performed the Tri-Ranga Darshana, considered auspicious, visiting Adi Ranga at Srirangapatna, Madhya Ranga at Shivanasamudra and Antya Ranga in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. Visiting all the three…
EC plans EVMs with paper trail for 2018 Assembly elections
December 29, 2017Bengaluru: The demand of the ruling Congress Government in Karnataka for replacing Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with ballot papers is unlikely to cut much ice with the Election Commission (EC) as the poll body has already initiated the process to introduce EVMs equipped with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) for the forthcoming Assembly elections…
Forthcoming assembly elections: K.G. Bopaiah looking to shift to Madikeri Constituency?
December 28, 2017Madikeri: With the Assembly polls just a few months away, hectic political activities have begun in all the three major political parties in Kodagu district. In the changed political scenario, former Speaker and sitting Virajpet MLA K.G. Bopaiah is said to be planing to change base to neighbouring Madikeri constituency for the 2018 Assembly polls….
Assembly polls: Speculations rife on A.R. Krishnamurthy joining Congress
December 28, 2017ARK, son of former Minister and late Dalit leader B. Rachaiah, has been out of power ever since he lost the Assembly poll to R. Dhruvanarayan by a single vote over 10 years ago Chamarajanagar, Dec.28 (Siddalingaswamy)- Speculations on whether former MLA and BJP leader A.R. Krishnamurthy will remain in the party or cross over…
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