Mysore/Mysuru: It is rare to see persons pursuing education after reaching highest echelons in fields of either politics or academics. However, here is a rare personality who is an academician-cum- politician-cum-home-maker of ‘Namma Mysuru.’ G. Roopa, a BJP Corporator from Ward No. 53 (Siddarthanagar), has made the city proud after being conferred Ph.D in Pharmaceutics…
Give rebuttal to Oppn. charges with facts and figures: State BJP Spokesperson
March 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Former MLC and State BJP Spokesperson, Capt. Ganesh Karnik has asked party leaders to give detailed rebuttal to charges of Opposition parties by computing details of welfare schemes and programmes launched by the State Government instead of issuing press statements in haste. Speaking at ‘Madhyama Manthana’ for party office-bearers of Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Mandya and…
Bedlam in Assembly on first day of Budget Session: Congress opposes ‘One Nation – One Election’
March 4, 2021Stages dharna inside Assembly Bengaluru: The Budget Session of the State Assembly, which began this morning with a debate on ‘One Nation – One Election’ became stormy with Opposition Congress members staging dharna in the Well of the House terming it as ‘RSS agenda.’ As the House assembled, Assembly Speaker Visveshwara Hegde Kageri started reading…
Quota row: MP Sreenivasa Prasad urges Govt. to clear confusion
March 4, 2021A politician who buys helicopter at Rs.10 crore seeks reservation State Govt. can only make recommendation; Centre takes a final call Mysore/Mysuru: Taking a dig at BJP MLC A.H. Vishwanath and Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Minister K.S. Eshwarappa, who are in the forefront of Kuruba community agitation demanding reservation for them, former Union Minister…
Tejaswini Ananth Kumar praises Mysuru for cleanliness
March 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Tejaswini Ananth Kumar, State BJP Vice-President and Chairperson of Adamya Chetana Trust, appreciated the cleanliness in city and promised to join hands to make ‘plastic-free’ city. Interacting with BJP workers at BJP Office in Krishnaraja Constituency here on Saturday, Tejaswini said that as soon as she enters Mysuru she will get a feeling of…
Separate contest move came after late-night parleys
February 24, 2021BJP, Congress rally behind ‘king-maker’ JD(S); cards close to chest after late-night meeting Mysore/Mysuru: Ahead of the city of Mysuru voting to elect its 23rd Mayor and Deputy Mayor, it was clear that the contest is a one-on-one fight between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress while the Janata Dal (Secular) is taking…
‘Metro Man’ Sreedharan to join BJP; contest Kerala polls
February 18, 2021New Delhi: E. Sreedharan, the engineering legend behind the Delhi Metro and many similar projects across the country, is set to join the BJP months ahead of polls in Kerala. “I have decided to join the BJP, just official formalities remain,” Sreedharan told a TV channel from his hometown Mallapuram. “I believe in the issues…
L.K. Advani: Was he cheated by Destiny?
February 16, 2021I had read the autobiography of L.K. Advani, the BJP’s top honcho “My Country My Life”, a tome running to nearly 1,000 pages in 2008, as soon as it was published. BJP as a political party has had a very chequered growth from its origin as Jana Sangh, then submerged in JP’s Janata Party and…
Mysuru Mayor election on Feb. 24
February 15, 2021BJP to ally with JD(S) to wrest Mayor’s post for the first time: MLA Nagendra Mysore/Mysuru: In a changed political scenario, Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) is likely to end alliance with Congress in the forthcoming Mayoral elections of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and align with the Opposition BJP. “The election will be held on Feb. 24…
Mayoral posts reservation matrix announced: JD(S) meeting this evening
February 12, 2021Mysuru Mayor post reserved for General Category (Woman); Deputy Mayor for General Category Mysore/Mysuru: After a delay of about a month, the State Government on Thursday announced the reservation matrix for Mayoral posts in all the ten City Corporations of the State, barring BBMP. As per a gazette notification issued by A. Vijayakumar, Under-Secretary to…
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