Thus spake Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa Acclaimed Novelist and Saraswathi Samman awardee Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa has said that Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was made the President of India in return for his efforts to consolidate the Muslim vote-bank in favour of Congress party. Replying to questions by scribes at a press conference called at his residence in…
Office-bearers elected
December 30, 2019Mysuru: BJP leader M. Chikkavenkatu was elected unopposed as the President of Vontikoppal’s Sri Lakshmivenkataramanaswamy Temple Employees Association at the Annual General Body Meeting of the Association held recently. The other office-bearers elected are G.P. Srinivas (the Temple Chief Priest) – Vice-President, S. Mahesh – Secretary, H.S. Narasimhamurthy – Joint Secretary, H. Chandrashekar – Associate…
KR BJP holds awareness programme on Citizenship Act
December 26, 2019Mysuru: Even as protests continue to rage across the country opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the KR Unit of the BJP held ‘Janajagrutigagi Vichara Vinimaya,’ an awareness programme on CAA, marking the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Vidyashankara Kalyana Mantapa in Agrahara here yesterday. The programme in which many…
JMM-Congress alliance ahead in close race in Jharkhand
December 23, 2019Ranchi: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-Congress alliance which is ahead in the close race in Jharkhand during the counting of votes taken up this morning is all set to form the Government in Jharkhand. The elections were conducted in 81 Assembly seats of the State in five phases from Nov. 30 to Dec. 20. Celebrations have…
Campaign in support of Citizenship Act held in city
December 22, 2019City Police impose restrictions to prevent rallies, protests today Mysuru: Members of various organisations numbering nearly 500 held a campaign in support of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) at Oval Grounds near Deputy Commissioner’s Office after they were denied permission for a peace rally this morning. The City Police have imposed Prohibitory Orders under Section 35…
Newly-elected Legislators take oath
December 22, 2019Bengaluru: Thirteen of 15 newly-elected members of the Karnataka Assembly took oath as the members of the house here this morning. Karnataka Assembly Speaker Vishveshwar Hegde Kageri administered them the oath. Two Congress members — H.P. Manjunath and Rizwan Arshad — who also got elected to the Assembly recently in the by-elections, remained absent while…
Senior BJP leader Kautilya Raghu decries agitation against Citizenship Act
December 22, 2019Mysuru: Decrying the ongoing protests across the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), senior BJP leader and former KEA Chairman Kautilya Raghu has said that the agitations were part of a bigger conspiracy to undermine the growing supremacy of India in the global map. In a press release, Raghu accused Congress leaders of fanning…
Mayoral Polls: BJP making behind the scene moves to wrest power in MCC
December 17, 2019Mysuru: Buoyed by the emphatic victory of the party in the recently held Assembly by-polls, the BJP, which does not have enough numbers on its own to attain power in the 65-member Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), is said to be making behind the scene moves to wrest the Mayor’s post, even before the Government would…
By-polls Over: City BJP leaders eye MUDA Chairman post
December 17, 2019Mysuru: Even as the crucial by-polls for 15 Assembly segments in the State has got over, with the BJP winning 12 of them, several BJP leaders from city have now set their eyes on nomination to State-run Boards and Corporations. The post of Chairman for Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), Mysore Lac and Paints (Mylac),…
Deve Gowda gets zero, must quit
December 17, 2019By T.J.S. George When will Sri H.D. Deve Gowda realise that people are fed up with his politics? His own followers are fed up. Many have quit and joined the BJP, including the President of the JD(S) Karnataka unit, A.H. Vishwanath. In last week’s by-elections, 15 seats were at stake. The BJP got 12 and…
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