City 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…
Newly-elected disqualified MLAs meet CM, seek fulfilment of promises
December 11, 2019Bengaluru: Stepping up their ante, all the seventeen disqualified legislators, including 11 newly-elected MLAs who were elected on a BJP ticket in the bypolls and as well as the two defeated candidates, met Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa at his Dollar’s Colony residence here this morning for the second day today. Most of the newly- elected disqualified…
BJP wins 12 seats, Congress 2 JD(S) draws blank while independent gets one seat
December 10, 2019Bengaluru: The ruling BJP won 12 seats, the Opposition Congress 2 and an Independent in one, while the JD(S) drew a blank in the by-polls to 15 Assembly segments, the results of which were officially announced last evening. As per the official results, Byrathi Basavaraj of BJP won from Krishnarajapuram (K.R. Puram) defeating his nearest…
Karnataka Assembly By-Polls 2019: Viva BJP
December 9, 2019Saffron Party leads in 12 seats, Cong. 2, Ind. 1 and JD(S) none Bengaluru: Karnataka’s ruling BJP is heading for a sweep in by-polls the party needed to win to retain power in the State. The party is leading in 12 of 15 seats, in a big boost for Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s four-month-old Government,…
Making History BJP opens account in K.R. Pet, a JD(S) bastion
December 9, 2019K.R. Pet: K.R. Pet BJP candidate K.C. Narayanagowda created history when he became the first-ever BJP MLA from Mandya district to win the by-elections held in a constituency considered a traditional JD(S) bastion. Counting of votes was taken up at the Government Polytechnic College on Channarayapatna Road at 8 am today. K.C. Narayanagowda defeated his…
Recent Comments