Mandya: Amidst the political heat and dust in Mandya that is witnessing high-profile battle between coalition candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy and Independent candidate Sumalatha Ambarish, a controversial audio clip has gone viral. The clip contains a conversation where veteran Congress leader and Gandhian G. Madegowda is seeking money from JD(S) Minister C.S. Puttaraju for the election…
I-T shock amidst poll heat
March 28, 2019Simultaneous raids on Minister C.S. Puttaraju & kin, Hassan PWD contractors; CM, JD(S) leaders huddled at Infosys Mysuru Mysuru: In a pre-dawn swoop that came barely hours after Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy expressed fear of Income Tax (I-T) raids on the residences of the party leaders, I-T officials, along with armed Central Reserve Police Force…
Disciplinary action against Congress leaders backing Sumalatha
March 24, 2019Nikhil to file nomination on Mar.25: Two lakh Cong, JD(S) activists to participate Mandya: Sending a stern message down the line to Congress and JD(S) workers that the top brass of either party will not tolerate indiscipline or any bid to sabotage prospects of alliance candidate in Mandya Parliamentary seat, Congress and JD(S) top leaders…
Trial blasts at KRS Dam: Farmers to launch ‘Go Back’ campaign tomorrow
January 27, 2019Mandya: The trial blast scheduled to be conducted tomorrow (Jan.28) by a team of scientists from Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune, to study the impact of stone quarrying in the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam area has met with stiff opposition by farmers and members of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS), who…
PWD Minister Revanna inspects Mysore Medical College Hostel
October 1, 2018PWD Minister H.D. Revanna, who visited Mysore Medical College PG Hostel for Girls at Devaraja Mohalla here recently, inspected the hostel and sought information from the officials. He assured of taking up the developmental works of the hostel after calling a meeting which would be chaired by CM H.D. Kumaraswamy. Minister Revanna is seen with…
Kala Utsava on Sept.28, 29 Minister C.S. Puttaraju to inaugurate
September 27, 2018Mysuru: Marking the 40th anniversary of Vidyavardhaka First Grade College, a State-level Inter-Collegiate Cultural Contest ‘Kala Utsava’ has been organised at the College auditorium here on Sept.28 and 29. College Principal Dr. S. Marigowda said that the event would be inaugurated by Minister for Minor Irrigation C.S. Puttaraju tomorrow at 10 am. A debate on…
Stone mining threat to KRS Dam: I have no objection to stop mining, says Mandya District Minister
September 21, 2018Mandya: Mandya District Minister C.S. Puttaraju has stated that he has already directed the District authorities to take steps to curb illegal mining at Chinnakurali, Baby Betta Kaval, Amrutha Mahal Kaval, Honaganahalli, Bastipura, Beechanakuppe, Avverahalli and Bannangadi. He was reacting to Star of Mysore report published yesterday under the title ‘Stone Mining at Baby Betta:…
‘We 7 JD(S) MLAs from Mandya are like bodyguards of CM’, Says Minor Irrigation Minister C.S. Puttaraju
September 18, 2018Mandya: Maintaining that all the seven JD(S) MLAs from Mandya are like bodyguards of Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, Minor Irrigation Minister C.S. Puttaraju, himself an MLA from the district, has asserted that the BJP cannot ‘purchase’ any JD(S) MLA from Mandya district. Speaking to press persons after holding a progress review meeting at Ambedkar Bhavan…
GTD is Mysuru District Minister C.S. Puttaraju-Mandya, S.R. Mahesh-Kodagu
August 1, 2018Bengaluru: The long wait for the appointment of District in-Charge Ministers ended with Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) releasing the list last evening. The appointments were completed well ahead of the Independence Day as the in-Charge Ministers have to hoist the National Flag in their respective districts on Aug.15. As Kumaraswamy’s Ministry has just 27…
CM meets sulking Puttaraju at Infosys Campus
June 10, 2018Kumaraswamy telephones G.T. Devegowda who is at a resort in Kodagu Mysuru: In an attempt to placate sulking Higher Education Minister G.T. Devegowda and Minor Irrigation Minister C.S. Puttaraju over the allotment of portfolios, CM Kumaraswamy held talks with them yesterday in Mysuru and has been successful in bringing them back on track. Sources told…
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