Chamarajanagar: Congress MLA C.Puttaranga Shetty of Chamarajanagar Assembly Constituency has scored a hat-trick by defeating BJP candidate K.R. Mallikarjunappa, a first of its kind in the Constituency. Interestingly12 other candidates from the Constituency have lost their deposits and Vatal Nagaraj of Vatal Prakash has earned the dubious distinction of losing the deposit for the third…
Mysuru: Asserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally at Santhemarahalli in Chamarajanagar Taluk yesterday was a huge success, State BJP In-charge K. Muralidhar Rao has maintained that with Modi’s campaign, the BJP is gaining ground in old Mysuru region where hitherto the party did not have a strong base. He was addressing a press meet…
Chamarajanagar: A trip to Tamil Nadu proved deadly for a family from a village in Indi taluk of Vijayapura district as three persons, including two children, were killed when a lorry toppled on their parked car in the outskirts of Chamarajanagar town this morning. The deceased have been identified as Siddarama (40), who was at…
Chamarajanagar: Accusing the ruling BJP at the Centre of making efforts to change the Constitution, AICC President Rahul Gandhi asserted that the Congress will not let this happen, come what may. Addressing the party’s ‘Janashirvada’ rally at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Stadium here yesterday, Rahul alleged that the Modi Government which had refused to waive farm…
Chamarajanagar: More than 25 haystacks were reduced to ashes in accidental fire at various places in the district and a CT scan machine at Ashwini Diagnostic Centre on Double Road has also been destroyed in a fire mishap last evening. The fire was noticed at the diagnostic centre last evening and the thick black smoke…
Chamarajanagar: Even as the BJP’s statewide ‘Parivartana Yatra’ is all set to enter Chamarajanagar district today, former MLA A.R. Krishnamurthy, who is the son of former Governor Late B. Rachaiah on Saturday announced his decision to quit the BJP. Addressing a media conference, here yesterday, Krishnamurthy said the party leaders in the district have been…
Chamarajanagar: The works on widening National Highway (NH) 209 and the by-pass road is going on in full swing. The NH-209 is the last of the major roads and the last National Highway from Bengaluru which is still a single lane. The NH-209 connects Dindigul in Tamil Nadu from Bengaluru via Kanakapura-Malavalli-Kollegal and Chamarajanagar. It…
Gundlupet: District In-Charge Minister Dr. Geetha Mahadevaprasad has disclosed that a Law College has been sanctioned for Chamarajanagar which will come up soon. She was speaking after inaugurating a pure drinking water unit at Beratahalli village in the taluk yesterday. Dr. Geetha Mahadevaprasad observed that the salt content in drinking water was high which was resulting…
Chamarajanagar: Additional DC K.M. Gayathri has assumed charge as In-Charge Commissioner of City Municipal Council. Incumbent Commissioner M. Rajanna had been dismissed from service alleging misappropriation of funds and was relieved on Nov. 23. DC B. Ramu, in the interest of smoother functioning of the Municipality, had issued an order indicating that Additional DC would…
Chamarajanagar: The High Court has upheld the death penalty (To be hanged till death) of a killer pronounced by the Chamarajanagar District Court for killing five labourers in Chamarajanagar. The accused has been identified as 47-year-old Murugesan alias Muruga of Periyar village in Mettur taluk, Salem district in Tamil Nadu. He had brutally murdered…
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