Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to enhance its poll prospects, the Congress will launch a fresh membership drive tomorrow (Dec.11) in city. Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and MLA Dr. Yathindra Siddharamaiah will launch the membership drive in Varuna Assembly Segment, while KPCC Working President R. Dhruvanarayan will launch it at Heggodu, former Minister…
Omicron Scare: Rules are for others, not for politicians, followers
December 6, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: On the one hand you have Government announcements and press notes which talk about stern measures being enforced to prevent the third wave of the pandemic and also Omicron threat from damaging economic prospects and asking people to exercise restraint while moving in public places without masks and without sanitisation. On the other hand,…
Video of ‘plot’ to kill BJP MLA creates flutter
December 2, 2021Potential assassins hired from Andhra Pradesh, alleges Yelahanka MLA S.R. Vishwanath Bengaluru: A major controversy has erupted in Karnataka after the emergence of some videos, which feature Congress leader Belur Gopalakrishna and have voices of two men who are purportedly talking about plans to get BJP MLA S.R. Vishwanath killed. The Police have started investigation…
BJP and JD(S) plotting to finish off former CM Siddharamaiah
December 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the BJP and the JD(S) of plotting to finish off former Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Siddharamaiah politically, former Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa said that, however, the plot is bound to fail as the Congress would win most seats in the Legislative Council polls that is scheduled to take place on Dec.10….
MLC polls: Congress candidate Dr. D. Thimmaiah’s papers accepted
November 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: In a big relief for the Congress, the nomination papers of party candidate Dr. D. Thimmaiah for the MLC polls from the dual-member Mysuru-Chamarajanagar seat, was accepted yesterday by Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. Bagadi Gautham, who is also the Electoral Officer. BJP candidate Raghu R. Kautilya, citing lapses, had objected to the nomination…
Eight candidates file nomination for Mysuru- Chamarajanagar MLC poll
November 24, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With the deadline for filing of nomination papers for the Legislative Council poll for the dual-member Mysuru-Chamarajanagar seat from Local Authorities Constituencies ending yesterday, eight candidates have filed a total of 14 sets of nomination papers. The candidates, who have entered the poll fray, are Raghu R. Kautilya of BJP, Dr. D. Thimmaiah of…
Mysuru-Chamarajanagar MLC polls: Congress, JD(S) and BJP candidates file nominations
November 23, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With today being the last day for filing the nomination papers for the dual member Mysuru-Chamarajanagar MLC polls, candidates of all the three major parties — Congress, JD(S) and BJP — filed their nomination papers at the Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) office here this morning. Soon after the nominations began for the day today, Independent…
Torchlight march in protest against Priyanka Gandhi’s arrest in UP
October 5, 2021Bengaluru: Thousands of Youth Congress members led by KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar and Opposition Leader Siddharamaiah held a torchlight march in Bengaluru yesterday protesting against AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi’s arrest by Uttar Pradesh Police. The protest began from the KPCC Central Office on Queen’s Road and culminated near Raj Bhavan. The torchlight march passed…
A Kanhaiya opportunity for Congress
October 5, 2021By T.J.S. George What is happening in the Congress Party? The one-and-only Kanhaiya Kumar quits Communist ranks and joins the Congress. Amarinder Singh, who led the Punjab Government as though he was still the Maharaja of Patiala, finds himself summarily dismissed by a suddenly assertive Congress Party. Whereupon, without the slightest embarrassment, he drives into…
If Opposition BJP rules MCC, who will oppose?
September 30, 2021Council fails to resolve row over Opposition Leader; Issue now before legal experts Mysore/Mysuru: The MCC Council meeting, which took place this morning, failed to solve the row over who should be the Opposition Leader as BJP — which was in the Opposition all these days — is now governing the civic body with the…
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