Chief Minister Siddharamaiah will campaign at various ZP constituencies and also address public meetings in Nanjangud from Mar. 31 ahead of by-poll scheduled on Apr. 9. The Chief Minister will campaign at Badanavalu and Doddakavalande on Mar. 31 and address a public meeting at Doddakavalande. He will visit Kalale and Hura on Apr.2, Heggadahalli and…
Echo of farmer’s death: Prohibitory orders clamped in Gundlupet
March 28, 2017Anticipating law and order problem following the death of a farmer from Gundlupet yesterday, the Gundlupet By-poll Returning Officer (RO) Nalin Atul has clamped prohibitory orders under Section 144 Cr.PC across the constituency from 6 am this morning till 6 pm tomorrow evening. Nagesh (30), a farmer from Kaggalada Hundi in the taluk, was picked…
S.M. Krishna to hit campaign trail in April first week
March 28, 2017Senior leader S.M. Krishna, who joined the BJP recently, will hit the campaign trail in poll-bound Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly segments, in the first week of April. As per a schedule worked out by former Dy.CM R. Ashok, Krishna will address a press meet in Mysuru on Apr. 5 and campaign for the BJP candidate…
Government faces flak for absence of Ministers
March 28, 2017With the entire State Cabinet busy in campaigning for the Congress candidates in Nanjangud and Gundlupet by-polls, the Opposition parties on Monday slammed the Government for the absence of Ministers in the ongoing Assembly session. Soon after the session commenced for the day, Opposition leader Jagadish Shettar, taking into note that none of the Ministers…
Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly By-Polls: Special Poll Observer meets Police Officers
March 27, 2017In view of April 9 Nanjangud and Gundlupet by-polls, the Special Poll Observer for both the constituencies, Karuna Raju held a closed-door meeting with Police Officers at the DySP’s office on Ooty road here this morning. Addressing the meeting, Karuna Raju directed the Police to give no scope for any electoral malpractices and to ensure…
By-polls: Party bigwigs undertake padayatra in N’Gud and Gundlupet
March 27, 2017With the summer temperature rising up in Mysuru, the campaigning at Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly constituencies for the upcoming by-polls scheduled on Apr. 9 is also heating up with bigwigs of both BJP and Congress parties hitting the roads on padayatra to seek the support of voters for their respective candidates. The BJP and Congress,…
KPCC Women’s wing President to campaign for party candidates
March 27, 2017KPCC Women’s Wing President Lakshmi Hebbalkar will campaign for Congress candidates in Nanjangud and Gundlupet. Lakshmi Hebbalkar will start campaigning in both the constituencies on Apr. 1 and will continue her campaign till the poll concludes, according to city Women Congress Vice-President Rani Prabha.
I withdraw my statement if it has hurt Geetha Mahadevaprasad: MP Pratap
March 26, 2017Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has stirred up a controversy saying that DR. Geetha Mahadevaprasad, wife of late Minister H.S. Mahadevaprasad was contesting the election only for the sake of power. The MP, speaking to media this morning, said that his statement was unintentional and he would withdraw it if it had hurt Geetha Mahadevaprasad. Campaigning…
15 vehicles seized for violation of traffic rules
March 25, 2017RTO officials in a swift operation on Thursday seized 15 vehicles plying on the National Highway passing through the town for violation of various provisions of IMV Act. The officials led by Joint Commissioner of Transport C.T. Murthy, who launched vehicle checking near the TB, seized 15 vehicles including lorries for overloading and goods vehicles…
Brisk campaigning by party leaders
March 25, 2017MP Shobha Karandlaje campaigning for BJP candidate V. Sreenivasa Prasad at Nanjangud yesterday; Mysuru District in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa and MP R. Dhruvanarayan campaigning for Nanjangud Congress candidate Kalale Keshavamurthy; Gundlupet Congress candidate M.C. Mohankumari (Geetha Mahadevaprasad), along with her supporters and party workers, taking out a road show at Gundlupet yesterday.
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