With 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.
Who would be Gundlupet’s next MLA?
March 24, 2017With the countdown for the April 9 Gundlupet by-poll already begun, political circles have begun to bet on who would win the April 9 by-poll and thus become the only fourth person to be MLA of the Constituency in over 6 decades. Gundlupet Constituency which started as a twin-member Constituency in 1952, became a single…
Gundlupet PSI transferred
March 23, 2017In the wake of complaint by the BJP to the Election Commission, Gundlupet PSI B.N. Sandeep Kumar, has been transferred. The BJP had accused the PSI of unnecessarily resorting to lathi-charge during the procession taken out by it for the filing of nomination of the party candidate for Gundlupet by-poll on Mar.20. Sandeep Kumar had…
By-polls: 2 nominations rejected in N’gud; all 9 accepted in Gundlupet
March 23, 2017Returning Officer G. Jagadeesha has rejected the nomination papers of R. Renuka and Shivappa, the two independent candidates, who had filed their nominations for the Nanjangud by-elections. With this the Election Commission has accepted nominations papers of 12 candidates. Among the candidates whose nominations papers have been accepted include: M. Pradeep Kumar (Karunadu Party –…
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