‘Out of Rs. 15 crore BJP had given him to contest election, he pocketed Rs. 10 crore’ Mysore/Mysuru: Reacting to MLC A.H. Vishwanath calling him ‘king of political nomads,’ MP V. Sreenivasa Prasad said he was the ‘king of self-respect’. Addressing a press meet at a private hotel on Friday, Prasad said that he had…
Post election: Hunsur candidates go into relaxed mood
December 8, 2019Hunsur: With just a day left for the counting of votes, all the candidates who had contested the Hunsur by-poll are in a relaxed mood. The battle in Hunsur is largely between the BJP, Congress and JD(S). After campaigning hard in the run up to the Dec.5 by-poll, the candidates of the three major parties…
Booth Officer suspended for dereliction of duty
December 4, 2019Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, who is also the District Electoral Officer, has suspended a Polling Booth Officer assigned to a Polling Booth in Hunsur Assembly segment for showing negligence in the distribution of voter slips. Dhanraj, a teacher at Government Higher Primary School at Chilkunda in Hunsur taluk, is the one who has…
POLL WATCH: HUNSUR ASSEMBLY SEGMENT: Tobacco district witnesses Triangular Fight
December 2, 2019Mysuru: Hunsur Assembly Constituency, the largest tobacco growing region in Karnataka is witnessing a triangular fight for the first time in the history of elections taking a break from otherwise what used to be a straight fight between traditional rivals Congress and Janata Dal (S). Veteran politician and former JD(S) State President A.H. Vishwanath, who…
Man poses as Election Officer on duty, fleeces bar owners
November 30, 2019Hunsur Police lay trap to catch accused red-handed Hunsur: It is election season and posing as an Election Officer can fetch one easy money due to the strict enforcement of Model Code of Conduct. Cashing on this “fear of election officers,” a youth in Hunsur posed as a Poll Officer and threatened some bar owners…
Hunsur independent candidate hospitalised after heart attack
November 29, 2019Hunsur: Even as the by-poll campaign is hotting up in Hunsur, Umesh, an independent candidate was admitted to a hospital in Mysuru after he suffered a mild heart attack while campaigning yesterday. The 49-year-old Umesh was campaigning along with his supporters near KSRTC bus-stand in the town yesterday afternoon, when he collapsed reportedly due to…
Checking intensified for poll cash, freebies
November 28, 2019After Rs. 2 crore cash seizure in Hunsur, Rs. 52 lakh seized in Mandya today Mysuru: Following the seizure of Rs. 2 crore unaccounted cash that was being transported in a jeep at Manuganahalli Check Post between Yelwal and Bilikere late on Tuesday night, checking has been intensified in poll-bound Hunsur. Each vehicle is being…
Rs. 2 crore poll cash seized near Bilikere
November 27, 2019Money stuffed in two bags inside vehicle Mysuru: In a major seizure of cash, Mysuru District Election Officials have confiscated Rs. 2 crore unaccounted cash that was being transported to Hunsur from Mysuru in a vehicle. The cash was stuffed inside two bags. By-election to Hunsur constituency is scheduled on Dec. 5 and poll officials…
Hunsur facing bypolls for fourth time
November 23, 2019Hunsur: Even as politicians are making a beeline to Hunsur to campaign for their party candidates for the Dec.5 bypolls, this strategic Assembly segment in Mysuru district is facing the bypolls for the fourth time in poll history. The Assembly Constituency witnessed bypolls for the first time in 1972, when the then Hunsur MLA D….
Over 20,000 sarees seized in godown raid
November 16, 2019Mysuru: In a crackdown on poll code violations, the authorities who raided a godown in city on Thursday, have seized over 20,000 sarees reportedly meant for distribution among voters in Hunsur, which is going to the by-poll on Dec. 5. Acting on a tip off, a team of officials comprising Mysuru Assistant Commissioner Dr.N.C. Venkataraju,…
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