Mysore/Mysuru: Terming the nomination of senior BJP leader A.H. Vishwanath to the Karnataka Legislative Council as illegal, K.R.Nagar JD(S) MLA S.R.Mahesh has urged the Governor not to administer oath to Vishwanath. Speaking to presspersons at his office near Ramavilas road here this morning, Mahesh, who is also a former Minister, said that the Supreme Court…
Bengaluru: All seven candidates from the three major parties (BJP, Congress and JD-S) are likely to be elected unopposed to the Legislative Council even as the deadline for filing of nomination papers ended yesterday. Polling is scheduled to take place on June 29 and it is highly unlikely that the voting may take place as…
Bengaluru: In Karnataka, Governor Vajubhai Vala, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, his Cabinet Ministers and lakhs of the ruling BJP’s cadres joined the people in lighting the lamps. “Vala lit the lamp at 9 pm on the roof terrace of Raj Bhavan,” said a communiqué from the Governor’s office. “It is again resolved that we are…
Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that desertion by a few leaders is not a setback for JD(S), former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said that the party has the support of a strong cadre. Addressing party workers at Kempegowda Kalyana Mantapa in Manjunathapura here yesterday, Kumaraswamy recalled that party workers and cadres revived the party after many top-ranking leaders…
Hunsur: In an unfortunate incident, JD(S) candidate Honnalagaiah (54), who contested from Ward 17 of Hunsur City Municipal Council (CMC), died yesterday, just a day before the counting. Honnalagaiah was travelling on his motorcycle (KA-09 HJ-2910)on Bachahalli Road to pick up his wife from his farmland last evening, when he lost balance and crashed into…
C. Sridhar of Congress Deputy Mayor Mysuru/Mysore: The city got its youngest Mayor when 31-year-old Tasneem of JD(S) was elected as the city’s First Citizen (Mayor) in the Mayoral election held at the MCC’s Council Hall this morning. Tasneem is the thirty-third elected Mayor. Tasneem represents Ward 22 (Meena Bazar) in the 65-member civic body….
Mysuru: Even as protests continue across the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens(NRC), the JD(S) jumped into the bandwagon by staging a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here this morning. Raising slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi,Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Union Government, MLA…
By T.J.S. George When will Sri H.D. Deve Gowda realise that people are fed up with his politics? His own followers are fed up. Many have quit and joined the BJP, including the President of the JD(S) Karnataka unit, A.H. Vishwanath. In last week’s by-elections, 15 seats were at stake. The BJP got 12 and…
Bengaluru: The ruling BJP won 12 seats, the Opposition Congress 2 and an Independent in one, while the JD(S) drew a blank in the by-polls to 15 Assembly segments, the results of which were officially announced last evening. As per the official results, Byrathi Basavaraj of BJP won from Krishnarajapuram (K.R. Puram) defeating his nearest…
Hunsur: Even as the three major political parties in the State — Congress, BJP and JD(S) are gearing up for the all important Dec.5 by-polls for 15 Assembly segments across the State, Hunsur Assembly Constituency in Mysuru district seems to be set for a multi-cornered contest, as many independent candidates too are likely to enter…
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