Cash, agricultural land, sheep, goats, tractors, bikes — all at stake in Srirangapatna By Vinay Karekura Srirangapatna: With less than a month to go for the Karnataka Assembly polls, the political betting industry has become active, especially in the hinterland where villagers have been indulging in widespread betting to predict the winners. People are betting…
Amit Shah’s Gundlupet road show tomorrow
April 23, 2023Prior to road show, he will visit Chamundi Hill Temple between 10 am and 10.30 am Mysore/Mysuru: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to arrive in Mysuru city tomorrow and will fly to Gundlupet to take part in a road show organised for the Gundlupet party candidate C.S. Niranjan Kumar. The tentative tour programme…
Govt. officials give lame excuses to skip poll duty
April 23, 2023Some complain of giddiness, fear of handling pressure while others use political connections to evade duty By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: Elections are a key component of democracy and many believe that they should be celebrated with enthusiasm. However, it is not only the responsibility of citizens to participate by voting and promoting the importance of…
Nine Model Ethnic Polling Booths for tribals
April 23, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: In order to draw tribals to the polling booths, poll officials have planned to set up nine Ethnic Polling Booths in tribal hamlets across the district. The places where the Ethnic Polling Booths are proposed to be set up are — Ranigate in Periyapatna Constituency (Booth No. 121), Satigrama in K.R. Nagar Constituency (Booth…
Voters will not give scope for a hung Assembly: BJP leader B.Y. Vijayendra
April 23, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that the voters of Karnataka are an informed lot, BJP State Vice-President B.Y. Vijayendra said that the electorate is knowledgeable enough to ensure that there will no hung Assembly this time and give a full majority to the BJP. He was addressing K.R. Constituency party workers at Rajendra Kalamandira on Ramanuja Road here…
There is huge anti-incumbency in State: Prof. B.K. Chandrashekar
April 23, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that there is a huge anti-incumbency wave in the State, senior Congress leader and former Minister Prof. B.K. Chandrashekar (BKC) said that the Congress has a good opportunity for winning the May 10 Assembly polls. Addressing a press meet at a private hotel here on Friday, Prof. BKC said he had commissioned a…
‘BJP will retain power’
April 23, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that the Congress would not come to power in the State for any reason, State BJP Vice-President B.Y. Vijayendra maintained that the BJP was sure to retain power in the State. Addressing a press meet at the Party Office in Chamarajapuram here yesterday, Vijayendra, who is the son of former Chief Minister B.S….
Training for officers on poll duty begins
April 22, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Dr. K.V. Rajendra has instructed officers on election duty to take training seriously and implement every point for a successful election on May 10. He addressed the participants at a two-day training programme for the Presiding Officers and Polling Officers-1 of Chamaraja Assembly Constituency, held at Baden Powell School behind the DC’s…
‘As Poll Ambassadors tell kin to vote’
April 22, 2023Mysuru DC’s call to garment factory employees, workers at Koorgalli Industrial Area Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Dr. K V. Rajendra has appealed to the employees and workers of a garment factory to don the role of election ambassadors and vote without a miss, besides encouraging their respective family members to exercise their franchise. Dr. Rajendra visited…
PM Modi to campaign in Mysuru and Chamarajanagar on May 2 or 3
April 22, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: With less than a month left for Assembly elections in the State on May 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be coming to the State on a campaign tour shortly. According to BJP sources, “The Prime Minister will be launching the State tour from Mysuru district, followed by Chamarajanagar, but the schedule is not…
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