Candidates for Krishnaraja and Chamaraja Constituencies kept pending Mysore/Mysuru: The Central Election Committee (CEC) of Congress, which had released the names of 124 candidates last month, has released the second list comprising 42 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, to be held on May 10, for which counting will be on May 13. Of…
By S.B. Devaraj Varuna Constituency is expected to be one of the most closely watched Constituencies this election season, with the return of Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah to his home turf. The Congress party has announced Siddharamaiah’s candidature from this Constituency, which includes his native place Siddaramanahundi. This Constituency has the distinction…
Bengaluru: Celebrated Kannada film actor Kiccha Sudeep will be canvassing for Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in the ensuing Assembly elections. This was announced by Sudeep at a press conference held this afternoon in Bengaluru, in the presence of CM Bommai and other Cabinet Ministers. However, Sudeep made it clear that he would not be joining…
Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Assembly Elections are around the corner and the Election Commission has begun the process of setting up of strong rooms to store EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) and VVPATs (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail). Hundreds of skilled workers, government employees, supervisors and contract staff are being used for the strong room design as per…
Banks told to watch transactions Mysore/Mysuru: To ensure general public carrying cash, who will be under scrutiny during election, are not troubled, a Cash Seizure Redressal Committee has been set up to look into unaccounted cash seizures at check-posts and take a call to return the cash, maximum within a week’s time. The Committee, a…
Names, contact numbers of BLOs painted at every polling booth By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken several innovative steps to ensure 100 percent transparency in voting during the Legislative Assembly elections scheduled on May 10. For the first time, the name and mobile phone numbers of the Booth…
Chamarajanagar: The Chamarajanagar District Administration has selected Soligara Madamma as Election Ambassador of Chamarajanagar district. The 92-year-old lady belongs to the Soliga Tribal community and she has been honoured with the Rajyotsava award for midwifery and promoting tribal medicine. She lives in Jeerege Doddi village in Hanur Taluk and her story caught the attention of…
By Mohan Kayaka All political parties have begun vying to have the blessings of Lord Srikanteshwaraswamy, the presiding deity of the Temple Town of Nanjangud. As without his support, it is impossible to be an MLA of this holy place that is a key Assembly segment of the Mysuru district. Nanjangud town, the seat of…
Mysore/Mysuru: With State BJP Vice-President B.Y. Vijayendra, the son of former Chief Minister and Lingayat strongman B.S. Yediyurappa, showing little interest in contesting from Varuna this time around, the BJP High Command is said to be mulling on fielding another influential Lingayat leader V. Somanna, Minister for Housing, from Varuna Assembly segment as the party…
Mysore/Mysuru: The process of evaluation of answer scripts of II PUC exams held from Mar. 9 to 29, has begun and the actual evaluation will start from tomorrow. Evaluators have arrived in Mysuru — one of the main centres in Karnataka — from various parts of State and reported to the venues. The process of…
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