Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to encourage voter participation, a voter awareness contest themed ‘our vote our power’ has been launched in Mysuru to spread electoral awareness. As part of the campaign, colourful posters will be pasted in front of shops and business establishments and will be displayed at places where public gathering is more. The…
‘I have done my best for the overall development of my Constituency’ By S.B. Devaraj Even as the Congress announced his candidature from Narasimharaja (NR) Constituency for the forthcoming Assembly elections, current MLA Tanveer Sait, who is contesting for the sixth time, has asserted that he has never used religion in his entire political career…
Bengaluru: With the remarks that he made at Kolar during his 2019 Lok Sabha election campaign being responsible for his recent conviction in a defamation suit and subsequent disqualification from the Lok Sabha, top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has decided to launch the party’s campaign for the Karnataka Assembly polls from Kolar itself. With the…
Siddu from Varuna, D.K. Shivakumar from Kanakapura, Darshan Dhruvanarayan from Nanjangud, Tanveer Sait from Narasimharaja, Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa from T. Narasipur, A.S. Ponnanna from Virajpet and H.M. Ganesh Prasad from Gundlupet Mysore/Mysuru: Congress party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) has released the first list of 124 candidates against the total 224 Constituencies this morning, for the…
Calendar of time schedule related to Assembly elections likely to be reduced to 32 days Bengaluru: Like Gujarat Assembly elections held in 2022, when the normal 45-day election calendar was reduced to 32 days, Karnataka that is set to go for elections soon may witness a trimmed calendar. This news is in circulation as the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Over 2,500 Policemen from City Civil, CCB and Traffic wings were roped in for a 14.5-hour search or raids to check for rowdy elements, contraband and narcotics in jail, transportation of cash, liquor and election-freebies on the roads and search for weapons in the houses of 50 noted rowdy-sheeters. Probably this is for the…
Report large cash withdrawals, transfers; create groups for communication: DC tells bank officers Mysore/Mysuru: Ahead of the Assembly election 2023, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has imposed restrictions on printing and publishing election pamphlets and posters, and directed all the Deputy Commissioners (DCs) to issue guidelines to printing houses, political party representatives, candidates and…
Electoral reforms are inevitable; keep out candidates with criminal records and make the right choice, appeal experts Mysore/Mysuru: After decades of Independence, India continues to be haunted by issues including poverty, illiteracy, malnutrition, lack of progress in research and innovation and inaccessibility of quality health and education. With such issues still prevalent, there is an…
Mysore/Mysuru: Considering the high-profile electoral battles in Mysuru region, the District Administration and the District Police have set up 30 check-posts across the district to check the flow of cash, liquor and other freebies that are meant to entice voters. This stringent measure has been taken even before the announcement of election dates based on…
Elections in India are the most corrupt in practice. Voter decides on a corrupt government or a good government. But the first imperative is, voting. So please go to the polling booth. Election time is the spring time of politics. Issues like democracy, elections and electoral reforms, all come to the fore for much discussion,…
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