Mysore/Mysuru: A day after the Assembly polls voting, Chamundeshwari Constituency Congress candidate Mavinahalli Siddegowda has refuted charges purportedly made by some of his fellow Congress leaders that he has been ‘booked’ by rival JD(S) candidate. Addressing a press meet at his residence this noon, Siddegowda said that it was Opposition leader and former Chief Minister…
Team of Poll Observers scrutinises strong room
May 11, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A team of Central and State Election Observers began the scrutiny of the strong rooms of all the 11 Assembly Constituencies at the Maharani’s College of Commerce and Management for Women on Valmiki Road in city. The team reached the counting centre and a few representatives of political parties (candidate agents) were also present….
96-year-old removes footwear before casting vote
May 11, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A nonagenarian woman took the Polling Officials by surprise, when she voted with utmost devotion, by removing her footwear, before voting at a Polling Booth in the city. Bangaramma, 96, a resident of Gundurao Nagar, is the one who exercised her franchise at Polling Booth Number-233 in Krishnaraja Assembly Constituency yesterday. Following the tradition…
Brisk Polling
May 10, 2023Overall voting percentage in Mysuru 68.32 at 5 pm: Mysore/Mysuru: Voting for Karnataka election began from 7 am today to elect a new 224-member Assembly. In a three-way contest in the State, the ruling BJP aims to break a 38-year jinx in the southern State, which has never voted an incumbent party to power since…
SVEEP Ambassador, Icon laud voters
May 10, 2023Happy that many people are voting in Mysuru: Javagal Srinath, H. Kushi Mysore/Mysuru: “First, we must vote and then we can say this is good, this is not good but if we don’t do that then we don’t even have the right to criticise. Also, in a democracy, discussion among voters about a good candidate…
‘We appreciate your voting’ Certificates for first-time voters, senior citizens
May 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru District Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) Committee that has been doing many unique programmes and campaigns for voter education, spreading voter awareness and promoting voter literacy, has introduced another unique concept of providing appreciation certificates to the select first-time voters and also senior citizens. This is the first-of-its-kind initiative in Karnataka…
Marking wrong finger with indelible ink raises brows!
May 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Election officers at many polling booths in Mysuru might face action since they applied the indelible ink on the right forefinger of many voters instead of the left forefinger. The DC, who is also the District Electoral Officer, had said that the marking would be on the left hand forefinger. Even Varuna Congress candidate…
BJP getting full majority, so no post-poll alliance with JD(S): BSY
May 10, 2023Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY) this morning said the BJP will form a Government with an absolute majority in the State, and therefore there is no question of having a post-poll alliance with JD(S) to form the Government in the event of a hung verdict in the Karnataka Assembly election. “The question…
Specially-abled, aged step out with youthful zest to vote
May 10, 2023Student volunteers including NCC Cadets, Scouts and Guides aid needy at 2,905 polling booths Mysore/Mysuru: Specially-abled and elderly people made a beeline to cast their vote for the Assembly election this morning. The specially-abled who came in three-wheelers to Polling Station, were helped at all the 2,905 booths in wheelchair, by student volunteers including NCC…
Voter Turnout app comes handy to know vote percentage
May 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to educate voters in the country and encourage them to vote, the Election Commission has been taking active measures. It has launched a new mobile app for the voters to see the real-time availability of voter turnout. This morning there have been more than 1 lakh downloads by curious people who…
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