Last Friday, 4th May 2018, I gave a sprinter’s chase to Dr. Yathindra, son of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who was on a roller-coaster election tour of his Varuna Constituency as a Congress party candidate. A medical doctor by profession, he was brought into politics by his father after the sad and untimely demise of his…
Amit Shah skips Varuna show
May 5, 2018Mysuru: In a last-minute change in his schedule, BJP National President Amit Shah today cancelled his visit to the core areas of Varuna Constituency where he was supposed to hold a public rally and a road show. He instead chose to take a chopper from Bengaluru HAL Airport to Mysore Airport at Mandakalli and from…
Daily wagers drift towards election campaigns
May 5, 2018Mysuru: The construction industry in Mysuru has come to a grinding halt. Thanks to the election season. 90 percent of the daily wagers have abandoned the back-breaking construction labour and have opted for easy money that comes out of political canvassing. If construction activities in the city areas have come down by over 30 to…
BJP’s poll manifesto promises farm loan waiver up to Rs.1 lakh
May 5, 2018ACB will be abolished Cow slaughter to be banned Sanitary pads for poor women STF to end sand, land & illegal mining mafia Free accident insurance up to Rs.2 lakh Rs.100 crore to be earmarked for ‘Raitha Bandhu’ student scholarship Rs.25,000 cash and 3 gram gold thali for BPL family bride Free laptop for college…
Amit Shah in city tomorrow
May 4, 2018Mysuru: If Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a whirlwind tour across the State extending his election campaign rallies in 21 Constituencies instead of the initial 15, BJP National President Amit Shah is launching his next leg of poll campaign tomorrow in Mysuru region where the party needs to drum up support. Amit Shah’s…
PM flays Congress for ‘insulting’ Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa and General K.S. Thimayya
May 4, 2018Kalaburagi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly attacked the Congress party for its attitude towards Indian Army and disrespect the sacrifice soldiers had made to the country. Addressing a mammoth election rally in Kalaburagi N.V. College Ground yesterday, Modi said Congress doesn’t respect the sacrifices of our soldiers. “When our soldiers carried out surgical strikes, the…
Pre-poll seizures cross Rs. 150 crore in State
May 4, 2018Bengaluru/ Mysuru: More money and liquor seem to be flowing in this election than in the past, which could be an indicator of how fiercely the elections to the Assembly are being fought across the State. The Surveillance teams of the Election Commission have seized cash and goods besides liquor worth Rs.153.54 crore across the…
Jayanagar BJP MLA Vijayakumar dies of heart attack
May 4, 2018Bengaluru: B.N. Vijayakumar (60), a sitting BJP MLA from Jayanagar, died of a massive heart attack at a Bengaluru Hospital early this morning. Vijayakumar, a long time BJP member, was a bachelor. A BJP candidate from Jayanagar for the May 12 Assembly polls, Vijayakumar collapsed during a campaign rally in the Constituency late last evening,…
Satisfied with development works taken up in Chamaraja Constituency: MLA Vasu
May 4, 2018Mysuru: Asserting that he was satisfied with the initiatives taken by him for the development of Chamaraja Constituency, Congress MLA Vasu has expressed hope that the people of the Constituency would re-elect him. Speaking to SOM amidst his campaign in the Constituency, Vasu, however, said that there was still a lot to be done for…
No booze days
May 4, 2018Mysuru: To ensure free, fair and peaceful polling, the District Administration has issued orders prohibiting sale and storage of liquor during elections. Accordingly, hotels that serve liquor, bars, clubs, liquor shops (that serve and sell liquor) and pubs across the district will go dry for more than three days — from 6 pm on May…
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