Mysuru: With the Karnataka Assembly Polls heading for a bitter battle between the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP and JD(S), Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will address 15 rallies across the State from May 1. Announcing this at a press meet here this morning, MP Pratap Simha said that PM Modi will begin his…
Rahul Gandhi releases Congress Manifesto in Mangaluru
April 29, 2018Mangaluru: The ruling Congress Party in Karnataka released its manifesto in Mangaluru on Friday and assured to remove unemployment by creating 10 million jobs in the next five years, if the party is voted back to power. The Congress manifesto promises insurance for owners of micro, small and medium enterprises, one water tap in every…
JD(S) will come to power, asserts H.D. Deve Gowda
April 29, 2018Mysuru: Asserting that the JD(S)-BSP alliance will rule the State, no matter if it fell short of majority, JD(S) Supremo and former PM H.D. Deve Gowda debunked pre-poll surveys by some agencies, which have predicted that the JD(S) would not get more than 40 seats. Addressing a press meet here this morning, Deve Gowda said…
Siddharamaiah is funding Anna Bhagya scheme from State exchequer: HDK
April 29, 2018Mysuru: Strongly criticising Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s claim of distributing rice at subsidised rates to the public, State JD(S) President and former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy has maintained that the Government was funding the Anna Bhagya scheme from the State exchequer. Addressing a gathering in front of Chamundeshwari Temple at K.G. Koppal in city on Friday, Kumaraswamy,…
Parties banking on women self-help groups to bring votes
April 29, 2018Mysuru: With the May 12 Assembly polls fast approaching, political parties are looking at women self-help groups (Sthree Shakti Sanghas) to lure voters. The women self help groups, which are active in both urban and rural areas, have been a boon to some political parties. With the polls nearing, the women self-help groups have become…
Top ECI officers hold review meeting at DC’s office
April 28, 2018Mysuru: High- ranking officers from the Election Commission of India (ECI) held a crucial review meeting with election observers and officers from the District Administration at Deputy Commissioner’s Office this morning where they took stock of the electoral scene and instructed the officials to ensure that the elections are held in a free and a…
344 candidates in fray from five districts of Mysuru region
April 28, 2018Mysuru, Apr.28- Friday, the last day for withdrawal of nominations, saw a total of 97 candidates withdrawing their nomination papers in dive districts of Mysuru region — Mysuru, Kodagu, Hassan, Mandya and Chamarajanagar. With the deadline for nomination withdrawal ending yesterday, a total of 344 candidates remain in fray from the fine districts. In Mysuru…
AICC President Rahul Gandhi on campaign trail in Mysuru, Kodagu
April 28, 2018Mysuru/Mangaluru/Gonikoppa: All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Rahul Gandhi, who is on a campaign trail in the State to woo voters for the Assembly polls for which the voting is scheduled on May 12, visited Suttur Mutt in Mysuru, Sri Dharmasthala Manjunateshwara Temple in Dharmasthala besides trying to connect with the Kodavas during the public…
JD(S) likely to release manifesto next week
April 28, 2018Bengaluru, Apr.28 (KMS& US)- The manifesto of JD(S) in the context of State Assembly election is said to be ready and likely to be released in a week. The manifesto is believed to focus mainly on farmers, poor people and rural development. Most of the salient points in the manifesto have already been disclosed by…
Route March, Foot Patrolling to prep-up voters
April 27, 2018Mysuru: Even as the countdown for the May 12 Assembly elections is drawing near with just a fortnight away and in the aftermath of the recent clashes in Udayagiri Police Station limits, the City Police are leaving no stone unturned to see that the elections pass off peacefully. Paramilitary Forces drawn from the Border Security…
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