Hunsur: Stating that the JD(S)-Congress would launch a joint campaign for Mysuru-Kodagu LS seat Congress Candidate C.H. Vijayshankar, State JD(S) President A.H. Vishwanath has expressed confidence that Vijayshankar would win. Addressing a press meet at Hunsur on Thursday, Vishwanath said District Minister G.T. Devegowda, Kodagu District Minister S.R. Mahesh, former CM Siddharamaiah, MLA Tanveer Sait,…
Filing of nomination for 14 LS seats in State ends
March 26, 2019Mysuru: Today being the last day for filing of nominations for 14 Lok Sabha seats in Southern half of the State, there was a frenzy for filing of papers. The 14 LS seats going to polls on Apr. 18 are Mysuru-Kodagu, Mandya, Hassan, Chamarajanagar, Bengaluru North, Bengaluru Central, Bengaluru South, Bengaluru Rural, Tumakuru, Chikkaballapur, Dakshina…
PM Modi in Mysuru on Apr. 7
March 26, 2019Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address an election rally in Mysuru on Apr.7, said Senior BJP leader R. Ashoka in city yesterday. Modi is expected to address huge rallies at seven places across Karnataka.
JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda files nomination from Tumakuru
March 26, 2019Tumakuru: JD(S) Supremo and former PM H.D. Deve Gowda filed his nomination as the JD(S)-Congress coalition candidate from Tumakuru Lok Sabha seat at the Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Monday. Deve Gowda had given up his Hassan seat to his grandson Prajwal Revanna, son of PWD Minister H.D. Revanna. The JD(S) Supremo after performing puja…
BJP and BSP candidates from Chamarajanagar file papers
March 26, 2019Chamarajanagar: BJP Nominee and former Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) nominee Dr. Shivakumar filed their nominations before Returning Officer and Deputy Commissioner B.B. Cauvery at her office here today from Chamarajanagar (SC) Reserve Lok Sabha seat which is going to polls on Apr.18. Traffic in the southern-most district headquarters was disrupted…
BJP releases first list; 14 State MPs to seek re-election
March 22, 2019New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party yesterday announced its first list of candidates from Karnataka for the Lok Sabha elections. As expected, of the 21 names announced, 14 sitting MPs were nominated once again from their respective constituencies. The party has to announce names for 8 more seats. This includes five-time MP Anantkumar Hegde who…
JD(S) in difficulty over finding candidates for LS seats
March 22, 2019Bengaluru: With the JD(S) getting eight out of the twenty eight Lok Sabha (LS) seats in the State as per a seat sharing pact signed between the ruling coalition partners-JD(S) and Congress, the regional party is finding it difficult to get candidates in some seats allotted to it for the LS polls. Even as JD(S)…
Almost all sitting BJP MPs to get ticket
March 21, 2019Bengaluru: With the deadline for filing of nominations for 14 Lok Sabha seats in southern half of the State just five days away (Mar.26), the BJP has reportedly decided to field almost all its sitting MPs. In another interesting development, the BJP is also said to have decided against supporting independent candidate Sumalatha, who filed…
Don’t mock my tears: Deve Gowda in Mandya
March 15, 2019Former PM touches emotional chord at Nikhil Kumaraswamy’s political baptism Says accusations of nepotism and dynastic politics against his family are unfounded Mandya: After announcing the entry of his first grandson Prajwal Revanna (son of PWD Minister H.D. Revanna) into electoral politics from Hassan Lok Sabha seat on Wednesday amidst tears, former Prime Minister H.D….
Netas under radar of Media Cell at DC Office
March 14, 2019Mysuru: A ‘Media Cell’ or ‘Media Centre’ has been set up in city to monitor media publicity indulged by political parties in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls and to report if there are any violations in the Model Code of Conduct. The Cell has been set up at the Office of the…
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