Early this morning I was to meet the popular TV journalist Rajdeep Sardesai for a breakfast interview regarding the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Mysuru-Kodagu region. We agreed to meet at the now ‘must stop-over’ breakfast place for outsiders — Mylari Hotel in Nazarbad. I arrived first and settled into what I believed to be…
14 days to go for Lok Sabha polls: Vigilance intensified at entry, exit points in Mysuru
April 12, 2024Central Forces to join local Police soon: City Top Cop Ramesh Mysore/Mysuru: With just 14 days remaining until the first phase of Lok Sabha election in Karnataka on Apr. 26, the Election Commission and its enforcement agencies, including the Police, Excise and Revenue Departments, have intensified vigilance at inter-state borders and the borders of Assembly…
Helipads kept ready for PM’s chopper landing
April 12, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The MI-17 helicopter, owned by the Indian Air Force (IAF) and carrying Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is scheduled to land at the helipad set up at Oval Grounds on Sunday, Apr. 14, approximately at 2.30 pm (exact time pending confirmation). Hectic preparations are underway to ensure the readiness of the helipads. The Prime Minister…
Congress taking people for a ride in ‘Guarantees’ name: B.Y. Vijayendra
April 12, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: State BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra said “The development of State and nation is not possible by Congress that has been doling out Guarantee Schemes in one hand and snatching from another hand, taking the people for a ride.” He was addressing the party leaders and voters during a public meeting organised at Agrahara Circle…
Home Voting for senior citizens, physically disabled
April 12, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: With the Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha seat going to polls on Apr. 26, senior citizens aged above 85 years and the physically challenged whose disability is more than 40 percent, can exercise their franchise through Home Voting facility from tomorrow (Apr. 13) till Apr. 17. Accordingly, elderly voters who are above 85 years of age…
‘Fear of losing polls triggering attacks on BJP workers’
April 12, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing the ruling Congress in the State of assaulting BJP workers out of fear of losing the Lok Sabha polls, State BJP President B.Y. Vijayendra said that the Congress Government is getting frustrated with the voters’ good response to the BJP as the poll date nears. Addressing a press meet after inducting KPCC General…
PM Modi-led Govt. has made Indian healthcare future-ready: Dr. Manjunath
April 12, 2024Bengaluru: Dr. C.N. Manjunath, the BJP candidate for the Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha Constituency, highlighted several initiatives undertaken by the Narendra Modi Government at the Centre aimed at transforming the health sector. He emphasised that under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Modi, the Central Government has embraced a proactive approach, leading to a significant…
‘We have kept our word, seek vote without any apprehension’
April 12, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Food and Civil Supplies Minister K.H. Muniyappa has advised the party workers to approach voters without any apprehension, as the people will respond and support the party, for the State Congress Government keeping its word by implementing pre-poll guarantees. He was speaking after inaugurating a meeting of Dalit leaders organised by Federation of Dalit…
Support Congress to implement Constitutional ethos: Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa
April 12, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Social Welfare and Mysuru District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa has given a clarion call to the voters to support Congress party that is committed to the Constitution, in the Lok Sabha elections, for improving the livelihood, initiate development works and building egalitarian society. He was addressing a gathering of party workers, backward classes and…
KR Constituency Congress party convention tomorrow
April 12, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Preparations are on for the Congress party’s KR Constituency convention to be held at Bhootale Grounds in Vidyaranyapuram tomorrow (Apr. 13) at 11 am. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, DyCM D.K. Shivakumar and other state-level leaders will be addressing the party workers during the convention tomorrow. Former MLA M.K. Somashekar, who inspected the preparations yesterday, told…
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