Mysore/Mysuru: BJP Corporator from Ward 29 Ashwini Sharath, who is undergoing treatment at a private hospital reportedly for some ailment for the past few days, was brought in an ambulance with oxygen support, to the MCC office for physically taking part in the voting for Mayoral polls, as the BJP had issued a whip to…
Mayoral Polls: JD(S) to wait and watch
September 4, 2022Congress, BJP stick to their stand Mysore/Mysuru: With the Mayoral Polls just two days away (Sept. 6), the two National parties: Congress and BJP, have decided to stick on to their stand of contesting independently, while the JD(S) has adopted a wait and watch policy, with none of the two parties (Congress and BJP) coming…
JD(S) works out plans for bagging Mayor’s post
September 2, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: With the MCC Mayoral polls just four days away (Sept. 6), political activities in all the three major political parties have gained momentum. The JD(S), which ruled the MCC in coalition with the Congress for the first two terms of the current tenure of the MCC and let the post go to the BJP…
Mayoral polls on Sept. 6
August 26, 2022Activities begin in all three major political parties Mysore/Mysuru: A day after the Government announced the reservation category for Mayor posts concerning MCC and nine other City Corporations across the State for the next term of the current tenure, the Mayoral poll process has been set in motion with the authorities announcing that the Mysuru…
Mysuru Mayoral polls: Reservation announced
August 24, 2022General category candidate for Mayor, BCA (Woman) for Deputy Mysore/Mysuru: Exactly six months after the incumbent Mayor Sunanda Palanetra functioned as In-charge Mayor of Mysuru, the State Government has announced the reservation category (matrix) for Mayoral polls, thus setting in motion the process for conduct of Mayoral elections for the next term of the current…
First BJP Mayor!
August 25, 2021Sunanda Palanetra of BJP elected Mysuru Mayor Mysore/Mysuru: In a dramatic turn of events minutes into the poll process for the election of the new city Mayor this noon, Sunanda Palanetra of the BJP was elected as the Mayor with Congress Corporators, led by NR MLA Tanveeer Sait walking out in protest against the stance…
Mayoral Poll: JD(S)-Congress alliance most likely to continue
August 24, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With the Mayoral poll just a day away, there seems to be no political churnings ahead of tomorrow’s (Aug.25) election, as the ruling JD(S)-Congress alliance is most likely to continue for the remaining tenure of the MCC. The Opposition BJP which is hoping to get the Mayor post this time seems to be in…
Mysuru Mayoral Poll: BJP seeks JD(S) support
August 21, 2021Mahesh non-committal; to seek Corporators’ views Mysore/Mysuru: With the Mayoral poll fixed for Aug. 25, hectic parleys are going on between BJP and JD(S) leaders to strike a possible deal to share power in the coming next one year. As part of this, Co-operation Minister S.T. Somashekar and other leaders met K.R. Nagar JD(S) MLA…
HC stays Mysuru Mayoral poll in the wake of COVID curbs
June 11, 2021For now, Mayor’s post turns ‘many a slip between the cup and the lip’ for Congress Mysore/Mysuru: The High Court of Karnataka last evening stayed the election scheduled to be held on June 11 to the post of Mysuru Mayor as restrictions imposed to check the spread of COVID-19 are in place. The election has…
New Mayoral election tomorrow
June 10, 2021City almost certain to get a Congress Mayor Mysore/Mysuru: With the JD(S) willing to let go the post of Mayor to its coalition partner (Congress) in the MCC after sealing a deal, the Mayoral election scheduled for tomorrow (June 11) seems to be only a formality as the Congress is almost certain to bag the…
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