Mysore/Mysuru: An integrated control room-like facility has been set up at the DC Office in the city that will help the District Election Officers monitor all the check-posts that are working round-the-clock. The new integrated surveillance system is a much-needed facility for preventing the flow of cash, liquor and freebies and also to monitor the…
Permission mandatory for election advertisements
April 19, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Dr. K.V. Rajendra, who is also the District Electoral Officer, has announced that with the Model Code of Conduct in effect for the May 10 Assembly polls, candidates and political parties are required to obtain prior permission (pre-certification) before releasing campaign advertisements on electronic and social media. The move has come after…
Karnataka Assembly Elections: Travellers under check at KSRTC Sub-urban Bus Stand
April 11, 2023Check-post opened at entrance of Bus Stand for the first time Mysore/Mysuru: With less than a month left for Assembly elections on May 10, the officers on the duty to implement the norms related to Model Code of Conduct have intensified inspection at 22 check-posts in and around the city. In a first-of-its-kind, a check-post…
Squads seize Rs. 11.79 lakh being transported in KSRTC bus
April 5, 2023Cash Seizure Redressal Committee to look into amounts confiscated at check-posts Mysore/Mysuru: The Static Surveillance Teams and Flying Squads that are monitoring strict implementation of election Model Code of Conduct have seized Rs. 11,79,500 unaccounted cash from Rammanahalli check-post last evening. The cash was being transported in a KSRTC bus heading to Mysuru from Bannur…
Home-stays, resort owners asked to furnish guest details
April 4, 2023Madikeri: In the backdrop of the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct, Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Dr. B.C. Satish held a meeting with election officers, flying squads and owners of home-stays, holiday homes and resorts and asked them to strictly follow the rules of the Election Commission while running their outlets in the election season….
Distribution of Ayushman Bharat cards suspended
April 4, 2023Bengaluru: As the Model Code of Conduct is in force, the Health Department has suspended the distribution of cards for Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Janarogya Yojana (ABMP JAY) — Arogya Karnataka. There will also be delay in the ongoing tender processes for annual drug procurement, dialysis and 108 ambulances, officials said. In a press release,…
Control Rooms opened
April 3, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: In order to ensure strict enforcement of Model Code of Conduct, the District Administration has set up Control Rooms in all 11 Assembly segments of the district and at the DC’s Office in Mysuru. Control Room phone numbers are as follows: Chamundeshwari : 0821 – 2414812 Krishnaraja : 0821 – 2418800 Narasimharaja : 94498…
District Electoral Officer takes control of Government Guest Houses
April 1, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: With the Model Code of Conduct coming into force immediately after the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the Karnataka Assembly poll schedule on Mar. 29, Mysuru DC Dr. K.V. Rajendra, who is also the District Electoral Officer, has taken control of all Government Guest Houses in the district. Subsequently, holding of any political…
Code of Conduct: Heads of Boards and Corporations return Government vehicles
March 29, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: With the Model Code of Conduct coming into force with immediate effect following the Election Commission of India (ECI)announcing the poll schedule for the Karnataka Assembly polls this morning, Chairpersons of various Government-run Boards and Corporations of the city handed over their Government vehicles to the authorities. Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah,…
Excise Control Rooms set up to curb liquor movement
March 24, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Even before the enforcement of the Model Code of Conduct in the district for the forthcoming Assembly elections, the Excise Department has strengthened its actions against unauthorised sale of liquor besides curbing the movement of liquor across the district and the Constituencies that come under it. The Department has drawn up an elaborate plan…
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