Mysore/Mysuru: With the Lok Sabha (LS) polls for Mysuru-Kodagu seat having done on Apr. 26, it has been found that nearly 30 percent of the voters abstained from voting, which goes to show the irresponsibility of this section of voters. Out of the 20,92,222 voters in the Constituency, only 14,77,571 voters have exercised their franchise…
Mysore/Mysuru: Member of the erstwhile Mysore Royal Family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar who is in the fray in recently concluded Lok Sabha elections as BJP candidate from Mysuru-Kodagu Constituency had both sweet and bitter experiences during the campaign trail. Speaking to media persons at his office in Kuvempunagar on Saturday, Yaduveer who is in a…
Mysore/Mysuru: M. Lakshmana, Congress candidate in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election from Mysuru-Kodagu Constituency is confident of scoring an easy victory. He was addressing media persons at Indira Gandhi Congress Bhavan on JLB road in the city on Saturday. “I am confident of emerging victorious as I sought votes purely on development works, without…
Officers await EVMs, VVPATs from remote places in Virajpet; CRPF to take over strong rooms security Mysore/Mysuru: Following the conclusion of polling at 6 pm yesterday, the fate of the 18 candidates vying for the Lok Sabha elections in the Mysuru-Kodagu Constituency is sealed in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and VVPAT systems (Voter Verifiable Paper…
Mysore/Mysuru: Efforts to attain clean and error-free voter lists have fallen short, even after 76 years of Independence. The persistent issue of ‘ghosts’ — deceased individuals listed as alive — and the prevalence of duplicate names continue to plague most extensive voter databases. In Mysuru-Kodagu LS Constituency, numerous voters found their names missing from the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Two centenarian women set an example to others by exercising their franchise for Lok Sabha elections from Mysuru-Kodagu Constituency yesterday. Dakshayanamma Shivakumar, aged 104, accompanied by her son S. Gnanashankar, Managing Director of Mahaa Nandikeshwara Printers and Sigma Hospital, exercised her franchise at a polling booth in JSS School in J.P. Nagar, Mysuru, yesterday….
Mysore/Mysuru: The urge to vote saw many staying abroad but having their roots in Mysuru and Mandya district flying back home spending several lakhs of rupees on air fare, for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections held yesterday. Pallavi M. Kaushik, who is currently settled in Australia and daughter of K.R. Manjunath, a resident…
Mysore/Mysuru: In a unique move on the first phase of LS elections held in Karnataka yesterday, Manipal Hospital Mysuru, with the support of the Election Commission of India, spearheaded a crucial initiative to guarantee that every citizen, regardless of their medical condition, could exercise their fundamental right to vote. They pioneered efforts to provide essential…
Mysore/Mysuru: Voting for the second phase of the 18th Lok Sabha elections began in Karnataka this morning at 7 am and is set to wrap up by 6 pm. In a departure from previous Lok Sabha polls, voters were observed flocking to the polling booths early in the morning in various parts of the city….
Mysore/Mysuru: A 90-year-old woman, who had exercised her franchise with the help of her son and returned home, collapsed and died later this morning. The deceased woman is Puttamma, a resident of Enahalli in Bilikere. Puttamma cast her vote at Booth No. 212 located at the local Government Primary School in Tippuru village in the…
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