Mysuru: In spite of the relentless efforts of the Election Commission and the District Administration to enhance poll percentage, there was a flip side too as there were reports about many enthusiastic voters returning disappointed after finding their names deleted from the list. Nagesh and Jayalakshmi, residents of CFTRI Employees Layout, Bogadi, R. Vijayakumar, a…
Exclusively decorated ‘Sakhi’ booth
April 18, 2019Hunsur: The Women’s Pre-University College in the town has been designated as ‘Sakhi’ polling booth for the Lok Sabha elections in Mysuru-Kodagu Constituency which is totally manned by women and exclusively decorated. Vehicles have been arranged to bring the aged and disabled voters to the booth. A selfie zone is also set up in the…
Lok Sabha Elections-2019: Polling tomorrow from 7 am to 6 pm
April 17, 2019Mysuru: With Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha Constituency going to the polls along with 13 others in the first phase of polling (second phase in country) in the State tomorrow, the mustering was held at four centres for four Assembly segments of the city and at four other respective centres for two Assembly segments in the district…
Lok Sabha Elections-2019: Voters Helpline 1950
April 17, 2019Mysuru: The Voter Helpline 1950 has been activated across the country to cater to voters’ queries. Citizens can call this universal toll-free number to connect directly to the District Helpline Centre. Any user can call 1950 and obtain information about his voter details in the electoral roll, check for the status of his enrolment application…
All-women ‘Sakhi’ polling stations, tribal booths main attraction
April 17, 2019Mysuru: Amidst the promises of 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament in the election manifestos of both the Congress and BJP comes the news of at least the Election Commission of India giving some importance to women by setting up separate polling stations for them. The polling stations called ‘Sakhi’ have been set…
LS Polls: Bus services partially hit in District
April 17, 2019Mysuru: With State-run bus Corporations, including Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and Mysore City Transport Division (MCTD), deploying their buses for election duty, regular bus services are likely to be affected today and tomorrow. Bus services was partially hit this morning across the city and district besides neighbouring Chamarajanagar, Mandya, Kodagu districts as the…
Siddharamaiah seeks votes for Vijayashankar in city
April 17, 2019Former CM and Congress Legislature Party leader Siddharamaiah, seeking votes for coalition candidate C.H. Vijayashankar at a public programme organised by former Corporator Suhail Baig and Congress leader Tippu near Meelad Park on Ashoka Road in city on Monday evening. Others seen are Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath, MLA Tanveer Sait, former MLA Vasu and Congress leaders.
LS polls: Public campaign ends this evening
April 16, 2019Prohibitory orders from 6 pm Mysuru: With the polls for Mysuru-Kodagu LS seat just two days away, the District Administration has made all necessary arrangements for the Apr. 18 voting. As per the direction of the Election Commission, prohibitory orders under Section 144 of Cr.PC comes into effect across the district from 6 pm today…
Mysuru LS seat is a Congress bastion
April 16, 2019Mysuru: Asserting that the coalition candidates will win more than 20 out of the 28 LS seats in the State, Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader and former CM Siddharamaiah has said, Congress-JD(S) entered into a Poll pact in order to defeat BJP. Speaking at an interaction meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan here organised by Mysuru District…
BJP will benefit from coalition’s lack of dharma
April 16, 2019Mysuru: BJP is bound to benefit from the lack of coalition dharma among the Congress-JD(S) that has come together with the one point agenda of defeating Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha BJP candidate V. Sreenivasa Prasad. He was addressing the media at an interaction session organised by MDJA at Pathrakartara Bhavan here…
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