The then political greenhorn and journalist Pratap Simha, who contested as a BJP candidate in 2014 LS Polls, was elected to Parliament and he secured 5,03,908 votes — highest in the constituency so far. He defeated his nearest Congress rival A.H. Vishwanath who bagged 4,72,300 votes. JD(S) candidate Chandrashekaraiah, a former High Court Judge, had…
By Rajkumar Bhavasar Do you need a helping hand to manage the last rites of your loved ones? Every relative gives different suggestions about rituals, which leaves your family confused at the hour of grief. Don’t worry, give a call to Paramesh, the messiah of our city — he will arrive within minutes and make…
Mysuru: Miscreants have made away with a gold finger ring weighing about 8.5 gram from a traveller’s pocket near Ayurveda College Circle recently. K.R. Nagar taluk’s Gaffar Khan is the one who has lost his ring on Mar.25 when he left K.R. Nagar in a KSRTC bus, got down at B.M. Hospital, took another vehicle…
Ministers G.T. Devegowda and S.R. Mahesh of JD(S) conspicuous by their absence Mysuru: The first preliminary coordination meeting of Congress-JD(S) leaders and party workers to chalk out winning strategies for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections for Mysuru-Kodagu Parliamentary seat began in city this morning. The meeting was chaired by former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who is…
It is a public-private sector partnership of a different kind where a private agency is taking over a public institution as it is facing severe problems including staff and resource crunch and lack of funds. Here we are speaking about public libraries in Mysuru that are set to be handed over to private agencies for…
Sangeetha Sridhar from the Gulf on a Solo Sojourn for Clean India By N. Niranjan Nikam On a Gandhian Yatra… Asked how the journey began, she said, “I had turned 50 and my son had reached the age of 25 and my husband is busy in his own work. I am a pilot, mountaineer, paratrooper,…
Scan-and-pay mode of transaction facilitating digital payments even in local and street markets By V. Shourabh There has been overwhelming response from India’s smaller cities and towns for online payments. Kirana store owners, vegetable and fruit vendors, roadside vendors, food stalls, pharmacies small-time pushcart soda vendors and many more merchants now accept Paytm. Aligned with…
By Ramesh Kebbehundi Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav Clothes, clothes and more clothes, cheap clothes though. Accessories, bangles, bracelets, blouses, buttons, hooks, straps, stripes, stoles and trinkets — welcome to L. Kadaiah Gully. This is where girls go to shop and get beautiful. Shopping and commercial activity in this area has not changed despite the…
Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bahujana Samaj Party (BSP) Chief Mayawati will campaign in Mysuru for LS Polls. Former Dy.CM R. Ashoka, who is in-charge of organising Modi and BJP President Amit Shah’s rallies in the State, told reporters in Bengaluru yesterday that the PM will address four to five rallies in the State…
How Mysuru Fared YEAR RANKING 2014-2015 India’s Cleanest City 2015-2016 India’s Cleanest City 2016-2017 India’s 5th Cleanest City 2017-2018 India’s 8th Cleanest City 2018-2019 India’s 3rd Cleanest City Mysuru: Mysuru, the two-time winner of India’s Cleanest City tag has this time secured third place in the Swachh Survekshan-2019, the results of which were announced in…
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