It is Narendra Modi’s first ‘Mann Ki Baat’ of 2019 New Delhi: A day after the country celebrated its 70th Republic Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the first edition of his popular monthly radio broadcast ‘Mann Ki Baat’ of the year 2019 yesterday. Modi began his ‘Mann Ki Baat’ speech by paying tribute to…
Mysuru yoga champ Kushi meets PM Modi
January 6, 2019Mysuru: H. Kushi, International yoga exponent from city, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Dec.31 at New Delhi and submitted a representation requesting to consider yoga as a sports discipline and to place in a priority category and also extend the facilities at par with other sports. She was accompanied by MP Pratap Simha who…
PM Modi congratulates first woman amputee for scaling Mount Vinson
January 5, 2019New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to social media on Friday to congratulate amputee mountaineer Arunima Sinha for successfully climbing Mount Vinson, the highest mountain in Antarctica. “Excellent! Congratulations to @sinha_arunima for scaling new heights of success,” PM Modi wrote on his official Twitter handle. “She is the pride of India, who has distinguished…
PM Modi invited for inauguration of new BJP office
January 3, 2019City hotelier and BJP State Secretary M. Rajendra, who has gifted a building in city for Mysuru BJP office, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi yesterday and invited him for the inauguration of the new BJP office as MP Pratap Simha looks in.
The joke that is JPC: Congress wants it on Rafael deal !
December 17, 2018The Supreme Court (SC) was perceived as soft towards some senior advocates appearing for Congress or in cases where success of the case would indirectly benefit Congress in the 2019 Parliamentary elections. For example, when an advocate told the Court that the case about Ayodhya Land Dispute be taken up after 2019 Parliamentary election and…
Of victories and defeats in electoral politics: Thoughts on the results of elections in five States
December 13, 2018Looking at the election results of the five States announced day before yesterday, I thought I must reflect on my article in this column titled “Musings on Secular Democracy and Hindu Nationalism” that appeared on Dec.8 and Dec. 9, 2018. Inspiration for that article, in two parts, was an article published in The Hindu of…
Modi to interact with city BJP workers through video-conferencing tomorrow
October 9, 2018Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with BJP workers of Mysuru-Kodagu Parliamentary Constituency through video- conferencing at Senate Bhavan in Manasagangothri campus here tomorrow at 3.30 pm. Informing this to reporters at Senate Bhavan this morning, MP Prathap Simha said that the Prime Minister will interact with activists for 15 minutes. He had selected…
MP distributes Modi’s Exam Warriors Kannada books to students
September 17, 2018Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha distributed Exam Warriors, a book penned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and translated into Kannada by the MP himself to the tenth standard students of Vijaya Vittala Vidyashala here this morning to mark Modi’s 69th birthday. Extolling the virtues of Modi, one of the tallest leaders in the world today,…
BJP to celebrate Sadbhavana Diwas in city tomorrow
September 16, 2018Mysuru: Marking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday, the city BJP will celebrate ‘Sadbhavana Diwas’ in city tomorrow (Sept.17). Announcing this at a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan here this morning, MLA and former Minister S.A. Ramdas said that ‘Swachhta Abhiyan’ will be conducted in all the 20 MCC Wards coming under KR constituency from 6.30…
PM to send Central teams to assess flood damage in Karnataka
September 11, 2018New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday assured Karnataka that the Centre will send two official teams to assess the flood damages in Kodagu, Malnad districts and coastal districts. This followed a meeting of a delegation, led by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, with the Prime Minister to apprise him of the flood havoc in certain…
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