Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that there is no Railway link between Mysuru and coastal Uttara Kannada district, members of Mysuru Railway Action Forum (Mysuru Railway Horata Vedike) have urged MP Pratap Simha to re-introduce train service between Mysuru and Karwar. The members met the MP at Jaladarshini Guest House here on Friday and submitted a memorandum in…
Of mice and men
February 5, 2022Pipe Dreams The war of words about two basic domestic needs of Mysureans seems to lead nowhere. Paradoxically, it is between the local BJP honchos and not the JD(S) or the Congress. It seems like an internecine war of Mughals — between MLAs of BJP and BJP MP. Strange in a democracy. A house thus…
Mysuru-Kushalnagar four-lane highway – What is MP’s personal interest here: KRRS
February 2, 2022‘1,200 acres to be acquired; Pay Rs. 3 crore per acre as compensation’ Mysore/Mysuru: Stiffly opposing the implementation of the Mysuru-Kushalnagar four-lane, 93-km National Highway (NH) parallel to the existing NH-275 that connects Mysuru and Kushalnagar, the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) has questioned the ‘self-interest’ of Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha in the project. The…
MP pitches for National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research in Mysuru
February 2, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: If everything goes as per plans, Mysuru is likely to get a National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) as the city is ideally suited for it. Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has pitched for its establishment and has approached Bhagawanth Khuba, Minister of State, Chemicals and Fertilisers, New and Renewable Energy, with a…
MLAs, MP not owners but public servants, chides Vishwanath
January 31, 2022‘We seek votes to serve people, not rule’ MysoreMysuru: Joining the Piped Natural Gas project debate, BJP MLC A. H. Vishwanath today chided his party MLAs and the MP and said, “MLAs and MP are not the owners of their respective Constituencies and they are not rulers. Rather they are public servants and have been…
‘Direct to home’ piped gas project: Row over road-digging deepens
January 31, 2022Why is MP Pratap Simha in a tearing hurry to pass bills, asks MLA Nagendra; Miffed MLA rakes up Mysuru missing on Smart City, MLC election debacle Mysore/Mysuru: The public squabbling between the BJP elected representatives — Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha, MLAs L. Nagendra and S.A Ramdas — over the Piped Natural Gas (PNG) project…
‘No one has filed any case against me’
January 31, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: “I have not stumbled in my life unlike you. You have flipped on many issues in your life and no one has filed any case against me,” said Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra, replying to the charges levelled against him by MP Pratap Simha. “I am not involved in money laundering, usury and real estate…
CM Bommai to broker peace
January 31, 2022Mysuru/Bengaluru: Aware of the fact that statements made in public by MP Pratap Simha, MLAs L. Nagendra and the cold war between S.A. Ramdas and the MP will ultimately damage the BJP that is trying to strengthen its base in Mysuru region, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has offered to mediate and resolve differences. Speaking to…
‘Direct to home’ piped gas project – No chance to pocket commission: MP
January 29, 2022‘Opposition to a people-friendly and safe scheme by elected representatives is unfortunate’ Mysore/Mysuru: The row kicked up by the ‘direct to home’ Piped Natural Gas (PNG) project launched by the Centre and being implemented in Mysuru has caused deep fissures among the BJP MLAs S.A. Ramdas, L. Nagendra and MP Pratap Simha and today, the…
Now, MLA Nagendra locks horns with MP Pratap Simha
January 29, 2022‘You can’t just dig the roads and leave’ Mysore/Mysuru: A chink in the armour of Mysuru BJP has been exposed with MLAs openly opposing the Centre’s piped gas project that is being implemented in Mysuru in a phased manner. The project has been backed by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha and rumblings have been heard from…
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