Mysore/Mysuru: A bike rally was taken out and street play was staged to create awareness on voting by the District and Taluk-level SVEEP Committee at various villages in Yelwal hobli on Tuesday. The two-wheelers including Officers and Staff held placards with slogans on compulsory voting for building a strong democracy and went on a rally….
1,057 Mysuru voters are above 100 years old
March 9, 202316,900 voters in their 90s; 84,992 above 80; 106-year-old senior-most Mysore/Mysuru: With the Election Commission of India (ECI) allowing postal ballots for those aged above 80 and people with disabilities, the process has been completed to identify such voters in Mysuru to make arrangements for them to vote. At a virtual interaction with such voters…
Will vote for a better India: 101-year-old Veeraraj Urs
March 9, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Among the centenarians who interacted with the DC virtually yesterday was 101-year-old ex-serviceman M.K. Veeraraj Urs, a resident of Kuvempunagar Second Main, Second Cross. He lives there in a LIG house with his wife 91-year-old B. Nagarathna. It may be mentioned that Star of Mysore had published a report about this centenarian on Feb….
‘My vote is not for sale’
January 19, 2023Assembly Speaker Kageri administers oath to electorates Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that electoral reforms are a continuous process, Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker Vishweshwara Hegde Kageri asked the voters to take the pledge ‘My vote is not for sale’ to ensure that they are ruled by a democratically elected Government in the true sense. He was speaking after…
GP polls: Voting held in five taluks of Mysuru district
December 22, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the voting for the first phase of Gram Panchayat (GP) polls began across the State this morning. In Mysuru, five taluks of the district — Hunsur, Periyapatna, K.R. Nagar, H.D. Kote and Saragur — went to the polls today, with 7,22,019 voters (3,64,012 men, 3,57,986 women and 21 others) eligible…
Voting through the eyes of an eighteen-year-old
December 10, 2018Voting is very important for a democracy to thrive. Choosing our elected representative can pave the path of the future of our country, either by supporting an individual who wishes to maintain the status quo or someone who promises to make stark differences. You might be thinking that this is going to be another generic…
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