Mysore/Mysuru: In preparation for the upcoming Lok Sabha election, Urban Constituencies in Mysuru district are gearing up to boost voter participation, especially in areas like Chamundeshwari, Narasimharaja and Krishnaraja Assembly segments, which saw low voter turnout in the last election. During a review meeting on election progress held at the Devaraj Urs Hall in the…
LS polls: No ticket for most State MPs ?
February 16, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: In a significant development within Karnataka’s political arena, reliable sources have disclosed that approximately half of BJP MPs across the party’s 25 Lok Sabha Constituencies are set to be denied tickets for the upcoming Parliamentary elections. Key figures within the party’s top echelons, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP…
Lok Sabha elections-2024: BJP sounds poll bugle
February 15, 2024Former Dy.CM Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan inaugurates party’s Election Office in Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: Now, with BJP party cadres actively publicising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s achievements aligning with ‘Viksit Bharat’ over the last 10 years, the Mysuru-Kodagu unit of the party has sounded the poll bugle with the inauguration of an Election Office at the BJP Headquarters…
MPVL gets largest order of 26.5 lakh indelible ink vials
February 15, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: As the Lok Sabha elections draw near, the spotlight is on city-based Mysore Paints and Varnish Limited (MPVL), renowned for its exclusive production of indelible ink used to mark voters’ fingers. The State-owned enterprise has secured a substantial order from the Election Commission of India (ECI) for 26.5 lakh vials of this ink, marking…
Dr. C.N. Manjunath Vs D.K. Suresh in battle for Bengaluru Rural seat
February 15, 2024Bengaluru: If sources are to be believed, renowned cardiologist Dr. C.N. Manjunath, who served as the Director of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, is reportedly gearing up to enter electoral politics and make a debut in the forthcoming LS polls. It is anticipated that he will challenge the incumbent D.K. Suresh, who…
C.S. Puttaraju emerges as a consensus candidate
February 14, 2024With none from JD(S) first family to contest from Mandya Bengaluru: While independent Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish has been making rounds to Delhi and meeting top BJP national leaders, expressing her intent to contest on a BJP ticket from Mandya, former PM and JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda held a meeting with the party’s top…
MLA T.S. Srivatsa launches BJP’s ‘Booth Chalo’
February 11, 2024Krishnaraja MLA T.S. Srivatsa, spearheading the ‘Booth Chalo’ initiative, aimed at disseminating the programmes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the past five years, is seen visiting households and distributing handbills outlining the schemes and initiatives of the PM to residents. The MLA inaugurated the ‘Booth Chalo’ programme across all 266 booths within his Constituency,…
Amidst uncertainty over ticket, MP Sumalatha meets BJP Chief
February 9, 2024Mandya: Amidst the uncertainty over getting BJP ticket for the Mandya Lok Sabha seat after the party entered into an alliance with the JD(S), Mandya independent MP Sumalatha Ambarish met National BJP President J.P. Nadda and the party’s National General Secretary B.L. Santosh in New Delhi on Thursday, which has led to speculation. With the…
Ram Mandir won’t help BJP in LS polls: CM
January 25, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that the construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya will not politically benefit BJP in the forthcoming Lok Sabha (LS) polls, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the issue in fact, will boomerang on that party. Addressing a press meet at his residence in T.K. Layout here this morning, Siddaramaiah contended that Prime Minister Narendra…
Mysuru has 26.99 lakh voters; an increase of 6.13 lakh from 2019
January 23, 2024DC releases final voters’ list; Chamundeshwari highest at 3,41,116, Periyapatna lowest at 1,96,036 Mysore/Mysuru: Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to be held in April-May this year and preparations are on with the voters’ list. As per the revised final electoral rolls released by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. K.V. Rajendra yesterday, the final count of voters…
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