Malavalli: Popular Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa conducted a mega road show to campaign for Congress candidate Venkataramane Gowda (Star Chandru) in Malavalli on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, Darshan requested people to support the Congress candidate stating he would work for the development of Mandya Lok Sabha Constituency and added that Venkataramane Gowda’s victory would help Malavalli MLA P.M. Narendraswamy and Maddur MLA K.M. Uday Gowda to carry out development works in their respective Constituencies. Clarifying that he had taken part in election campaign on request of Venkata ..read more

Mysore/Mysuru: In a reprieve from sweltering heat that kept the people on tenterhooks for over three months, skies opened up showering rain across the city yesterday. It was the first spell of rain of the year as a prelude to normal or above normal rainfall in the coming months, as predicted by weatherman. It was cloudy at 6 pm and it began to rain after sometime with light to moderate rainfall at places for a while. Heavy downpour was witnessed even after 10 pm. Freak accidents Following the sudden downpour accompanied by heavy wind, baage kaayi (of jelly content) which had fallen from trees ..read more

Above 40 percent voting recorded till 1 pm New Delhi: Voting for the first phase of 18th Lok Sabha elections is underway in 21 States and Union Territories comprising a total of 102 seats. At 1 pm, about 40 percent voter turnout was recorded. Polling is held in Tamil Nadu (all 39 LS Seats), Rajasthan (12 seats), Uttar Pradesh (8 seats), Madhya Pradesh (6 seats), Assam (5 seats), Maharashtra (5 seats), Uttarakhand (5 seats),  Bihar (4 seats), West Bengal (3 seats), Manipur (2 seats), Arunachal Pradesh (2 seats), Meghalaya (2 seats), and one each seat in Jammu and Kashmir, Andaman and Nico ..read more

Glitches discovered during poll data input Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the Supreme Court reserved its judgement on Apr. 18 regarding a plea seeking cross-verification of votes cast in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), complaints of malfunctioning EVMs, VVPAT machines, and Control Units have been reported from various Assembly Constituencies in Mysuru Lok Sabha segment this morning. These malfunctioning machines are being returned to the headquarters in Mysuru to be deposited back for rectification. Officials, seeking anonymity told Star of Mysore, a ..read more

Mysore/Mysuru: The  3-day postal ballot voting  for Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha Constituency involving  poll staff and other electors on essential service duty, who are unable to exercise their franchise on Apr. 26, began at the  Postal Ballot Centre set up in the new Deputy Commissioner’s Office on Bannur road in Siddarthanagar  here this morning. Postal ballot is a system of voting in which electors send their votes by post when they cannot be present at their polling station. In Mysuru-Kodagu LS Constituency, there are 915 such voters. Service voters, absentee voters ..read more

Siddapur (Kodagu): Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Venkat Raja has imposed ban orders under Section 144 of the Cr.PC in Siddapur, Valnur, Arekadu, Nelliahudikeri and surrounding areas in Kushalnagar Taluk with immediate effect from 10 am to 10 pm today to prevent any untoward incident following the death of a BJP worker during his election campaign. Ramappa (60) was killed while Chandra Raj and Rathish sustained serious injuries when a car (KA-02-Z-7347) rammed into them while they were on their way for campaigning at Valnur village last evening. The car sped away after hitting them and the two in ..read more

If water is only meant for drinking, how can authorities allow this illegality, question farmers Srirangapatna: Amidst a severe drinking water crisis in the Cauvery belt, including Kodagu, Mysuru, Mandya and Bengaluru, due to dwindling water levels at the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam, cases of water theft are emerging from the Dam. Continuous pumping of water from the Dam is observed to fill water tankers for carrying out development and modernisation works for the Visvesvaraya Canal (VC Canal). Typically, water is pumped with two to three diesel motors into three to five tankers simultaneous ..read more

Interacts with Chartered Accountants and Tax Consultants; outlines PM Modi’s achievements  Mysore/Mysuru: BJP candidate for the Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha Constituency, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, emphasised that the developments witnessed during the last decade of NDA rule were merely a preview of what’s to come.  He asserted that much more remains to be accomplished for the advancement of the nation and solicited the support of voters for the BJP-led alliance in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Addressing a gathering of Chartered Accountants and Tax Consultants at the M ..read more

K.R. Pet: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led State Government has neglected development programmes by backing guarantee schemes, alleged former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY) here yesterday. Addressing the mega election rally organised at Radio Grounds in KR Nagar to campaign for NDA candidate from Mandya Lok Sabha Constituency and former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy, Yediyurappa, also a Lingayat strongman, said that the present Congress State Government had totally failed in carrying out irrigation projects and had also neglected the  welfare of the State. Appealing to the Veerashaiva commun ..read more

Tamil version of the book ‘Vamshavruksha’ released in city Mysore/Mysuru: The Tamil version of the book ‘Vamshavruksha,’ 51st translation of K. Nallathambi originally written in Kannada by noted littérateur and Saraswathi Samman awardee Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa was released in city yesterday. The event, organised by Zero Degree Publishing, was held at Emerald Clark’s Inn Suits, Vishweshwaranagar and Dr. Bhyrappa released the translated work in the presence of Publishers Ramjee Narasiman and R. Gayathri. Tamil writer Pavannan was felicitated on the occasion. In his address to the gathering, Dr. Bhyra ..read more