Mysuru: MP Pratap Simha said that the bank officials should also learn Kannada. Addressing a gathering of bank and district officials during District Level Review Committee meeting on the performance of the banks he said, “Bank officials posted in our State do not speak Kannada which makes it difficult for people to communicate. There is […]

Mangaluru: While making it clear that he will not be part of any political party or rallies, actor Prakash Raj said here on Wednesday that he would continue to speak against the BJP, whose communal politics was destroying the secular fabric of the country. During a ‘Meet the Press’ organised by the Dakshina Kannada Working […]

Mangaluru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha said the Janasuraksha Yatre is being organized by the BJP in order to protect Hindus. Simha was addressing party workers at Sullia during the ‘Mangaluru Chalo Janasuraksha Yatre’ of the BJP that commenced under his leadership from Kushalnagar on Sunday. He called upon party workers to teach the Congress a […]

Mangaluru : Pratap Simha, MP, said on Friday that the people will show the door to the Siddaramaiah government in the forthcoming Assembly elections. He was speaking at the launch of ‘Modi-fying Karnataka’ campaign, here. Mr. Simha said that the last four-and-a-half years of the Siddaramaiah government had only seen populist schemes which were being […]

Mangaluru: Actor Prakash Rai used the Karavali Utsava venue as a platform to reply to Kodagu-Mysuru MP Pratap Simha and other right-wing leaders, who have been targeting him for his controversial remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “I have to answer some people now, since I am standing on a platform on my home soil. […]

Mangaluru : The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Yuva Morcha will hold a ‘Mangalauru Chalo’ motorcycle rally from five cities in the State, starting from September 5 and 6. The rally, being organised to urge the State government to ban the Karnataka Forum for Dignity (KFD) and the People’s Front of India (PFI), will culminate in Mangaluru […]

Mysuru: MP Pratap Simha alleged that the Congress government has failed to take BJP MPs from the state into confidence on major issues including National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). Speaking to reporters here on Sunday, the MP said, “Except Energy Minister D K Shivakumar, no minister has brought the issues to the notice of the […]

Mysuru: Member of Parliament Pratap Simha said, the banks should expedite the process of seeding Aadhaar numbers of account holders, and conduct orientation programmes for auto drivers, hoteliers and traders to adopt digital transaction of money to conduct business. Addressing bankers of the district, along with Deputy Commissioner D Randeep, during a meeting at the […]

Mysuru : Member of Parliament from Mysuru-Kodagu Pratap Simha, on Monday, asked CFTRI, Mysuru, Director Ram Rajasekharan to resolve the issues with Kannadigas. Addressing a gathering during ‘Make in India in Food Processing-initiative by CSIR-CFTRI’, the MP said, there was a trust deficit about the CFTRI among Kannada-speaking people. The institute should create a healthy atmosphere for researchers […]

Mysore : Pratap Simha of the BJP defeated the sitting Mysore-Kodagu MP from the Congress, A.H. Vishwanath, by a margin of more than 34,000 votes. Pratap Simha established a slender lead of 28 votes during the first round of counting, but soon extended his lead as the counting progressed. What started with 28 votes lead […]