Mulki : BJP National Vice President B S Yeddyurappa criticized BJP National Vice President B S Yeddyurappa for not continuing the pro-people schemes initiated by the BJP government in the state. He was speaking at Mangalore & Shimoga divisional BJP workers meet in Mulki on Ocober 18. He also said that the schemes like Ganga […]

Bangalore: Campaigning for the August 21 Karnataka Assembly by-polls for three constituencies in which the ruling Congress has invested much prestige after its unimpressive Lok Sabha election performance, ended Tuesday evening. The Siddaramaiah government has spared no effort mobilising men and resource to retain the Chikkodi-Sadalga seat while eyeing to wrest Shikaripura and Bellary Rural […]

Shimoga: Shaken by the inordinate delay in the onset of monsoon, farmers and villagers across Shimoga district celebrated “weddings” of donkeys and frogs besides offering food to rain God, praying for rains. All the villagers of Devra Narsipura in Bhadravathi taluk thronged their village temple to perform the weddings of a pair of donkeys, which […]

Shimoga: JD(S) candidate from Shimoga Parliamentary Constituency Geetha Shivarajkumar on Sunday said she was not a novice to politics as she hails from a political family. She told reporters during a brief stop in the city,‘‘Having a strong political legacy in the form of dad Bangarappa, I have adequate knowledge of politics. Even though I’m […]

Shimoga : With senior party leaders Kagodu Thimmappa and Primary Education Minister Kimmane Ratnakar refusing contest from Shimoga, Congress, on Thursday, decided to field Manjunath Bhandari to take on B S Yeddyurappa of BJP. Bhandari, a businessman, is a fresher to electoral politics though he has been with Congress for a long time. He is associated […]

Shimoga: A total of 18,252 students (7,146 from arts, 5,883 from commerce and 5,223 students from science) will appear for their II PU exams in the district, to be held from March 12 to 27. Deputy Director of Pre-University Education H. Indumathi told The Hindu that the exam would be held in 32 centres in […]

Shimoga :  KS Eshwarappa, Deputy Chief Minister and State BJP President has  said that it would be better for those BJP men who would like to associate with the KJP and attend the KJP rally to be held on December 9 to quit the BJP. Speaking to reporters, he  said the BJP will come to […]

Shimoga: Bookanakere Yeddyurappa, past CM, after his temporary retirement from largescale power in Bangalore, has come to his home district of Shimoga. He remained a CM (de facto) to the local officials, authorities and all admirers and fans at large, through he was not (de jure). Yeddy came flying in a helicopter from Bangalore to […]

Bangalore: Does BY Raghavendra MP from Shimoga, have the capacity to shift the Bangalore City Police Commissioner and an efficient IPS officer, to Railways of a sudden? Bidri was in DK district recently attending a public function, but did not realize what is coming up. It was an unexpected transfer, attributed to young Raghavendra. Mirji […]

Bangalore : The state government has issued an order for the transfer of District Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada District V. Ponnuraj to Shimoga. The new DC of Dakshina Kannada will be Subhod Yadav, who will soon be taking charge. A. Aditya Biswas has been transferred to Bellary, K. Amaranarayana to Chamarajnagar, S. Shankarnarayana to Gadag, […]