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POLLING BEGINS AT 7 AM 'MORROW

Mysore, May 9 (MRS)- The eagerly-awaited polling in the first phase for the Assembly elections, considered to be the mother of all elections, will begin at 7 am tomorrow in city and district.

The polling will conclude at 5 pm. Counting of votes polled tomorrow will be taken up on May 25 along with the votes polled in two other phases and the results will be announced on the same day.

All arrangements are in place to ensure free and fair elections under unprecedented strict no...more

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Musings On Poll Survey And Astrology

Psephologists and astrologers in India seem to make more money during the election time. In America it is psephologists — people who conduct pre-poll survey and exit-poll survey the way the vested interest group or party wants. After all, he who pays shall call the tune.

If their predicti ...more

Indian Student Stabbed in Australia

The bad news is that a 23-year-old Indian student, working as a taxi driver to pay for his fees, food and shelter, was brutally stabbed (apparently, also robbed) and then left bleeding on the road side last Tuesday, according to a report from Melbourne — a city which has been the Waterloo of man ...more

Thus Spake

An intellectual is an intellectual always. No matter he or she is white, black, ugly (like Socrates) tall or short. Or even deformed — Stephen Hawking. Rich or poor. Sick or healthy. And in India, no matter to which religion or caste one belongs. Think of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar — a giant among social  ...more

NICE MAN ASHOK KHENY ADMIRES HIS BETE NOIRE FOR HIS OWN REASONS!

By Vikram Muthanna

Ashok Kheny has been making news for a while now and this election season he has once again come out strongly against H. D Deve Gowda. Just as hard as Deve Gowda has come out against him. On May 6th, JD(S) released an advertisement in a national daily refuting allegations and questioning the motives of Ashok Kheny’s NICE project. As it is known, Ashok Kheny’s company Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE) has taken up the project of developing the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC).

When I went to Windflower Resort to meet Ashok Kheny, I was pleasantly welcomed by his Personal Assistant Master Manjunath, who is enjoying a renewed popularity. Manjunath was the popular child actor, who played Swami in the popular TV serial based on R.K. Narayan's book Malgudi Days.

The first thing that struck me when I met Kheny was his sense of humour and how approachable he was. He seemed genuinely pleased to meet me, a press person and readily asked me to walk with him to the restaurant to have breakfast. As we were walking towards the restaurant exchanging pleasantries, we suddenly came across a troupe of monkeys f...more

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