Jayanagar constituency to go for voting tomorrow
Assembly Election
Bengaluru, June 10: The Jayanagar assembly constituency, which created a tough competition between the Congress-JDS coalition government and the BJP, will go for voting on June 11. The Election Commission has made all preparations to conduct voting from 7 am to 6 pm.
The election to the constituency was postponed as BJP candidate died before the election. Now, total 19 candidates including BN Prahlad Babu from BJP, Soumya Reddy from Congress, independent candidate Ravi Krishna Reddy and others are in the fray. Total 216 polling stations were set up in the constituency, for which 1400 polling staff were deputed. Among them, 50 polling stations were given web-casting facility and 15 were given videography facility. Total 29 officers were appointed as divisional officers to oversee the polling stations.
The constituency has total number of 2,03,184 voters and pink polling booths were set up in five places where women voters are more. After the formation of the coalition government, the JDS candidate Kale Gowda has withdrawn his papers paving way for Congress candidate Soumya Reddy.
Meanwhile, it is said that there is a triangular fight between Congress, BJP and independent candidate Ravi Krishna Reddy who has been fighting against corruption and election malpractices. So, Jayanagar election has created more curiosity.
Already, the Election Commission has imposed prohibitory order under Section 144 in the constituency. Liquor sale was completely banned and police security is beefed up throughout the constituency.
Counting of votes on June 13
Counting of votes would be held on June 13. All preparations were made to count the votes at SSMRV College at Jayanagar 4th Block. The counting will be held from 8 am and the result will be out by afternoon.
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KSRTC to run 1000 special services to clear Christmas rush
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation will operate 1000 additional special services in view of the Christmas festival.
In addition to the existing schedule, the special services will run on 19.12.2025, 20.12.2025 and 24.12.2025. Further, special buses will be operated from various places of intra & Interstate places to Bengaluru on 26.12.2025 & 28.12.2025.
Special buses will be exclusively operated from Bengaluru Kempegowda Bus Station to Dharmastala, Kukkesubramanya, Shivamogga, Hassan, Mangaluru, Kundapura, Shringeri, Horanadu, Davangere, Hubbali, Dharwad, Belagavi, Vijayapura, Gokarna, Sirsi, Karwar, Raichur, Kalaburagi, Ballari, Koppala, Yadgir, Bidar, Tirupathi, Vijayawada, Hyderabad and other places.
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Special buses from Mysuru Road Bus Station will be exclusively operated towards Mysuru, Hunsur, Piriyapatna, Virajpet, Kushalanagar, Madikeri.
The corporation has also announced a discount of 5 per cent on the fare if four or more passengers book tickets under a single reservation. A discount of 10 per cent will be extended on return journey tickets if onward and return tickets are booked simultaneously.
In addition to the above, special buses will be operated from all Taluk/District Bus Stands in the jurisdiction of KSRTC based on the traffic needs.
