Date: May 5th, 2017

State BJP Meet amidst turmoil tomorrow
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State BJP Meet amidst turmoil tomorrow

May 5, 2017

Mysuru: The stage is set for the two-day State BJP Executive Committee meeting that will begin in city from tomorrow at a time when the party is facing an internal rebellion led by the two factions, one led by State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa and the  other led by Leader of the Opposition in the…

Nirbhaya case: SC upholds death sentence
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Nirbhaya case: SC upholds death sentence

May 5, 2017

New Delhi: Nearly five years after Nirbhaya, a 23-year-old medical student was gang-raped on Dec. 16, 2012 in Delhi, the Supreme Court this afternoon upheld death sentence to four convicts. The Delhi High Court had awarded death to Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh who challenged it in the Supreme Court. One among…

Poor citizen feedback cost us clean city award: Mayor
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Poor citizen feedback cost us clean city award: Mayor

May 5, 2017

Mysuru: “There were two main reasons for us to lose the cleanest city tag this time and they were the poor response of the citizens feedback and lagging behind in construction of toilets,” said Mayor M.J. Ravikumar. Addressing the media here, after arriving from New Delhi early in the morning, at the old Council Hall…

Strict ban on plastics from tomorrow
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Strict ban on plastics from tomorrow

May 5, 2017

Mysuru: MCC Commissioner G. Jagadeesha has announced that there will be strict ban on the usage of plastic bags and other plastics from tomorrow (May 6). The traders have been warned that their licences will be cancelled if they are found using the plastic materials which will be confiscated.  Even the citizens have to carry…

Bus conductor commits suicide just a day after his marriage
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Bus conductor commits suicide just a day after his marriage

May 5, 2017

Mysuru: A bus conductor who married a woman from Paduvarahalli in city committed suicide yesterday morning, just a day after his marriage. While he tied the knot with the woman from Paduvarahalli, he did not tell her that he was supposed to get married to another woman on May 8 at Ranebennur, his native place….

Police transfers: CM, 27 Ministers in the dock
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Police transfers: CM, 27 Ministers in the dock

May 5, 2017

Bengaluru: Akhila Karnataka Police Mahasabha President and social activist V. Shashidhar has filed a complaint yesterday with the Lokayukta seeking a probe into the alleged interference of elected representatives including Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, 27 Ministers, MLAs/MLCs and MPs in the transfer of Police officers. He alleged that the CM, his Cabinet members were gaining directly…

Efforts on to convince Vishwanath not to leave Congress
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Efforts on to convince Vishwanath not to leave Congress

May 5, 2017

MLC H.M. Revanna, MLA Varthur Prakash attend a marriage; meet former MP Mysuru: Days after Chamarajanagar Member of Parliament R. Dhruvanarayan met Congress leader and former MP A.H. Vishwanath asking him not to leave the party, MLC H.M. Revanna and MLA Varthur Prakash met Vishwanath and held talks here yesterday. Party sources said that since…

New KPCC President in two weeks: Kharge
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New KPCC President in two weeks: Kharge

May 5, 2017

Bengaluru: Congress Parliamentary leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjuna Kharge has said that a new KPCC President will be appointed in two weeks. In his first public statement on party matters in recent times, Kharge said the new KPCC President to replace Dr. G. Parameshwara will be announced shortly. AICC President Sonia Gandhi has discussed…

D.K. Shivakumar to be KPCC President?
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D.K. Shivakumar to be KPCC President?

May 5, 2017

Bengaluru: Even as hectic lobbying has begun for KPCC President’s post, Energy Minister D.K. Shivakumar seems to be the front runner for the post with AICC Vice-President Rahul Gandhi keen to nominate him for the post according to top sources. Realising Rahul Gandhi’s backing for him, D.K. Shivakumar, who was on a foreign tour, has…

No internal transfers from now, says Police Commissioner
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No internal transfers from now, says Police Commissioner

May 5, 2017

“We cannot build Police Stations near your houses,” says Dr. A S. Rao at Weekly Parade Mysuru: In a stern warning to Police Officers and Constables seeking internal transfers, City Police Commissioner Dr. A. Subramanyeshwara Rao has said that he will not encourage inter-departmental transfer requests. “Teams and personnel are expected to work where they…

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