Mysuru: If the prediction that the next world war will be fought over water is likely to come true, then all one had to do is be a witness to the war of words at the Old Council Hall of the Mysore City Corporation, here this morning. At a meeting called by Mayor M.J. Ravi…
Justice Karnan sentenced to 6 months in jail for contempt
May 9, 2017New Delhi: The Supreme Court this morning sent Calcutta High Court Judge Chinnaswamy Swaminathan Karnan to six months in prison on charges of contempt, biting the bullet in an unprecedented months-long face-off in the upper judiciary. This is the first time a sitting Judge of a High Court will be arrested and put behind bars….
Suspend RCs of sound polluting vehicles: Transport Commissioner
May 9, 2017Mysuru: State Transport Commissioner B. Dayananda warned that if the vehicles’ silencers are modified then the RCs of such vehicles will be suspended. He was chairing a review meeting of the district-level RTOs and ARTOs of Mysuru, Chamarajanagar, Hassan, Kodagu and Mandya, here yesterday, for the first time in Mysuru at RTO West, after assuming…
Benami transactions: Plaint against CM’s son
May 9, 2017Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s son Dr. Yathindra Siddharamaiah, who is hogging headlines for acting on behalf his father in Varuna constituency, is in trouble again. A complaint against him has been filed in Income Tax Department for allegedly holding benami properties worth crores of rupees. Complainant Varthur Kanakadasa has filed case against Dr. Yathindra claiming…
City to get its first flyover in Feb. 2018
May 9, 2017Mysuru: Mysuru city will get its first flyover (grade separator) in 10 months and works are on in full swing. (A flyover, also called overpass, is a bridge, road or a similar structure that crosses over another road or Railway. An overpass and underpass (tunnel) together form a grade separation – see photo). The grade…
China’s take-over of the South China Sea is complete; a summit next week clinches its strategic gains
May 9, 2017China’s attitude to India has changed, too. It seems to have concluded that India is no longer the serious competitor it once appeared to be. A week from today “the biggest diplomatic event of the year” will take place in China with many heads of government in attendance (not India’s). This is the first summit…
Ramanavami Sangeethotsava by Sri Ramabhyudaya Sabha: Well-received music concerts
May 9, 2017By M.L. Krishnaswami On the ninth of April, the vocal artiste was Vid. Sikkil Gurucharan, a grandchild of one of the famous flautists of yesteryears, Sikkil Sisters. He was accompanied on violin by Vid. Mathur Srinidhi, on mridanga by Vid. Patri Satish Kumar and on khanjira by Vid. Guruprasanna. Vid. Gurucharan is almost an annual…
BSY asks aspirants not to eye tickets
May 9, 2017Mysuru: State BJP Chief B.S. Yeddyurappa has asked the party ticket aspirants not to compete with each other right now for getting the party ticket in 2018 Assembly poll. Speaking at the State BJP Executive Meet here recently, Yeddyurappa cautioned party workers against groupism or factionalism. Calling upon the party workers to take on the…
Our Chief Minister’s brand-new-look helicopter, after all, is not new !
May 9, 2017Mysuru: Did the helicopter company which charters helicopters to VIPs and VVIPs in the State, charter a brand new helicopter for Chief Minster Siddharamaiah to fly him yesterday to Mysuru? The rumours doing the rounds are, since an eagle had hit the helicopter in which the CM was flying recently and he had escaped from…
Pay fee at counter to perform Chandika Homa atop Chamundi Hill
May 9, 2017Chamundi Hill Gram Panchayat urges DC to permit them to collect toll Mysuru: Devotees henceforth planning to conduct Nava/ Shatha Chandika Homa atop the Chamundi Hill can do the same by registering online or by paying the fee at the temple counter. Hitherto, the devotees had to contact the priests for the homas and the…
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