Mysuru: The 8-day long Vajrothsava to mark the 75th birthday celebrations of Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji began at Avadhoota Datta Peetham on Ooty Road in city this morning. The diamond jubilee celebrations will formally be inaugurated by Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu at 6 pm today in the presence of Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda…
Miraculous escape for over 80 KSRTC bus passengers
May 21, 2017Bus rams against culvert while returning from Himavad Gopalaswamy Temple Gundlupet: Over 80 passengers of a KSRTC bus had a providential escape yesterday when the bus rammed into a culvert and stood precariously while returning from Himavad Gopalaswamy Hill in Gundlupet. Passengers somehow managed to get out of the bus and walk up to the…
Determined to leave Congress, Vishwanath attacks Siddharamaiah again
May 21, 2017Mysuru: Ridiculing Chief Minister Siddharamaiah for his reported remarks that no State Congress leader had helped him in joining the party and that AICC General Secretary Ahmed Patel played a crucial role in his entry to the Congress, former MP and Senior Congress leader A.H. Vishwanath has claimed that many senior leaders like him were…
CM flays BJP’s drought study tour
May 21, 2017Mysuru: Terming the BJP’s drought study tour as a mere eyewash, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah asked the BJP leaders to instead exert pressure on the Centre to release more funds for drought-relief measures in the State. Speaking to press persons at Mandakalli Airport here on Saturday, Siddharamaiah alleged that the BJP was following double standards on…
Basanagouda Badarli is new State Youth Congress President
May 21, 2017Bengaluru: Basanagouda Badarli, from Raichur district was elected as the new State Youth Congress President after the counting of votes ended in the State capital early this morning. Basanagouda Badarli, 37, is the son of the younger brother of Sindhanur Congress MLA Hampanagouda Badarli. Basanagouda defeated his nearest rival Kemparaju, who is said to be…
People make a beeline to air woes at ‘Janaspandana’
May 21, 2017Mysuru: Hundreds of people from Mysuru and neighbouring districts aired their grievances and submitted representations to Chief Minister Siddharamaiah during the Janaspandana, a mass contact programme at the Government Guest house here on Saturday. A group of physically challenged persons who ran petty shops complained that the Police had filed cases against them, because of…
Consider indebted farmers for ex-gratia: CM
May 21, 2017Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah on Saturday directed the officials concerned to consider the families of debt-ridden farmers, who have committed suicide, after taking loans from private money lenders for payment of compensation. At a district level meeting at the Government Guest House here, the CM instructed the officials to pay a compensation of Rs. 5…
Construction materials seized from textile showroom
May 21, 2017Mysuru: Officials from the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) seized construction materials from Senthilkumar Textiles on Sayyaji Rao Road in city yesterday for not obtaining the mandatory permission before taking up repair and other works. According to MCC officials, as per rules, obtaining permission from the Town Planning Section is mandatory before repair works are taken…
JSS International School opens in Dubai
May 21, 2017Dubai: The new JSS International School, constructed by JSS Mahavidyapeetha, was inaugurated by Indian Counsel General in Dubai Vipul at Jumera Village in Dubai on Friday. Speaking on the occasion, the Counsel General said that one could see success if he/she develops spiritualism in life and called upon NRIs there to make use of the…
Ganesha idols: Using colour, plaster of paris, will attract criminal action
May 21, 2017Mysuru: The Ganesha festival is still three months away. However, the MCC Commissioner G. Jagadeesha has already requested the idol makers to make environmental-friendly Ganeshas and not to use poisonous coloured chemicals and plaster of paris. He has urged the people to shun the idols that are made of such harmful materials and instead buy…
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