Madikeri/ Mysuru: After weeks of a drought-like situation in Kodagu, it is finally raining there. Monsoon that was playing truant since June midweek has finally picked up since the last three days. Most parts of the district in northern and southern parts of the district have been receiving moderate to heavy showers, feeding the Cauvery…
T.Narasipur/ Mandya: Depression over a heart ailment and mounting work pressure drove T. Narasipur Tahsildar B. Shankaraiah to commit suicide late last night. The incident came to light this morning when some of his department officials came looking for him as he failed to attend office. Fifty-eight-year-old B. Shankaraiah hung himself to a ceiling fan…
Bengaluru: A long-standing demand by Kannada activists for an official State flag became a major controversy yesterday with Karnataka Government setting up a nine-member Committee to examine the legality and desirability of having and designing a separate flag for the State. The Committee is headed by Kannada and Culture Department Principal Secretary. Heads of Department…
Bengaluru: The State Government will organise 3rd World Kannada Meet in the month of November or December this year at Davanagere. It was decided during the preliminary meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah at Vidhana Soudha here yesterday. Though a section of writers and others asked if it was necessary to organise the meet amidst…
Bengaluru: More than 200 jail inmates of Parappana Agrahara Central Prisons staged a fast, demanding the Government to cancel the transfer of DIG Roopa D. Moudgil. The inmates in favour of Roopa fasted yesterday, skipping breakfast. They have alleged that Jail Superintendent R. Anitha was supporting V.K. Sasikala, AIADMK Chief, who is lodged in the…
Mysuru: For those Mysureans who have admired the Glass House at the Lal Bagh Botanical Gardens in Bengaluru, here is some good news. A replica of the Glass House will come up at the Kuppanna Park in Mysuru and the architects are finalising the design for the structure. Kuppanna Park is located at Nazarbad near…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Caste and religion has today become an inseparable part of the daily discourse. Whether it is a discussion around a marriage in the family, or renting out one’s house or the politics of the nation, we seem to have reconciled to this being a part of our DNA. While some of…
Bengaluru: The video of AIADMK Chief V.K. Sasikala Natarajan and another inmate Ilavarasi walking around freely, not in uniforms but in civil dress, in the Parappana Agrahara Central Prisons, has gone public. It looks like, this is another proof to the allegations that Sasikala is being given royal treatment in the jail. The report of…
Mysuru: DC D. Randeep has asked the officials to bring to the notice of the District Administration if the Backward Classes and SC/ST Welfare Department was finding any difficulty in getting sites for Samudaya Bhavans (Community Halls). Speaking at a Progress Review Meeting of Samudaya Bhavan works at his office here yesterday, Randeep expressed disappointment…
New Delhi: The State BJP MPs and leaders staged a protest in Delhi against the transfer of DIG Roopa for exposing the alleged irregularities in Parappana Agrahara Central Prisons. To draw attention to the transfer of Roopa and RSS worker Sharat Madivala’s murder, the BJP leaders staged the protest bringing them into national focus. Led…
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