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Waqf Amendment Bill tabled in Lok Sabha
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Waqf Amendment Bill tabled in Lok Sabha

April 2, 2025

Opposition spreading rumours, fake narratives, says Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju New Delhi: Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju this morning introduced the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha for consideration and passage. The Amendment Bill, as proposed by a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), aims to streamline Waqf property administration, introduce technology-driven management…

Echo of price rise: BJP begins day-night dharna in Bengaluru
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Echo of price rise: BJP begins day-night dharna in Bengaluru

April 2, 2025

Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched a 24-hour ‘Ahoratri Dharani’ (day-night protest) at Freedom Park in Bengaluru, accusing the Congress-led Karnataka Government of reckless price hikes, fiscal mismanagement and a series of Governance failures. The BJP has prepared a detailed charge sheet against the Congress Government, highlighting what it calls the ‘daylight robbery’…

MCC hits Property Tax Jackpot on Day-1
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MCC hits Property Tax Jackpot on Day-1

April 2, 2025

Collects Rs. 2.02 crore across all nine Zones Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) struck gold on the first day of Property Tax collection, amassing Rs. 2,02,61,593 across its nine Zonal Offices yesterday. Eager to avail of the 5 percent rebate, property owners rushed to pay their taxes, even though the rebate remains valid until…

MLC flays CM’s fiscal ‘mismanagement’
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MLC flays CM’s fiscal ‘mismanagement’

April 2, 2025

Siddaramaiah, who presented 16 State Budgets, must learn fiscal prudence from a housewife: Vishwanath Mysuru: Senior politician and MLC A.H. Vishwanath has accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of mismanaging Karnataka’s finances due to a lack of fiscal discipline, suggesting that the CM should take lessons on financial management from a housewife. Speaking to the media at…

MLA Srivatsa receives memorandum from laid-off KSIC employees
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MLA Srivatsa receives memorandum from laid-off KSIC employees

April 2, 2025

Mysuru: Accusing the Karnataka  Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) of laying off contract employees under the pretext of contract renewal, the aggrieved KSIC contract workers  submitted a memorandum to Krishnaraja MLA T.S. Srivatsa yesterday. Alleging that the contract employees were intentionally given a break in order to cut off their service continuity, the workers were protesting…

PM Narendra Modi to retire?
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PM Narendra Modi to retire?

April 2, 2025

Sanjay Raut claims RSS wants change; BJP hits back Mumbai:  Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut has claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the RSS headquarters in Nagpur on Sunday to “announce his retirement.” Raut further alleged that a ‘closed-door’ meeting took place to discuss Modi’s successor, asserting that the next Prime Minister will…

Reopening of Kyathamaranahalli Masjid: DC holds final peace meeting; High Court hearing on Apr. 3
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Reopening of Kyathamaranahalli Masjid: DC holds final peace meeting; High Court hearing on Apr. 3

April 2, 2025

Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration convened a final peace meeting yesterday to address the long-standing dispute over the Masjid (Aleema Sadiya Education Institution and Masjid-E-Siddique-E-Akbar Trust) located on Kyathamaranahalli Main Road in Gayathripuram Second Stage. The meeting was chaired by Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy, following a High Court directive to gather public opinions…

Diesel price hiked by Rs. 2 a litre in State
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Diesel price hiked by Rs. 2 a litre in State

April 2, 2025

Mysuru: In a move that could trigger a ripple effect across goods transport, public transport and services sector, the State Government has hiked diesel price by Rs. 2 a litre, with effect from last midnight (Apr. 1). The State Government on Tuesday issued a notification announcing an increase in Sales Tax on Diesel from 18.44…

MMC&RI Hospitals hike medical services fee
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MMC&RI Hospitals hike medical services fee

April 2, 2025

Mysuru: In yet another blow to the common man, who has been heavily burdened with the rise in prices of essential commodities and services, the MMC&RI attached State-run hospitals have hiked fees of almost all health care services by at least 5 percent. Various medical services at K.R. Hospital, Cheluvamba and Krishnajammanni TB Hospital and…

Police soft-pedalling SC/ST atrocity cases: DC warns of strict action
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Police soft-pedalling SC/ST atrocity cases: DC warns of strict action

April 2, 2025

Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy has directed District Police officials to take swift action against perpetrators of atrocities on Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs). He warned that any official found soft-pedalling such cases would face strict action. Chairing a meeting of the District-level Vigilance and Monitoring Committee, constituted under the SC/ST…

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