Former Chief Minister B.S.Yeddyurappa, who has accused Chief Minister Siddharamaiah of paying Rs.1,000 crore to the Congress High Command to continue in office should first come out clean on corruption charges against him, said Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhurvanarayan here yesterday. Addressing a press conference at Jaladarshini on Hunsur Road, he defended the decision of the…
Niranthara Ranga Utsava draws to a close
February 12, 2017Niranthara Ranga Utsava, a five-day theatre fest, organised by the city’s Nirantara Foundation, in association with Kannada and Culture Department, at Vanaranga in Rangayana premises here, drew to a close yesterday. The event was dedicated to the former Cuban President Fidel Castro, a revolutionary who believed that homeland was where humanity existed. The five-day theatre…
Siddu will be last Congress CM: Sriramulu
February 12, 2017Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who has failed in all fronts including taking action on his corrupt and tainted colleagues will be the last Congress Chief Minister of Karnataka, claimed Ballari BJP MP Sriramulu here yesterday. Addressing party workers at the old bus stand here, he predicted that time had come for a Congress-free Karnataka as the…
Territorial fight kills tigress in Bandipur
February 12, 2017An 8-year-old tigress was found dead in the Hediyala range of Bandipur National Park yesterday. The big cat was found dead in Kudahalla near Balluru Hundi forest belt. The dead body was spotted after three days. The post-mortem indicated that the tigress was well grown and healthy and it would have died in a territorial…
Cashless transaction will help in eliminating tax evasion: Union Minister
February 12, 2017Union Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Arjun Ram Meghwal, has said that cashless transaction will be of great help in eliminating tax evasion, besides ensuring full scale tax collection. He was speaking at Digi-Dhan Mela programme organised by the Central Government, State IT Department and the District Administration to popularise digital transactions,…
‘Media has to play a major role in maintaining societal equality’
February 12, 2017Highlighting the role of media in maintaining social balance, Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Committee Member Harihara Anandaswamy observed that media should not play politics in the name of journalism. Addressing a press meet at the TB in the town recently, Harihara Anandaswamy alleged that several vested interests, using the visual media, had created a…
Humane gesture by Railway Police
February 12, 2017Aged couple get back gold ornaments worth Rs.2.5 lakh left in train; The train started moving before the couple could board it at Kengeri Railway Station Displaying a high degree of humanitarian concerns, cops attached to the Railway Police yesterday returned a bag containing valuables worth about Rs.2.5 lakh to an aged couple who had…
CPI(M) launches awareness programme on ill effects of demonetisation
February 12, 2017Claiming that the demonetisation of high currency notes announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Nov.8 has created a lot of problems for the common man and the farming community, the CPI(M) Mysuru District Committee launched a 4-day awareness campaign on the ill-effects of demonetisation listed by the party, recently in city. CPI(M) District Secretary…
186th death anniversary of Sangolli Rayanna
February 12, 2017Karnataka Rajya Hindulida Vargagala Jagruta Vedike and Sangolli Rayanna Jayantotsava Samiti have organised a programme at Medarakeri, 3rd Main Road, Nanjumalige, K.R. Mohalla, today (Feb. 12) at 6 pm, to mark the 186th death anniversary of Krantiveera Sangolli Rayanna. Former MP A.H. Vishwanath will inaugurate the programme. MLA M.K. Somashekar will preside. Rajya Hindulida Vargagala…
Centre and State Govt’s have failed to address coffee, sugarcane and paddy growers’ problems: HDK
February 12, 2017Says that Kodagu has seen five District Ministers in three years JD(S) State President and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said that the Central and the State Governments had failed to address problems of coffee, sugarcane and paddy growers in Kodagu districts as the minimum support price announced by the Government was less that the…
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