In response to the Government circular to conduct the SSLC Examinations commencing from Mar. 30 in a fair and transparent way, Department of Public Instruction, District Unit, had called a meeting of about 300 High School Head Masters to be deployed as custodians and Assistant Custodians for examination centres, which was held at ‘Guru Bhavana’…
The Mysuru Region Bharat Petroleum Dealers’ Association, which had decided not to purchase fuel stocks today to urge the authorities of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) to resolve their pending demands, launched a one-day ‘No Purchase’ stir besides staging a protest in front of BPCL Depot in Metagalli here this morning. BPCL dealers from Mysuru,…
My experience tells me that every day is a renewal of life. Its experience is different from the previous day’s. Such an experience came my way on Wednesday 22nd March, 2017 when I met one Damadahalli Swamygowda Chandrashekaragowda (D.S. Chandrashekara) of Mandya district. He was 53-years-old. Lewis Carroll says in ‘Alice in Wonderland’, a picture…
In preparation for next year’s key battle in Karnataka, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) yesterday inducted former Karnataka Chief Minister S.M. Krishna, who had quit the Congress in January. Krishna joined the BJP in the presence of the party’s National President Amit Shah. “I am humbled today that I am joining the party which was…
Lawmakers cut across party lines and demand State control over media A House Committee of the Legislative Assembly was set up to frame rules and regulations for news media yesterday. This was after members in both Houses, cutting across party lines, came down heavily on what they called “irresponsible” reporting by the media, particularly 24×7…
The Karnataka High Court has granted bail to six persons who have been accused of murdering two persons at a farmhouse in Hunsur nine years back. The Court, however, did not grant bail to former Corporator C. Mahadesh alias Avva Madesha and his brother C. Manjunath who were also among the accused. In all, eight…
The confusion over the setting up of a Ola cab counter at the City Railway Station has ended with the intervention of Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha. Simha, who visited the city Railway Station yesterday, met the auto drivers and heard their grievances. The auto drivers complained that a Ola cab counter has been set up…
Mysuru-Kodagu MP and State Yuva Morcha President Pratap Simha yesterday filed a complaint with Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Praveen Sood seeking action against RTI activist Prabha N. Belavangala for allegedly posting morphed objectionable photograph of UP CM Yogi Adityanath on her Facebook wall. The MP arrived at the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner’s office and submitted…
The age of a society in which its members not only firmly believed in but also assiduously adhered to the practice of pleasant conduct in both word and deed. The code of conduct, crystallising in the form of proverbs and idioms, apart from lyrical lines attributed to the wise such as Sarvajna of the 16th…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take out another “woman” out to dinner and a movie. The other woman that my wife wanted me to take out was my mother who had been a widow for 19 years. The demands of my work and…
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