Mysuru: Mysuru Zilla Panchayat President Nayeema Sulthana presented the 2017-18 Budget at the ZP Hall here this morning. Reading out the 55-page Budget document without any break, Nayeema Sulthana said that the plan outlay stands at Rs. 368.19 crore with Rs. 114.32 crore to be spent towards salary account and Rs. 253.87 crore towards non-salary…
Mysore Varsity employee’s mutilated body found on Rly. track
April 25, 2017Mysuru, Apr. 25 (RK&KS)- The Mysuru Railway Police have found the mutilated body of an employee of the University of Mysuru (UoM) on the Railway track behind Maharaja’s College grounds here this morning. The deceased has been identified as Arunkumar (45), son of late Rajanna and a resident of Manchegowdanakoppal in city. He was given…
Ma… Pa… take me home
April 25, 2017Mysuru: As parents play a major role in raising children with love and affection, the District Child Protection Unit at the District Child Protection Officer’s Office in city has released photographs and details of four infants, who were rescued during the anti-child trafficking operation by the District Police in Nov. 2016. These rescued kids, housed…
Lady PSI bags 12th rank in KPSC
April 25, 2017Mysuru: G. Anusha, a probationary Police Sub-Inspector (PSI) serving at Kuvempunagar Police Station in city, has bagged 12th rank in the Gazetted Probationers Exam (2014) conducted by Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC), the results of which were announced recently. Anusha is also the topper in the list of candidates selected for Dy.SP post. Anusha, who…
One killed, another seriously injured as bus runs over
April 25, 2017Mysuru: In a tragic incident, one person was killed while another sustained serious injuries, when a KSRTC bus ran over them, while they were standing and talking on a concrete culvert opposite Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) near Mahadevapura Road on the Ring Road here yesterday afternoon. While the deceased has been identified as Ashwath (30),…
Rescue operation fails, 6-year-old girl dies in borewell at Belagavi district
April 25, 2017Hubballi: Six-year-old Kaveri, who fell into a borewell in Junjarwad village of Belagavi district on Saturday evening, was pulled out dead after a rescue operation which lasted for more than 54 hours. The girl was stuck at a depth of 24 feet in the borewell and efforts to reach her were hampered by rocks. The…
MPs flag off publicity vehicle on State Budget
April 25, 2017Mysuru: A special publicity vehicle aimed at creating awareness about State Budget 2017-18 among people in rural areas of the district was flagged off by MPs Pratap Simha and R. Dhruvanarayan from the Mysuru Zilla Panchayat premises yesterday. The vehicle, bearing the message ‘Jana Para-Jana Priya Budget 2017-18’ (Pro-people and popular Budget), has been readied…
V. P. Singh was meant to be a dreamer, a poet, an artist; It was bad luck he ended up as Prime Minister
April 25, 2017By T.J.S. George In the political universe of India, V. P. Singh rose as high as a citizen could — MLA, Chief Minister, Union Finance Minister, Defence Minister, Prime Minister, father of coalition politics. For all that, he was seen as a “failure” because he was a lone crusader against corruption and for social justice;…
Bribery: Tahsildar sentenced to seven years imprisonment
April 25, 2017Mysuru: The Lokayukta Special Court has sentenced a Tahsildar, who was trapped while receiving bribe for issuing ‘Podi Katha’ to a person, to seven years imprisonment besides imposing a penalty of Rs. 50,000 on him. Raghumurthy, who is currently serving as Tahsildar in Bengaluru, is the one who has been sentenced. Raghumurthy, who was serving…
Nanjangud Jailor arrested
April 25, 2017Mandya: A Jailor serving at Nanjangud Sub-jail was on Saturday arrested by the K.R. Pet Police on charges of aiding and abetting an under-trail to abduct a person and demand a ransom of Rs. 50 lakh. C.J. Raghupathy is the Jailor who has been arrested and remanded to Judicial Custody. The Jailor has been accused…
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