Who is afraid of Arnab Goswami? Not Times Now. Not Shashi Tharoor nor anti-nationals. Then who? Nobody. There is no need either. Watch, he will soon be tamed by his new TV channel Republic TV launched on 6th May 2017. Arnab has been the voice of Times Now TV news channel for over 10 years…
Tourism on the rise ?
June 1, 2017By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC The recent stats released by the Ministry of Tourism has indicated that tourism is on the rise and this bodes well for this sun-rise industry which has both direct and indirect benefit for millions across the country. In the year 2000, the tourist arrivals were 2.65 million and…
Next election will be held under my leadership: CM Siddharamaiah
June 1, 2017Mysuru: There is no dissidence in the party and none of the leaders are disappointed with their new posts, said Chief Minister Siddharamaiah here this morning. He was speaking to media persons in front of his Ramakrishnanagar residence. Stating that the Cabinet expansion will be done after the Assembly Session, which is scheduled to be…
Farmers protest: Traffic on Mysuru-Bengaluru road affected
June 1, 2017Ramanagaram: Traffic on the busy Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway was affected for a few minutes this morning at Ramanagaram as hundreds of farmers, braving the Police force, managed to jam the roads at the entrance to the silk town. Hundreds of farmers, in response to ‘Vidhana Soudha Chalo’ call by farmer Associations, demanding a permanent irrigation system…
House burglaries: Cash, valuables looted from houses at Anandanagar, Srirampura
June 1, 2017Mysuru: Two separate incidents of house burglaries have been reported from Anandanagar and Srirampura in city. In the first incident, miscreants, who have forcibly entered a house in Anandanagar, coming under Saraswathipuram Police limits, have decamped with cash and valuables from the house. It is reported that burglars who entered the house of one Venkatesh…
Deadly debris
June 1, 2017The slogan associated with and attributed to India’s first Prime Minister, unity in diversity, prompts one to toy with the term debris, one of the few words in English language which cannot be pluralised, in spite of the all-too-familiar diversity of that mass, appropriately described as rubbish. Urbanites have been showing their annoyance at the…
Traffic chaos on Saraswathipuram Main Roads
June 1, 2017Sir, Recently, the two prominent entry and exit roads in Saraswathipuram, 3rd Cross and 5th Cross, were asphalted by the civic authorities. Unfortunately, these two roads which also are the primary bus routes, seem to have been converted to two-way traffic by the users, despite the fact that these roads were marked as one-way many…
4-day Nalwadi Jayanti
June 1, 2017Geeta Gayana this evening; Procession of portrait, art troupes on June 4 Mysuru: Sri Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Jayanti will be celebrated in city on June 4 under the joint aegis of the District Administration, Department of Kannada and Culture, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Federations of Urs Community. The celebrations will begin with the garlanding…
Generic Vs branded drugs: Some observations
June 1, 2017Sir, I read the two write-ups on generic drugs by Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem in Star of Mysore dated May 19 and 26. I have a lot of respect for Dr. Nayeem for his enlightening articles on social issues, including medicine. But the latest debate on generic Vs branded drugs have kicked up some dust….
Cancellation of Trains
June 1, 2017Mysuru: Railways have permitted to take up Non-Interlock work for commissioning of junction arrangements at Ginigera on June 5 and 6. As such, Train No. 56927/56928, Hubballi-Chikkabenakal-Hubballi Passenger is fully cancelled for two days on 5th and 6th June. Also, Train No. 51411/51412, Hubballi-Ballari-Hubballi Passenger will run between Hubballi-Bhanapur-Hubballi partially cancelling between Bhanapur-Ballari-Bhanapur on…
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