Bengaluru: Congress party suffered a severe setback with JD(S) voting against the No Confidence Motion moved by the Congress against Legislative Council Chairman D.H. Shankaramurthy this morning. Council Deputy Chairman Marithibbegowda allowed the voting on the motion moved by Congress MLC V.S. Urgrappa. While the ‘For’ received 36 votes, ‘Against’ received 37 votes. The Congress…
Mysuru: All petrol bunks in the city will be closed for a day tomorrow (June 16) from 6 am as a mark of protest against introduction of dynamic pricing. This decision was taken at a meeting of Federation of Mysore Petroleum Traders, here this afternoon. “There will be no sale or purchase of petrol and…
Mysuru: The whisperings of the glad tidings in the city’s Amba Vilas Palace is becoming louder and louder these days. After all, it was not the yearly ritual of the Dasara celebrations, but something more significant, especially for Mysureans and those interested in the goings on in the erstwhile royal family. “Whenever we tried to…
Bengaluru: The drought situation in the State has also hit the printing of textbooks. Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait informed the House yesterday that the drought conditions in the State had also an effect on printing of textbooks. It has not been possible to supply textbooks to the Government schools on time. Even…
Mysuru: Following the murder of Sunitha, a divorcee residing in JP Nagar on Tuesday, a Police team led by Vidyaranyapuram Inspector Omkarappa has been formed to nab the victim’s former husband, who is suspected to have murdered her. KR Sub-Division ACP Dharmappa, who spoke to Star of Mysore, said that the investigating team has begun…
Mysuru: The dead body of Shabbir, a 27-year-old youth from Vidyaranyapuram in city will be brought to Mysuru from Dubai this evening. Shabbir, who was working as a cab driver, died 85 days back and the efforts of his family to bring his body, has finally paid off. Shabbir, who had left for Dubai…
Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha inaugurated the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) located at Yelwal Bus Stand here this morning. Speaking on the occasion, he said the PMKK was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 15, 2015 on the occasion of World Youth Skill Day celebrations with an aim to make India the…
Mysuru: The Mysore Literary Association (MLA) is holding its First Mysore Literary Fest on June 18 at Senate Bhavan in Manasagangotri Campus. Addressing a press conference here this morning at Patrakarthara Bhavan, MLA President Prof. K.C. Belliappa said that the Association had planned to hold a Lit Fest along the lines of Jaipur Literature Festival,…
DC asks departments concerned to prepare action plan Mysuru: A progress review meeting of Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) budget allocations and expenditure for the month of May, 2017, chaired by Deputy Commissioner (DC) D. Randeep, was held at his office here this morning. Zilla Panchayat (ZP) CEO P. Shivashankar,…
Countdown begins The countdown has begun for the first Mysuru Literary Fest organised by the Mysore Literary Association on Sunday, June 18. The venue — Senate Bhavan — in the sprawling, beautiful Manasagangothri campus is getting spruced up as the literati and cognoscenti will descend in large numbers to listen and interact with some of…
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