Mysuru / Madikeri: The dark clouds have opened up and it has been raining cats and dogs in Kodagu. The rain that began on July 17 has intensified, causing extensive damage to the district and normal life has been severely affected. Trees have been uprooted at many places cutting off power lines and roads have…
Ram Nath Kovind, the NDA candidate, was today elected as India’s 14th president receiving an overwhelming majority of votes from the country’s lawmakers. Kovind defeated opposition’s Meira Kumar, a former Lok Sabha speaker, garnering more than 65 percent of the votes in the Electoral College, the Returning Officer for the poll announced today. The 71-year…
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah yesterday clarified to the Congress top brass that the State Government has not taken any concrete decision to have a separate flag for the State. “The Chief Minister clarified that the State Government has just formed a Committee to study the legalities of having a separate flag following requests from some…
Mysuru: The City Crime Branch (CCB) Police, who conducted separate raids on a Recreation Club and a lodge in city, have arrested 43 persons who were indulged in gambling and have also seized Rs. 1,66,170 stake money and 33 mobile phones from them. In the first raid, the CCB Police on July 17, raided New…
JSS Mysore Urban Haat of JSS Mahavidyapeetha is organising “Vastra Utsav -2017” on the occasion of Varamahalakshmi festival at its premises, Plot No. 432, Ring Road, Hebbal Industrial Area, Mysuru, from July 21 to Aug.6. More than 60 weavers, societies and master artisans will be participating in the exhibition. The creative producers of textile, handloom…
Mysuru: Highlighting the importance and relevance of education, skills and protecting environment and nature, the scion of the Mysore Royal family, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, stressed that each one of us should introspect and explore what we could give back to the environment for its sustenance. He was speaking as the chief guest at the…
Mysuru: Selfie-crazy tourists visiting Archaeological Museums at Hampi, Vijayapura, Badami, Aihole, Srirangapatna and Halebeedu, will have to keep their selfie-sticks and mobile phones in their bags only from now on, as selfies have been banned here. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has banned selfies at 46 museums curated by the Department, which includes even…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet yesterday approved free laptops to about 1.5 lakh students who have got admitted to government or aided medical, engineering and first grade colleges in the academic year 2017-18. The initiative is expected to cost Rs. 300 crore to the State government. “The Government has approved free distribution of laptops to students…
Rahul Gandhi to inaugurate; American Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King III among galaxy of speakers Bengaluru: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi will inaugurate a three- day international conference to mark the 126th birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar here tomorrow (July 21). The theme of the conference organised by the Karnataka Government being held at…
Mysuru: VSS Vishnu Sena has sought construction of Vishnu Memorial before the birth anniversary of Actor Vishnuvardhan, otherwise the Sena would support the party, which provides concrete assurance on constructing the memorial, in the next election. Disclosing this at a press meet at Pathrakarthara Bhavana here yesterday, Vishnu Sena State President T. Rajugowda said that…
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