New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday began its final hearing on the appeals filed by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala against the 2007 award of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal (CWDT) on sharing of water. The Tribunal was set up in 1991. In 2007, it ordered the allocation of 419 tmcft of Cauvery water to…
Gokulam dacoity kingpin is a murder convict out on parole
July 12, 2017Mysuru: Believe it or not, the kingpin in the sensational dacoity which occurred in upmarket Gokulam on June 23 where Rs. 29,66,840 lakh cash was looted, is a murder convict who was out on parole. The convict managed to obtain a parole from Hindalga Jail in Belagavi and lead a criminal team of nine members…
Rental income beyond Rs. 20 lakh to attract GST
July 12, 2017New Delhi: Income earned from renting out residential property has been exempt from GST. However, if the income exceeds Rs. 20 lakh by renting or leasing it for commercial purposes then it will attract levy. Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia has said at the GST Master Class that if the house property is rented out for…
Modern waste segregation units to come up at Rayanakere, Kesare and Sewage Farm
July 12, 2017Mysuru: Following garbage piles found uncleared in different parts of city, Deputy Commissioner (DC) D. Randeep, who held a meeting of officers from the MCC and other Departments, instructed them to speed up the constructions of modern waste segregation units at Kesare, Rayanakere and Sewage Farm. Speaking at the meeting pertaining to the environment of…
Thus Spake Justice N. Santosh Hegde
July 12, 2017How to fix India’s problem? I have no escape from Mahatma Gandhi while I write about Justice N. Santosh Hegde, presently the conscience-keeper of Karnataka, just as Anna Hazare of Maharashtra — both are relentlessly fighting to eradicate corruption in our Government and society. Mahatma Gandhi had declared long before we got our independence that…
NGO lends Cell Counter Machine to K.R. Hospital
July 12, 2017Mysuru: City-based NGO I Serve Nation has extended a helping hand to K.R. Hospital by lending a Cell Counter Machine to the Blood Testing Laboratory here this morning till the hospital gets a new machine. The NGO has also deployed two technicians to operate the machine. This Cell Counter Machine, which is capable of testing…
RSS worker’s murder: MLA Suresh Kumar demands peace meeting in Bantwal
July 12, 2017Mysuru: Even as Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has ruled out the National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the murder of RSS worker Sharath Madivala in Bantwal, former Minister and MLA Suresh Kumar took umbrage and charged that the CM and Dakshina Kannada District in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai should have held a peace meeting immediately, instead…
Court serves notice on Sunil Bose in graft case
July 12, 2017Mysuru: The third Additional District and Sessions Court on Tuesday served notices on Sunil Bose, son of PWD and District-in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa and his associate Raju, to appear before it on July 25 in connection with the 2010 graft case. The city Court’s ruling comes two months after the High Court quashed the…
Central Pensioners felicitate meritorious grandchildren
July 12, 2017Mysuru: Central Government Pensioners’ Association, Mysuru, had organised a programme at Sadvidya Educational Institutions on Narayana Shastri Road in city recently to felicitate meritorious grandchildren of the Association members and the Institution, who have secured more than 85 percent marks in the SSLC and II PUC examinations. The programme commenced with invocation by Srividya. Association…
Pet Talk
July 12, 2017By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka speaks about cold and health issues in dogs Can dogs catch a cold? We are spending more time in closed quarters, with windows and doors shut tight and no way to escape the germs. It is only a matter of time before someone in the house…
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