Maddur: Around 100 persons including members of Kasturi Pro-Kannada Organisation and farmers staged a protest at the Maddurammana Kere in Maddur this morning protesting against the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. They alleged that the State Government had failed to protect the interest of the farmers by releasing water to TN. On learning…
Ramdas visits K.R. Hospital
July 7, 2017Mysuru: Former Minister S.A. Ramdas, who is also the President of Asare Foundation, visited K.R. Hospital this morning to get first-hand information on patients admitted to the hospital on complaints of viral fever. Ramdas, who went around the wards, asked the authorities not to turn away patients for want of bed and said that his…
BJP warns of severe protest if release of water to TN is not stopped
July 7, 2017Mysuru: Strongly condemning the release of KRS Water to Tamil Nadu (TN), the BJP has warned of intensifying its agitation, if the State Government fails to stop release of Cauvery Water to TN. Addressing a press meet at Pathrakarthara Bhavan here this morning, District BJP President M. Shivanna lashed out at the State Government for…
GHOST: Manifesting itself as GST
July 7, 2017What is in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet, wrote William Shakespeare (1564-1616) in his famous play Romeo and Juliet. The field is open to any playwright of our times to write a matching line about taxes in general and Goods and Services Tax in…
Science writer Nagesh Hegde’s brochure on cow released
July 7, 2017Photo caption: Dignitaries seen releasing the brochure Aadunika Badukina Prathikshanavu Go-Maya in city yesterday. Mysuru: Every second of a modern man’s life is ruled by that bovine animal — the cow and since its protection has become a hot topic today in the country, Science Writer Nagesh Hegde has come out with a brochure titled…
This drain in J.P. Nagar needs to be cleaned
July 7, 2017This drain besides Brigade Sparkle Apartments in J.P. Nagar is clogged resulting in sewage water getting stagnant and unbearable smell emanating from it. It has becoming a perfect place for mosquitoes to breed. Authorities concerned are urged to get the drain cleaned at the earliest.
West Bengal’s ‘Kolsi’ is IGRMS Exhibit of the Month
July 7, 2017Mysuru: As part of its monthly exhibit, the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), Southern Regional Centre, Irwin Road, Mysuru, has displayed ‘Kolsi’, a decorative ritual object from West Bengal. The exhibit was inaugurated yesterday and this object is popular among the folk community in West Bengal. Metal craft of West Bengal is well recognised…
KAT stays cancellation of Basavegowda as MCDCC Bank Director
July 7, 2017Mysuru: The Karnataka Administrative Tribunal (KAT) has stayed the Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies’ (Mysuru Zone) order removing C. Basavegowda as Director of the MCDCC Bank. Yachenahalli PLD Bank President Y.N. Shankaregowda had petitioned the Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies, seeking the removal of Basavegowda as MCDCC Bank Director, on the ground that Basavegowda has…
A ‘sewage river’ on Vinaya Marga !
July 7, 2017Sir, We, the residents of 8th Cross Vinaya Marga, Siddartha Layout (behind Jain Temple) have been frequently facing flooding of sewage water. Often the main line is blocked for one reason or the other resulting in back-flushing of sewage water to the corner house of Vinaya Marga and 8th Cross. Ultimately the drainage water overflows…
Plea to get the drain cleaned at Kuvempunagar
July 7, 2017This drain on the 5th Cross in Kuvempunagar ‘K’ Block, coming under Ward 18, is blocked resulting in sewage water getting stagnant in it. Authorities concerned are urged to get the drain cleaned at regular intervals.
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