Bengaluru: Senior Congress leader and former MP A.H. Vishwanath, today joined JD(S) along with his followers at a function organised at J.P. Bhavan in Bengaluru. JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda and party State President H.D. Kumaraswamy inducted Vishwanath into the party by presenting him with the party flag. About 10 Congress members and followers of…
It will be a Dasara to remember this year
July 4, 2017Mysuru: A host of entertainment activities will be the main attractions in this year’s Dasara and all the events starting from ‘Gajapayana’ will be celebrated in a grand way. In all possibilities, Dasara 2017 will be an awe-inspiring affair after last year’s low-key celebrations due to drought and it looks like the State Government will…
Domestic LPG gets costlier but commercial LPG is cheaper
July 4, 2017New Delhi: Your household expenses on LPG cylinder has now gone up by Rs. 32 from July 1 depending on the State you reside in. There are twin reasons for this: One is the introduction of GST and the other is a reduction in subsidy. Domestic LPG is under the 5% tax bracket under the…
Business leaders, SBI turn sceptical about our economy; farmers react with suicides — which is a bad sign
July 4, 2017By T.J.S. George Those of us who spend the midnight hour sleeping missed the celebratory introduction of GST. After all, it was not the same as the hour “when the world sleeps, India awakes to life and freedom… when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.” Every soul,…
Chaotic traffic on Sayyaji Rao Road, thanks to unruly motorists
July 4, 2017Mysuru: It is a free-for-all at Sayyaji Rao Road where motorists, stray cows and pedestrians jostle for space. While stray cows squat on the middle of the road and roam wherever they wish, two-wheelers violate traffic by entering barricades (wherever space is available). Due to this disorderly situation, motorists who go by the rule and…
Engineering student succumbs to fever in city
July 4, 2017Mysuru: An engineering student, who was admitted to a private hospital here following fever, succumbed at the hospital yesterday, after failing to respond to the treatment. The deceased student has been identified as N.M. Hemanth Kumar (23), son of M. Mahadevu, an employee at the Animal Husbandry Joint Director’s office in city and a resident…
Eighty traffic violation cases against engineering student!
July 4, 2017Mysuru: Despite the city Traffic Police creating enough awareness on traffic rules and the ill-effects of violating the same, many motorists do not bother to follow the rules such as wearing helmet, fastening seat belts, not to triple ride, not to overspeed etc. which sometimes have resulted in loss of lives. N.R. Traffic Inspector C….
Due to retire in a month, DDPU trapped while accepting bribe
July 4, 2017Mysuru: The Deputy Director of Pre-University (DDPU) Board, Mysuru, the highest officer of the district for PU Education, was caught red-handed yesterday by Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths while taking bribe from a private college to renew licence. The officer, Jayaprakash, was supposed to retire this month-end and he had demanded Rupees two-and-a-half-lakh as bribe…
Free health service to every family in the State: Minister
July 4, 2017Bengaluru: Posing a challenge to the burgeoning private hospitals in the State, after tabling the Bill — The Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (Amendment) Bill, the State Government is planning to come out with a Health Card within three days, for all the families in the State, irrespective of their financial status. The only criteria for…
‘Delhi, Mysuru home for dengue’
July 4, 2017Bengaluru: The national capital Delhi and the culture city Mysuru have become home to dengue, remarked Health Family Welfare Minister Ramesh Kumar. Coming down hard on the local officials, he said that it is due to their inefficiency that the dengue fever is spreading. As soon as the rainy season started, there was an increase…
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