Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has failed to collect annual service tax from over 100 Government offices. This startling revelation came to light from a Corporator during the MCC Council Meeting held at MCC office here yesterday. It was said that out of 165 Government offices in the MCC limits, the tax is not recovered…
Republic Day Parade look to Jumboo Savari this year
August 1, 2017Mysuru: This is the first time that the renowned Jumboo Savari (after it became people’s Dasara) is planned to be held on the lines of Republic Day Parade in Delhi. The old-timers who have witnessed the Jumboo Savari with the Maharaja sitting on the golden howdah atop the caparisoned Ambari elephant still recall vividly the…
Dasara nears, still gutted ATM rooms continue to mar Palace entrance spot
August 1, 2017Mysuru: It is more than two months (May 12, 2017) since the ATM at the Varaha Gate in the Mysore Palace was completely gutted in an accidental fire. However, until today, it stands as an ugly testimony to the neglect of the authorities concerned. The State Bank of India ATM booth attached to the Mysuru…
Hublot watch starts ticking again!
August 1, 2017Bengaluru: The Rs. 70 lakh expensive Hublot watch that had stopped ticking has started ticking again with the former Deputy Superintendent of Police Anupama Shenoy hurling fresh allegations against Chief Minister Siddharmaiah that the watch was gifted to the CM by Dubai-based NRI B.R. Shetty. It may be recalled that the incident was given a…
KSOU fake marks card racket: Hubballi Co-ordinator, Health Dept. official arrested
August 1, 2017Mysuru: The Jayalakshmipuram Police have arrested two more persons in the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) fake marks card racket case. One is KSOU Co-ordinator in Hubballi Manjunath Kulkarni and the other is the Health Department official Mallanna, who is said to have got the job by giving fake marks card. Inspector Ravindra arrested both…
Physically-challenged employees demand pay hike and job regularisation
August 1, 2017Mysuru: The physically-challenged of rural areas, who have been working in various Government Departments, have submitted a five-point memorandum to Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep seeking regularisation of their jobs and pay hike. Speaking to media persons, President of the Federation of Village Rehabilitation Workers (VRW) and Multi-purpose Rehabilitation Workers (MRW), Bhaskar, said that five percent…
Student dies after ramming scooter into stationed tractor
August 1, 2017Mysuru: A girl student, who was blinded by drizzle, died of severe head injuries after ramming her scooter into a parked tractor near Gangothri Glades in Manasagangothri here last evening. The deceased student has been identified as S. Sushmita (19), a resident of Manchegowdanakoppal here, who was pursuing her B.Com course at JSS Women’s College…
Actor Dhruva Sharma no more
August 1, 2017Bengaluru: Actor Dhruva Sharma, who represented Karnataka Bulldozers in Celebrity Cricket League (CCL), passed away at M.S. Ramaiah Hospital following multiple organ failure this morning. According to sources, Dhruva Sharma was brought to the hospital after he collapsed at his house on Saturday. He is survived by his parents, wife and two daughters. Last rites…
ISRO Chief delivers Panikkar Memorial Lecture at RIE
August 1, 2017Mysuru: The 55th Foundation Day celebration and Sardar Panikkar Memorial Lecture Series was held at Regional Institute of Education (RIE) in city this morning. Prior to the inauguration, a 3,000-litre capacity RO water unit was inaugurated by the dignitaries in the campus. The Foundation Day celebrations was inaugurated by Dr. Subhash Chandra Khuntia, Chief Secretary,…
To Grant Quietus or Hiatus is the Question !
August 1, 2017Quietus seems Divine! By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief The Supreme Court on Monday had asked the UP Government headed by Yogi Adityanath to clarify its stand over the largesse, the grant of aid of Rs. 103.92 crore given to Chaudhary Charan Singh Degree College founded in 1983 and run by Shiksha Prasar Samiti in Etawah during…
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