Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.PC) prohibits any assembly of five or more people in an area where it has been imposed. Every member of such “unlawful assembly” can be booked for “engaging in rioting,” maximum punishment for which is three years. Mysuru: In a rare battle of wits and attrition between the…
Bengaluru: Hundreds of Policemen and other security forces stood guard at Bengaluru’s Freedom Park this morning to ensure that the BJP does not succeed in carrying out its controversial “Mangaluru Chalo.” There were also clashes between the BJP men and Police at the venue after party leaders and workers gathered there. This, after the BJP…
Mysuru: The indefinite stir by the students of Chamarajendra Academy of Visual Arts (CAVA) located at Siddarthanagar here, for want of a Dean, which began yesterday, entered the second day today. As many as 150 students, under the banner of CAVA Kuncha Kavya Samskruthika Samithi, who boycotted classes this morning, are staging a protest in…
Mysuru: Going by the tradition, the District Administration hosted a special breakfast for Mahouts and Kavadis of Dasara elephants at the Palace premises here this morning. The Mahouts and Kavadis along with their families had the breakfast that comprised holige, thatte idli, uddina vada, pongal, uppitu and a choice of beverages. District in-Charge Minister Dr….
Mysuru: Members of Karnataka Government Hospital and Medical College non-Clinical and other Contract Employees Association submitted a memorandum to K.R. Hospital Medical Superintendent urging the Government to pay minimum wages to employees working in contract at K.R. Hospital and Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI). The members alleged that more than 150 employees were…
Mysuru: This year’s Dasara Film Festival will be organised on the lines of International Film Festival with the inclusion of several foreign films. Disclosing this at a press meet yesterday, Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep said that Dasara Film Festival would be inaugurated by CM Siddharamaiah on Sept. 21 at Kalamandira. From Sept. 22 to 28,…
Mysuru: This year, the Dasara Gold Card will cost Rs. 3,999 and only one person is eligible to enjoy the privileges per card. Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep said that gold cards will be released soon. During Dasara-2016, each card cost Rs. 7,500 and two persons were allowed per card. The card holders will be provided…
It was quite amusing to read a news item in the newspapers about the menace of rats that drank liquor and made home of the crevices in the embankments of River Kamalabalan near Ghanshayampur in Darbhanga of Bihar. This home-making by the rats was the cause for the devastating flood for humans, according to a…
Mysuru: The Dasara Aahara Mela-2017 (food festival) from Sept. 21 to 30 at Scouts and Guides Grounds and at MUDA Ground near Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel is expected to thrill food enthusiasts as the event promises a variety of exciting and lip-smacking food from different parts of the State and country including the traditional tribal…
Mysuru: The Yoga Dasara Sub-Committee has planned several events as part of Yoga Dasara on three different days from Sept. 21. Yoga Dasara Sub-Committee Special Officer and MCC Commissioner G. Jagadeesha said at a meeting in DC Office yesterday that ‘Yoga Dasara’ will be inaugurated by District In-charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa by flagging off…
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