A politician can fight elections from two seats, but you can’t vote from two places. If you are in jail then you can’t vote. But, a politician can fight elections while in jail. If you have never been in jail then you can never get a Government job. But, a politician could have been in…
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa statue to be unveiled in November first week
October 22, 2017Mysuru: A beautiful marble statue of saint Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa will be unveiled in the first week of November at the Ramakrishna Nagar Circle. Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), which has developed Ramakrishna Nagar Circle, is awaiting the dates of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah to unveil the statue, said MUDA Chairman D. Dhruvakumar. A dome on…
BJP MPs say no to their names in Tipu Jayanti official invitation
October 22, 2017Bengaluru: A fresh round of controversy is brewing over the Tipu Jayanti celebrations in the State with BJP MPs asking the Karnataka Government to keep them out of the Nov.10 event and to not even include their names in the invitation. Union Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ananth Kumar Hegde, who represents…
Your wild safari to Bandipur, Nagarahole will get costlier
October 22, 2017Mysuru: Come November, your trip to National Parks and Tiger reserves across the State will burn a hole into your pockets as the Forest Department has revised – or call it hiked – tourist tariffs. The revised tariffs will come into effect from November 1. Now, the entry fee (that is the basic entry fee)…
Linking Aadhaar Number to Bank Accounts Mandatory: RBI
October 22, 2017Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) yesterday dismissed media reports that it was not necessary to link national identity card numbers (Aadhaar), to bank accounts. It said in a statement the requirement remained in force under anti-money laundering rules. The RBI clarification followed media reports quoting a reply to a Right To Information (RTI)…
Spectacled cobra makes Snake Shyam record his 33,000th catch
October 22, 2017Mysuru: The city’s own amateur conservationist, who is also a local Corporator, reached a milestone yesterday by catching 33,000 snakes. M.S. Balasubramaniam — popularly known as ‘Snake Shyam’ — recorded his 33,000th catch since he started keeping a count of the number of snakes caught and rescued by him since 1997. The number was reached…
A bend in the road: How to fix it?
October 22, 2017By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief Over a thousand citizens of Mysuru, comprising a few NGOs, assembled this morning at the Kalamandira premises and then marched towards the bend near Jaladarshini Guest House in a straight human chain to protest against the Government’s decision to straighten this stretch of road at an estimated cost of Rs. 12…
BJP to hold massive farmers’ convention in city on Oct. 26
October 22, 2017Mysuru: The BJP will stage a massive convention of farmers at Maharaja’s College grounds in the city on Oct. 26. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, District BJP President Kote M. Shivanna said the convention has been organised as part of the BJP’s ‘Vision-2024’ for making Mysuru District Chemical Fertilizers Free Agricultural District….
‘All Shiva bhakts are not Hindus’
October 22, 2017Mysuru: After Pejawar Seer Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji’s statement that Lingayat community should remain in the fold of Hindu religion as they are not different from each other, Nidumamidi Mutt Seer Sri Veerabhadra Channamalla Swamiji has said that all Shiva bhakts are not Hindus. He begged to differ from what Pejawar Seer and some other…
Trump says he will allow release of J.F. Kennedy killing files
October 22, 2017Washington: US President Donald Trump said that he will allow long blocked secret files on the assassination of John F. Kennedy to be opened to the public for the first time. The November 22, 1963 assassination — an epochal event in modern US history —has spawned multiple theories challenging official version that Kennedy was killed…
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