Bengaluru: Prajwal Revanna, son of former Minister and Senior JD(S) leader H.D. Revanna, is likely to contest the 2018 Assembly Polls. Speaking to press persons here yesterday, Prajwal’s mother Bhavani Revanna said that Prajwal may contest from Rajarajeshwarinagar seat in Bengaluru. Maintaining that she was making this statement after JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda has…
New DG and IGP stresses on ‘people-friendly’ Policing
November 7, 2017Mysuru: Neelamani N. Raju, the first woman Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG and IGP) of Karnataka will appoint Mysuru Superintendent of Police Ravi D. Channannavar as the Nodal Officer to make all Police Stations in Karnataka “people-friendly.” The announcement was made yesterday in city where the DG and IGP held a meeting…
Minister inaugurates specified category school
November 7, 2017Mysuru: Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanveer Sait inaugurated a specified category children’s school near the bifurcated Maharaja’s PU College in Nazarbad here on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, Sait said that the three-storeyed school has been built at a cost of Rs.1.53 crore under the Sarva Shikshana Abhiyaan. Pointing out that the school…
Reputed gynaecologist Dr. Gowramma’s house set on fire at Gonikoppal
November 7, 2017Gonikoppal: Miscreants have set fire to the house of Dr. Gowramma, a gynaecologist of repute at Gonikoppal in South Kodagu. Valuables including property documents have been destroyed in the fire. The incident that occurred on the morning of Oct. 17 came to light yesterday when Dr. Gowramma who came home after visiting her daughter in…
Tigress spotted near Jungle Lodges returns to forest
November 7, 2017H.D. Kote: A tigress which had strayed into Karapura Kabini River Lodge (Jungle Lodge) coming under Nagarahole Wildlife Sanctuary is said to have moved back into the forest. According to sources, the tiger walked back into the forest in the wee hours of yesterday and its exit was tracked by the images captured in camera traps…
Abdul Karim Telgi, Harshad Mehta were geniuses of crime; But a philosophy evolved: ‘Money is very bad, Sir’
November 7, 2017Abdul Karim Telgi’s passing away should remind us that only in India are criminals so creative. Legends like Chicago’s Al Capone and the Sicilian “families” of New York’s gangsterdom got the limelight because of films and books. But they were run-of-the-mill killers and looters. No originality. Only in India did criminals develop the imagination to…
City bags ‘Trin Trin’ National Award
November 7, 2017Mysuru: The Heritage City had lost the ‘Cleanest City,’ tag in the country last year. However, with its unique initiative of introducing the Public Bicycle Sharing System, ‘Trin Trin,’ the first of its kind in the country, has bagged a Special Award under the category of Non-Motorised Transport (NMT) Project instituted by Ministry of Housing…
2G Court defers hearing on verdict date to Dec. 5
November 7, 2017New Delhi: A special court in Delhi that was expected to announce the date for final verdict in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case today has deferred the hearing for December 5, 2017. The key names involved in the scam include former Union Minister for Telecom A. Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi. Special Judge…
Doctors to stage ‘Belagavi Chalo’ on Nov. 12
November 7, 2017Mysuru: The doctors and staff of private Hospitals and Nursing Homes, opposing the implementation of the Karnataka Private Medical Establishment (Amendments) Bill, have organised ‘Belagavi Chalo’ programme on Nov.12. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning, Dr. M.S. Vishweshwara, President, Indian Medical Association (IMA), Mysuru Chapter, said: “Nearly 250 to 300 representatives of IMA from…
UGC cautions Mysore University against granting affiliations to private institutes
November 7, 2017Mysuru: Even as the University of Mysore (UoM), the century-old University awaits for the appointment of a regular Vice-Chancellor (VC), it is faced with more challenges. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has cautioned the University of action against the continued grant of affiliation to private institutes in the name of outreach centres and for franchising…
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