Mysuru: Senior Journalist Rajashekar Koti always wore his trade-mark red T-shirt whenever he attended events and public functions. This conscious efforts to wear red started much later in his career when he was always seen wearing a red T-shirt with beige-coloured pants. When asked about this, Koti had himself told a group of college students…
Presence of suspected naxals in Bandipur
November 23, 2017Gundlupet: Following certain information that suspected naxals had entered Bandipur National Park and surrounding places, the Anti-Naxal Force (ANF), District Armed Reserve (DAR) Police and Forest Department personnel launched a joint combing operation in Bandipur yesterday. The Police have dismissed possibility of Naxal activities in Bandipur and however, there is fear that combing operations may…
No pregnant lady was made to walk making way for CM: Mandya SP
November 23, 2017Mandya: Mandya Superintendent of Police (SP) has denied the reports of the Police making a pregnant woman walk all the way to a hospital to make way for Chief Minister’s convoy to pass at Nagamangala on Nov.20. The CM was at Nagamangala on that day to inaugurate a series of development programme. Addressing a press…
Subramanya Shashti at Siddalingapura tomorrow
November 23, 2017Mysuru: Subramanya Shashti will be observed at the famous Sri Subramanyeshwara Swamy temple at Siddalingapura on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway on Nov. 24. On this day, thousands of devotees, braving the morning chill, will assemble at Siddalingapura that is 10-km from Mysuru. The entire locality will resemble a village fair on this day with make-shift stalls…
Sarees stolen from Nimishamba Temple at Srirangapatna
November 23, 2017Temple Management suspends Security Guard Srirangapatna” The historic Nimishamba Temple at Ganjam near Srirangapatna is in the news for wrong reasons. The priest and the security staff of the temple have been accused of stealing sarees donated by the devotees to the Goddess. According to reports, the sarees were stolen at the time of Cauvery…
Karnataka Assembly passes KPME Amendment Bill
November 23, 2017Belagavi: A diluted version of the controversial medical Bill to regulate private healthcare was passed by a voice vote in the Karnataka Assembly yesterday after dropping a jail-term clause for doctors. The changes were made after the original Bill met with stiff resistance from doctors and owners of private hospitals and nursing homes, who had…
To mock a PM on social media is to demean one’s country
November 23, 2017By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief On reading about the new controversy over mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi by showing him as mispronouncing the internet vocabulary meme, I decided to know more about it. I went to the internet: An Internet meme, pronounced MEEM, is an activity, catchphrase or piece of media which spreads, often as mimicry…
Union Cabinet approves pay hike for SC, HC Judges
November 23, 2017Gives nod to set up 15th Pay Commission New Delhi: The Union Cabinet yesterday approved increases in the salaries, gratuity payments, allowances and pensions, payable to Judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts. It also approved for setting up 15th Pay Commission. The increases in salary and allowances will benefit 31 Judges of…
Adding aroma & taste to Lit Fest
November 23, 2017Mysuru: Over two lakh people will be served tasty food at the three-day 83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana that is scheduled to begin in city from tomorrow at the sprawling Maharaja’s College Grounds. While arrangements for the mega literary festival are being made, special attention is given to food section as people will crowd…
Record registration of literature lovers likely
November 23, 2017Mysuru: The 83rd All India Kannada Sahitya Sammelana beginning in city tomorrow is likely to see a record registration of nearly 13,000 literature lovers from all over the country, said Registration Committee President H.A. Venkatesh. Addressing a press conference here yesterday at the mega stage that has come up on the sprawling Maharaja’s College grounds,…
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