Mysuru: Even as the State Prisons Department is trying its best to prevent the use of mobile phones and drugs inside jails, cell phones, ganja packets have found an easy way into the Mysuru Central Prison. Over 135 grams of ganja (marijuana), four mobile phones and three SIM cards have been seized from a barrack…
Mysuru: CM Siddharamaiah in a lighter vein compared the beard grown by MP Pratap Simha to that grown by Indian Cricket captain Virat Kohli this morning. This banter occurred during the inauguration of a road in Gokulam III Stage, named after former MLA late P.M. Chikkaboraiah, who was the Hon. President of Vidyavardhaka Sangha. it…
Mandya: Profit is a dirty word, especially in matters related to the Government. In the zeal to make quick bucks at times, it can land itself in trouble. This is exactly what happened to the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, Mandya Division when it hired out many of its buses to a JD (S) leader,…
Madikeri: Property dispute between brothers led to one of them setting ablaze two vehicles at Ammathi yesterday. It is learnt that there were frequent quarrels between the brothers identified as M.K. Vishwanath and M.K. Chittiappa over the property and Vishwanath was taking care of the estate since many years. But suddenly, Chittiappa who came to…
Mandya: A woman from Bengaluru who is a native of Nagamangala in Mandya has filed a complaint with Mandya Superintendent of Police against a Police constable who sexually harassed her through messages and WhatsApp. According to the woman, the Police constable sent her pictures of his private parts and his actions have caused her severe…
Bengaluru: The ruling Congress was left red-faced here on Wednesday, after Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayareddy was criticised by his own party’s student wing — the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) — which accused his office of being party to a multi-crore marks card scam. The NSUI yesterday, however, modified its statement and said…
Thiruvananthapuram: The CPI(M)-led Kerala government yesterday decided to raise the minimum age for consuming liquor from 21 to 23. The government will make suitable amendments to the existing liquor policy and bring an ordinance for this. When the government came to power in 2016, it had diluted the liquor policy of the previous Congress-led regime…
Asha Kirana Hospital, Mysuru, is commemorating its 20 years of service in the field of HIV/AIDS by holding a programme on Dec. 10 at 10.30 am at Shubhodhini Convention Centre in city. Dr. R. Balasubramaniam of SVYM, Dr. R.S. Gupta and Dr. K.S. Sachdeva from NACO and Dr. I.S. Gilada, President of AIDS Society of…
Madikeri: An incident of a 31-year-old youth committing suicide on the day of his engagement has been reported from Kakkabe near Napoklu, Kodagu yesterday. The deceased youth has been identified as Sharath Somanna, son of Apparanda Suresh, proprietor of a resort in Kakkabe. As Sharath’s engagement was organised yesterday in Virajpet, his relatives and friends…
Ahmedabad: The high-octane campaign for the first phase of the crucial Gujarat elections, viewed as a prestige battle for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a litmus test for the leadership of Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi, came to an end yesterday. Voting will be held on Dec. 9. A total of 89 seats out of a…
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