New Delhi: The Centre yesterday informed the Supreme Court that it was willing to extend till March 31 next year the deadline fixed for mandatory linking of Aadhaar for availing various services and schemes. The Supreme Court will be setting up a five-Judge Constitution Bench next week to hear several pleas seeking an interim stay…
DC calls for active public participation for groundwater conservation
December 8, 2017Mysuru: Underlining the need for judicious use of water, Deputy Commissioner (DC) D. Randeep has called for active public participation in conserving groundwater. He was speaking after inaugurating a day-long workshop on the measures to be taken to conserve groundwater at Abdul Nazir Sab State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD) here yesterday morning. Recalling the…
Operation Cheetah: 3,207 cases of traffic violations booked, Rs. 3,79,500 fine imposed
December 8, 2017Mysuru: The Mysuru City Traffic Police, along with Civil Police personnel, who conducted ‘Operation Cheetah,’ a drive against traffic rules offenders from 4 pm to 7 pm on Nov.5, have booked 3,207 cases against violators and have also collected a total fine of Rs. 3,79,500 from them. This apart, the Cops, who conducted a drive…
Light up parking lot at Railway Station
December 8, 2017Sir, The two-wheeler parking lot at the Railway Station (near the first platform) does not have lights and it is an ordeal to locate/park vehicles in the dark. Although high-mast lamp posts are installed in the parking premises, there are no bulbs. On inquiry with the personnel manning the parked vehicles, they feign ignorance and…
Passing examinations and after
December 8, 2017Life’s journey towards landing a job and battling the ups and downs through subsequent years begins not a day too late after passing various examinations, starting with SSLC and PUC second year, unless one drops out of school even before making it to final year in high school. For the present column, the channels of…
Judge waits for rape accused to pronounce verdict !
December 8, 2017Mysuru: Fearing stringent punishment, a rape accused stayed away from the Court on the day of the judgement. Angered by this, the Court has now deferred the date of judgement and asked the Police to produce the accused on that day. Interestingly, this is for the fourth time in less than two weeks the judge…
Swachh Survekshan – 2018: Religious Heads to meet at Suttur Mutt this evening
December 8, 2017Mysuru: Suttur Mutt Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji will hold a meeting with various religious Heads at the Suttur Mutt premises in city this evening at 4 pm. The meeting has been organised to create awareness on cleanliness ahead of Swachh Survekshan – 2018. The meeting will discuss about the religious institutions joining hands with…
(One) foot path in front of Crawford Hall !
December 8, 2017Sir, During the Centenary Celebrations of Mysore University, the footpath in front of Crawford Hall was redone. The width was just enough for people to walk on it. Recently in the name of road widening the width has been reduced so much that at places you can keep only a foot on the footpath to…
Babri Masjid Demolition: Muslim delegation urges Centre to expedite pending cases
December 8, 2017Mysuru: A delegation, comprising leaders of various Muslim organisations of city, registered their protest over the demolition of Babri Masjid at Ayodhya in 1992. A meeting in this regard was held at the office of Rifa-Hul-Muslimeen Educational Trust here on Dec. 6 and a memorandum was submitted to Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) H.N. Shivegowda at…
Burglars decamp with valuables from house
December 8, 2017Inmate was sleeping when burglary took place Mysuru: An incident of burglars entering a house when the resident was sleeping and decamping with gold ornaments and other valuables, has been reported at Udayagiri on Dec. 4. The burglary took place at the house on one Mohammed Sardar. Sardar on Dec. 4 night had locked the…
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