Mysuru: Keeping in mind the safety of motorists (two- wheeler riders) and also to prevent fatalities through head injuries, the Mysuru City Police (both Civil and Traffic) began their drive against motorists wearing non-Indian Standards Institute (ISI) mark helmets in city this morning. Stationed at vantage points in city, the Police personnel were seen stopping…
PM Narendra Modi to open Mysuru-Bengaluru Electric Railway Line this month
January 2, 2018Mysuru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will declare open the Mysuru-Bengaluru Railway Electrification Line later this month. The PM, who is likely to launch the project after mid-January, is also expected to launch two trains — Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) and Humsafar Express — between Mysuru and Bengaluru. At present, 26 trains operating between Mysuru…
MCC honours Swachhata partners
January 2, 2018Mysuru: In an effort to encourage public participation in the cleanliness drive, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) yesterday gave away the awards for the winners of ‘Swachh Mysuru Contest.’ Various organisations and institutions were honoured for their contributions to keeping the city clean. Mysuru, which was declared the ‘Cleanest City in India’ two consecutive times…
Hi-tech toilet near Freedom Fighters Park
January 2, 2018Mysuru: A hi-tech toilet established by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) near Freedom Fighters Park in Ward 36 was declared open yesterday by MLA Vasu. The toilet has an exclusive section for physically-challenged people with aids like wheel-chair and hand stick. Also included are bathrooms for men and women with hot water facility. Speaking on the…
Mysuru Winter Festival: Flower Show draws to a close
January 2, 2018Mysuru: Like the New York Time Square in US or the Sydney Opera House in Australia and many other landmark destinations in the world to celebrate the grand entry of the new year, the magnificent Mysore Palace could be a destination in the future to be, to ring in the new year. This was the…
Selfie-frenzy public separate elephant calf from its mother
January 2, 2018Gundlupet: In what could be termed as an inhuman act, a group of villagers not only disturbed a herd of elephants which had come to the village border but also separated a mother elephant from her calf and got busy clicking selfies with the calf while it was crying for its mother. The incident took…
3 personalities conferred awards
January 2, 2018Mysuru: Three eminent personalities were conferred awards at a programme jointly organised by Kuvempu Vidyavardhaka Trust and Dejagow Trust, marking the 114th birth anniversary of Kuvempu and Vishwamanava Day at Kuvempu Vidyavaradhaka Trust, Jayalakshmipuram, here on Sunday. Tarini Chidanandagowda, daughter of Kuvempu, was conferred Vishwamanava Award, woman farmer activist K.S. Nandini Jayaram was conferred Savithramma…
New Foreign Secretary
January 2, 2018New Delhi: Seasoned diplomat Vijay Keshav Gokhale, considered an expert on China, was yesterday named the next Foreign Secretary succeeding S. Jaishankar, who completes his extended tenure later this month. Gokhale, a 1981-batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), had played a key role in India-China negotiations last year to resolve the 73-day standoff…
PMO website in Kannada
January 2, 2018New Delhi: The website of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) www.pmindia.gov.in is now available in eleven regional languages, including Kannada. The Kannada website can be accessed through http://www.pmindia.gov.in/kn. The other languages are Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu, in addition to English and Hindi.
Into a mixed-up, convoluted 2018
January 2, 2018By TJS George Machimanda Deviah caught the spirit of our times when he posted: The black buck who was driving Salman Khan’s car had killed Arushi Talwar because she did 2G scam which jumped to death from the Adarsh building. He might have added that Adarsh, caught in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter killing, was arrested for…
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