Mysuru: President Ram Nath Kovind will land in Mysore Airport at Mandakalli on Feb.6 at 7 pm and after an overnight stay at Government Guest House, will leave for Shravanabelagola to participate in the 88th Mahamastakabhisheka Celebrations on Feb.7. This is the first time the President will be visiting the city though he will not…
Bengaluru: Arogya Bhagya, Karnataka’s flagship Universal Health Coverage (UHC) scheme to provide healthcare, irrespective of the individuals BPL or APL status, will be rolled out on Feb.25. And Aadhaar Card is enough for the patients to get this benefit. Health Minister K.R. Ramesh Kumar told reporters in Bengaluru yesterday that the scheme was supposed to…
Bengaluru: The BJP is leaving no stone unturned to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in the State Capital tomorrow (Feb.4) a grand success. Speaking to press persons after inspecting the preparations for the PM’s rally at Palace Grounds here yesterday, State BJP President and former CM B.S. Yeddyurappa said that the Prime Minister’s rally…
Mother earth gives protection to all the living beings without discrimination. Sadly, the same courtesy is not being reciprocated by different classes among the inhabitants, human beings at large asserting their right to enjoy the earth’s bounty over the rest. The planet is currently bearing the load of an estimated headcount of more than 700…
Bengaluru: Electricity consumers across the State will have to shell out at least Re. 1 per unit more for 2018-19 if the electricity supply companies (Escoms) have their way. The new tariffs will come into effect in April 2018, at the time of Assembly elections. Sources, however, said that the government may not implement the…
New Delhi: The Union Government is likely to pay an annual premium of less than Rs.1,200 per family for the ambitious National Health Protection Scheme, for which approximately Rs.12,000 crore is required every year. For 2018-19, the Government has made an initial provision of Rs.2,000 crore and an extra Rs.800 crore is expected from the…
Sir, Every time I buy SOM, the first thing I do is to look at the cartoon by Satish Acharya under Star Punch. The quality of cartoons in SOM are world class! In fact, I am an ardent fan of cartoons in newspapers and magazines. In Karnataka, most newspapers publish good quality cartoons. When we…
Mysuru: “Isn’t Pakoda-frying also a profession?” Prime Minister Narendra Modi had classified this also as a job among the 4,000 other daily business in the unorganised sector. Hence, demanding a separate policy for this sector, ‘Udyogakkaagi Yuvajanaru’ (Youth for Jobs), an organisation working in the interest of youths, staged a novel protest by frying pakodas…
By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Pics by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav Learning from bitter lessons from last year’s forest inferno where a young forest guard was charred to death in Bandipur, the Forest Department this time has strengthened its fire-fighting capabilities to combat forest fires that tend to ravage large swathes of forest during summer. This Weekend…
Bengaluru/ Mysuru: The Bengaluru bandh planned by Kannada outfits tomorrow (Feb.4) to coincide with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the city for a mega public meeting has been called off after Karnataka High Court ordered a stay, terming it unconstitutional. Modi is scheduled to address a massive public gathering at Palace Grounds tomorrow to…
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