Mysuru: The State’s Mines and Geology Minister Vinay Kulkarni’s startling statement recently that manufactured sand (popularly called M-Sand) was not suitable for building houses, has created quite a storm among the building fraternity. In a press release, Builders Association of India (BAI) State Chairman S.R. Swamy, countering the statement of the Minister without mentioning his…
Padma awards A pleasant surprise
February 1, 2018By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC This year’s list of Padma awards announced on Thursday last, a day before the Republic Day had some pleasant surprises. Normally this list consists of cricketers, movie stars, other sportsmen and people who are favourably dispensed towards the ruling party. A Lutyens hang around. This year a total…
Tusker, tiger found dead in Nagarahole
February 1, 2018Hunsur: A tusker and a decomposed carcass of a tiger have been found in Nagarahole Reserve Forest here yesterday. While the tusker, aged about 40 years, was found on the Paisari Beat of Kallahalli Range, the highly-decomposed carcass of the tiger, aged about six years, was found in BMC Beat of Balakovu Range, both coming…
Temporary stoppage of Trains at Arsikere continues
February 1, 2018Mysuru: Railways has decided to continue two minute temporary stoppage at Arsikere on experimental basis for Train No. 12629/12630 Yesvantpur – Hazrat Nizamuddin – Yesvantpur Bi-Weekly Sampark Kranti Express and Train No. 22685/22686 Yesvantpur – Chandigarh – Yesvantpur Bi-Weekly Sampark Kranti Express until further advise. Train No. 12629 Yesvantpur – Hazrat Nizamuddin Bi-Weekly and Train…
MCC holds Budget 2018-19 consultation meeting
February 1, 2018Mysuru: In the context of the annual Budget of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to be presented later in the month, a preliminary consultation meeting was organised by MCC at the Old Council Hall yesterday to elicit opinions and suggestions from the public on the Budget content. The meeting was chaired by Mayor S. Bhagyavathi. The…
Listening to the Buddha’s hands
February 1, 2018By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In the early days of Buddhism, Buddha was represented by a symbol: a footprint or a wheel or a pot or a tree. Later, less than 2,000 years ago, we see the earliest images of the Buddha in the Gandhara region (modern Pakistan and Afghanistan) as…
MUDA announces final list of 530 sites at Lalithadripura
February 1, 2018Mysuru: The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) announced the final list of 530 site allottees at Lalithadripura, here this morning. The list has been put up on the MUDA notice board this afternoon. MUDA Chairman D. Dhruvakumar addressing the media at his office here this morning said that in all, the names of 530 allottees…
KSOU students seek CS recommendation for recognition of degrees
February 1, 2018Mysuru: It is two months since Chief Secretary (CS) K. Ratna Prabha assured the students of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) to look into the issues they are facing including de-recognition of degree certificates from 2012-13 itself. The students of KSOU in a letter to the Chief Secretary dated Jan.23, have urged her to recommend…
Impressionz expo on Feb. 3,4
February 1, 2018Impressionz has organised a two-day exhibition showcasing the best of designers from all corners of the country on Feb.3 and 4 at Hotel Southern Star in city. The expo with a gamut of traditional and contemporary Indian clothes and accessories, features the following designers: Arnav has been long renowned as a Fine Jeweller who creates…
Mysuru Police Public School to get Rs. 12.53 crore for expansion
February 1, 2018Bengaluru: The State Cabinet which met here on Wednesday, has approved release of Rs. 12.53 crore for construction of more blocks at Mysuru Police Public School on Mahadevapura road in Mysuru. Speaking to press persons after the cabinet meeting yesterday, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T.B. Jayachandra detailing the other Cabinet decisions, said that more…
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