Devdutt Pattanaik to deliver special lecture T.J.S. George to release book Mysuru: Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Chemicals, Fertilizers and Pharmaceuticals H.N. Ananth Kumar will inaugurate the 40th anniversary celebrations of Star of Mysore, at a function to be held at the Platinum Jubilee auditorium of MMC&RI, J.K. Grounds here on Feb. 17 (Saturday) at…
Siddharamaiah to present record 13th Budget tomorrow
February 15, 2018Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who also holds the Finance portfolio, would set a record of sorts tomorrow by presenting his 13th State budget and 6th in a row. He will present the Budget for 2018-19 though it will not be a full-fledged one but a vote-on-account Budget in view of the upcoming election. The…
Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel fully booked in advance: Where will Modi stay?
February 15, 2018Mysuru: Finding a hotel room for the Prime Minister of the country when he is visiting a city to stay is one of the easiest tasks for any government body. However, surprisingly, what we find here instead is the Special Protection Group (SPG) to the Prime Minister, the District Administration and the Police are frantically…
ED files FIR against Minister D.K. Shivakumar
February 15, 2018Bengaluru: Even as the countdown for the State Assembly polls has begun, Energy Minister D.K. Shivakumar seems to be in trouble, with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filing an FIR against him on charges of tearing documents and destroying evidence when Income Tax officials raided Eagleton Resort in the outskirts of Bengaluru on Aug.2, 2017, where…
MCC takes up rooftop solar power generation
February 15, 2018Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is all set to harness solar power with the idea of becoming self-sufficient in its energy needs and frames to install solar panels have been put up on the building rooftop. The MCC, which served as the nodal agency for implementing the Centre sponsored ‘Solar City’ project could have…
Thalassery-Mysuru Railway line via Kodagu: Mysuru protest venue shifted from J.K. Grounds to Dasara Expo Grounds
February 15, 2018Mysuru: The venue of the massive protest against the proposed Thalassery-Mysuru Railway line via South Kodagu has been shifted from J.K. Grounds to Karnataka Exhibition Grounds or the Dasara Exhibition Grounds. This change has been necessitated as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting the city on Feb.18 and 19 and the Special Protection Group,…
PMO keen on Mysuru Swachh model
February 15, 2018Mysuru: In spite of Mysuru slipping to the fifth spot in the last Swachh Survekshan, it has not stopped the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to visit and study city’s Swachh model. A representative from PMO visited the city and collected details about the model from Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). According to MCC Commissioner G. Jagadeesha,…
Yuvaraja’s students demand basic facilities
February 15, 2018Mysuru: Over 2,000 students of the historic Yuvaraja’s College in city took the protest route this morning demanding basic facilities. Shouting slogans, students, both girls and boys, boycotted the classes and raised their voice against pathetic facilities at the college. Assembling in front of the College, students, with placards, demanded immediate attention from the authorities…
Hybrid Weddings
February 15, 2018By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC “Hybrid wedding” is a new term coined by the hospitality industry. Hybrid cars, one can understand but weddings? Well, it is simple. The marriages are performed in two destinations. At an exotic destination, sangeet, mehandi, cocktail etc., are done and the actual weddings are performed at home town….
More than 78,000 new voters in Mysuru District
February 15, 2018Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner (DC) D. Randeep has said that the final revised voter list will be published on Feb.28 and the list will be issued to political parties by Mar. 2. Presiding over a meeting with political leaders at his office here on Monday, Randeep said that the district had received 78,403 applications from eligible…
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