Mysuru: Former Chief Minister and Saraswati Samman awardee Dr. M. Veerappa Moily inaugurated the two-day first Akhila Bharata Kannada Samskritika Sammelana organised by Akhila Bharata Kannada Samskritika Parishat at Sarada Vilas College Centenary Hall in Krishnamurthypuram here this morning. Speaking on the occasion, he maintained that Karnataka is the epicentre of India’s culture and said…
Mysuru: The members of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Health Standing Committee conducted a surprise raid yesterday on a parota-making unit operating in a choultry without trade license. The Committee served a notice and asked them to stop the production of parotas. Surprisingly, none of the people working there are aware as to who is…
Bengaluru: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has given a clean chit to Chief Minister Siddharamaiah in the expensive Hublot watch case without recording his statement, alleged complainant Nataraj Sharma, who is also an advocate. It has not been revealed when the watch was purchased by Girish Chandra Varma before he gifted it to CM. If…
Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep released the logo of SVEEP (Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Participation) at a programme held at his office here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, the DC said that the District Administration will soon launch SVEEP as per the direction of the Election Commission, to increase participation of voters in the…
New Delhi: The dates for the Assembly elections in Karnataka where the ruling Congress is facing a tough challenge from the BJP will be announced around April 15, said Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat. The polls may be held around mid-May. “School board examinations are likely to be over by March-end, and other examinations around…
Mysuru: The Special Edition of Royal Enfield Classic 500 Stealth Black bike, on which NSG Black Cat Commando rode, was delivered to an Infosys employee at a function organised at Aadith Motors on Hunsur Road here recently. Skanda, a Technology Analyst at Infosys, Mysuru, was the lucky person who got the bike. He said: “I…
Bengaluru: In a huge blow to Mohammed Nalapad Haris and his six-member gang who have been incarcerated in Parappana Agrahara Central Prison following the brutal attack on 24-year-old Vidwath at an upmarket mall in the city last week, the Court yesterday adjourned the bail plea to Tuesday (Feb. 27), and ensured that they will spend…
By T.J.S. George Justice Katju is known for using language of the extreme kind. But his words hit the bull’s eye last week when he spoke to a regional channel. India, he said, was in the hands of goondas; they must be shot. He recalled how the so-called “aristocrats” were guillotined in the French Revolution. We…
Bengaluru: Over ten days after the Supreme Court verdict on the vexed Cauvery dispute, JD(S) patriarch H.D. Deve Gowda yesterday said mere allocation of excess water was not good news for Karnataka as it could neither be diverted beyond the basin nor utilised for crops. He told the media here that though Bengaluru was not…
Periyapatna: Many Girijana Haadis (Tribal Hamlets) in the taluk have been receiving contaminated drinking water from the past several days and the apathetic attitude of the officials concerned have only compounded the problems of tribals. More than 100 tribals living in Maralukatte Girijana Haadi have been suffering from untold misery as the hamlet has no…
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