Bengaluru: A delegation of Veerashaiva Mutt pontiffs issued a stern warning to Chief Minister Siddharamaiah yesterday that the Congress would have to “face the wrath of society” if the proposal to grant ‘religious minority’ status on Lingayats is accepted. Led by Seers representing the Kashi and Ujjini mutts — two of the five holy pantheons…
Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister and BJP’s CM candidate in the upcoming Assembly elections, B.S. Yeddyurappa, has taken legal recourse against the constant references made by Congress leaders about his court cases. Heckling Yeddyurappa by referring to his jail stint and corruption cases has become a favourite tool of Congress leaders, including Chief Minister Siddharamaiah to…
Mysuru: Former Minister and BJP leader S.A. Ramdas yesterday alleged that the State Government had deliberately transferred Mysuru’s previous Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep to Hassan. At a press conference, Ramdas said that Randeep was transferred as he was probing the alleged irregularities in the voters’ list of Krishnaraja Assembly segment. “Randeep’s transfer has given rise…
Mandya: The adage ‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away’ was taken so seriously by a supporter of Power Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) that a weighty 300-kg apple garland greeted him when he visited Mandya yesterday. In an attempt to please his boss and as an ‘act of admiration’, Srirangapatna constituency ticket aspirant Indavalu…
Mysuru: Former Vice-Chancellor of University of Mysore and Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) and Scientist Prof. K.S. Rangappa has been elected as President of the Indian Science Congress (ISC) for the year 2019 with a thumping majority. His selection was announced at the General Body Meeting of the Indian Science Congress held at Manipur’s capital…
Mysuru: The Mysuru District POCSO Special Judge has sentenced a youth to 10 years imprisonment and has also imposed a fine of Rs. 6,000 for kidnapping and raping a minor girl. The youth who was sentenced has been identified as 23-year-old Dinesh, a resident of Avarthi village in Periyapatna taluk. Dinesh, on Apr. 29, 2015,…
Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has announced a compensation of Rs. 1 lakh to the family members of those killed and Rs. 25,000 to those injured in the accident involving two private buses and a car on Mysuru-T. Narsipur Road on the outskirts of city on Wednesday evening which had claimed four lives and leaving 46…
Mysuru: Former Mysuru Zilla Panchayat President Dr. Pushpa Amarnath has been nominated as a Member of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). A Member of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee and former General Secretary of State Women Congress Committee, she is a close relative of Hunsur MLA H.P. Manjunath. Late Muktar Unnisa Begum was a…
Bharathinagar: The cause of death of pelicans at Kokkare Bellur some time back, is due to roundworms, it is learnt. On Dec.5 last year, 43 pelicans were found dead and it is confirmed now from the laboratory test reports that they all died due to roundworms and to confirm this report, the roundworms were also…
Maddur: A man, who was fishing at Madduramma Lake at Deshahalli in the taluk yesterday, was in for a surprise when he caught a rare fish weighing about one kilogram in his net. The man, identified as Nagaraja Naik, a fisherman from Deshahalli was fishing in the lake and had cast his nets in the…
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