Bengaluru: The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has extended the stay order issued to the government in the case of Hassan Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri Dasari’s transfer, for another week. CAT has reserved orders until Mar. 21. Rohini Sindhuri had moved the CAT questioning the transfer order issued by the Karnataka government. CAT had earlier issued…
Government meddling with bureaucracy: MP Shobha
March 14, 2018Bengaluru: Raking up the issue of IAS and IPS officers committing suicide, taking voluntary retirement or being transferred under the Siddharamaiah Government, BJP State General Secretary and Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP, Shobha Karandlaje, at a press conference in Bengaluru yesterday alleged that the morale of bureaucracy was at an all-time low under the present dispensation. To support…
Sreenivasa Prasad sees ‘Ravana Rajya’ in Karnataka
March 14, 2018Mysuru: Former Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad has likened Chief Minister Siddharamaiah to demon king Ravana, a mythological character in the epic Ramayana. He also mocked All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Rahul Gandhi calling him a ‘shouting commandant,’ who is being touted as the next Prime Minister of the country despite a series of electoral…
Lingayat tag: Cabinet meet postponed
March 14, 2018Bengaluru: The Cabinet meeting, which was scheduled to take place this evening in the State capital, has been postponed. However, no reasons have been assigned for the postponement. The meeting was expected to chiefly discuss the separate Lingayat religion tag amidst mounting pressure from Seers backing the tag. But CM Siddharamaiah, not preferring to discuss…
MUDA to auction 238 unallotted houses
March 14, 2018Mysuru: The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) at its Board meeting held yesterday, has decided to auction 238 unallotted house belonging to it. Speaking to press persons after the meeting, MUDA Commissioner P.S. Kantharaj said these unallotted houses, in HIG, MIG and LIG categories, are located in different localities and had become dilapidated due to…
Stray pets to follow DC Randeep
March 14, 2018Mysuru: Former Mysuru Deputy Commissioner (DC) D. Randeep, who handed over charge to the new DC K.B. Sivakumar on Mar.13, is awaiting his posting. However, one thing he is very clear is, he is not going to leave behind his pets Lily and its pups Browny, Chubby and Spotty. He has decided to take these…
World Kidney Day at JSS Hospital
March 14, 2018Mysuru: Marking World Kidney Day, JSS Hospital had organised an awareness programme at Rajendra auditorium in the hospital premises here this morning. Inaugurating the programme, Pramoda Devi Wadiyar contended that kidney was as vital an organ like heart. She asked people to be aware of health of kidney especially women as the cases of renal…
Nanjangud PDO bags ‘champion’ award for toilet construction
March 14, 2018Nanjangud: One of the pet projects of Narendra Modi Government under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan of making India open defecation free has been fulfilled by a hard working, committed Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) Mahadevaswamy. With the co-operation of the villagers, he has been instrumental in making a village open defecation free and thus bagged the Swachh…
Book on Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar released
March 14, 2018Mysuru: Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar released a book on Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar titled ‘Nadu Kattida Nalwadige Namana’ at a programme organised by Karnataka Sena Pade at Maharaja’s College Centenary Hall here this morning. The book, published by Karnataka Sena Pade, is a compilation of articles on the erstwhile Mysore ruler, by 21 personalities such as…
Nominated to CII Mysuru Zone
March 14, 2018Mysuru: Arjun M. Ranga, MD, N. Ranga Rao & Sons Pvt. Ltd., has been nominated as Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mysuru Zone, for 2018-19. Arjun Ranga holds an engineering degree from SJCE, Mysuru, and an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management – International Business School, USA, with specialisation in marketing…
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