Mysuru: With the electrification of the Railway line between Mysuru and Bengaluru officially thrown open on Mar.19, the South Western Railway (SWR) will now run 12 trains on AC traction between the two cities. This means that these 12 trains will run on electrical locomotives instead of diesel. It may be recalled that Prime Minister…
Bengaluru: The development works on the existing Mysuru-Bengaluru National highway into six-lane tracks and the service roads on either side would be launched on Mar. 24, said Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha. The works will be launched at 1 pm near Yesvantpur during which Central and State Ministers would be present. The works on the highway,…
Hassan/Mysuru: The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) yesterday disposed of the Hassan Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri’s petition challenging her transfer on Mar. 7. It has also directed Sindhuri to submit a representation to the Chief Secretary within the next two days, “which will be an appeal against her transfer, citing her reasons.” The tribunal said that…
Mysuru: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has granted full autonomous status under Category II for the century-old University of Mysore (UoM), for having maintained high standards of excellence. The letter in this regard has been sent from the UGC office in New Delhi yesterday afternoon. Mysore Varsity In-charge Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof. C. Basavaraju, speaking to…
Mysuru: Former Minister and Karnataka BJP Vice-President V. Sreenivasa Prasad has an unblemished career though he was in a powerful position as a Revenue Minister. “Such people must not retire from active politics,” said retired Supreme Court Judge and former Lokayukta of Karnataka Justice N. Santosh Hegde. He was speaking at Kalamandira yesterday after releasing…
Mysuru: Former Union Minister and BJP State Unit Vice-President V. Sreenivasa Prasad yesterday said that he has retired from electoral politics and indicated at quitting active politics too. Speaking at Kalamandira during his book release function, he said, “I have seen six Prime Ministers and five to six Presidents from close quarters and I have…
Bengaluru: Post the Karnataka government’s decision to accord an independent religion tag to the Lingayats, Kodavas have demanded that they should also be declared as a religious minority. Two representatives from the Kodava community, M.M. Bansy and Vijay Muthappa have yesterday sent a memorandum to the State asking for a separate religion tag. The…
Mysuru: K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief, Star of Mysore, has described former Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad as a real winner who won in the true sense though losing the recent Nanjangud by-election. He was speaking at Kalamandira yesterday about the book ‘Swabhimana Rajakaranada Hinnele – Nanjanagudu Vidhana Sabha Upachunavane’ written by Prasad. “I have known Prasad since…
Mysuru: “There are plans to host another Indian Science Congress (ISC) in Karnataka shortly and I have thought of inviting scientists from the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) nations to the ISC,” said former VC of University of Mysore (UoM) and the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) Prof. K.S. Rangappa, who has been…
Three exhibitions under one roof Mysuru: For the first time, JSS Mysore Urban Haat is organising three exhibitions at a time, JSS Mysore Urban Haat Utsav, following overwhelming response from Mysureans and as well as tourists, at JSS Mysore Urban Haat premises, Ring Road, Hebbal Industrial Area here from tomorrow (Mar.23). The Utsav is sponsored…
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