Madikeri: The State Government has given permission to capture four elephants for creating havoc by killing human beings and destroying crops. DFO Manjunath said that the operation to capture the four elephants will be taken up soon. Speaking to SOM, the DFO said that directions have been given to capture two rogue elephants each in…
Putin elected for fourth term as Russian President
March 20, 2018Moscow: Vladimir Putin cruised to victory in Sunday’s Russian Presidential elections. His fourth term as president will extend until 2024, making him the first Kremlin leader to serve two decades in power since Josef Stalin. Turnout, was close to 60% as of 9 pm GMT on Sunday evening after a long day of voting. The…
Youth asked to effectively exercise franchise
March 20, 2018Mysuru: Systematic Voters Education and Electoral Practice (SVEEP), together with Election Literacy Club, had organised an awareness programme on voting at D. Banumaiah College here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Zilla Panchayat (ZP) CEO P. Shivashankar asked youth who have completed 18 years to get their names enrolled in the voters list and participate enthusiastically…
With Delhi Dynasty Dislodged: It’s free-run for Congress in Karnataka
March 20, 2018Damage done may lead to division of Karnataka like Andhra Pradesh. We are warned ! On Saturday, 3rd March 2018 a friend telephoned me seeking appointment to bring his friend who wanted advice from me to sell a 60’x40’ site he owned in K.C. Nagar. As Mysureans know that sites and buildings in K.C. Nagar,…
Kautilya student-entrepreneurs donate ‘Vanijya Vihar’ proceeds to rural school
March 20, 2018Mysuru: Start-ups, entrepreneurship and skill development are the buzz words today. Kautilya Vidyalaya had organised a special programme ‘Vanijya Vihar’ in order to introduce these concepts. The students underwent training regarding production of items and marketing them. Out of the profits thus earned, they shared it with another school for the benefit of those students…
Attempt to loot motorists on Ring Road: Illegal Bangladeshi migrant among five sentenced to jail
March 20, 2018Mysuru: The city’s Third Additional Sessions Court has sentenced five persons including an illegal migrant from Bangladesh to imprisonment for attempting to loot motorists on the Ring Road here. Those sentenced to jail have been identified as 49-year-old Mohammed Ilyas of Shafichor village, Madaripur district in Bangladesh, 24-year-old Kaalukha of Shanpukor, Nadia district in West…
MUDA Council Meet begins
March 20, 2018Mysuru: In what is said to be the last Council Meeting ahead of the announcement of poll schedule, which is expected to come any time from now on, the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has set the agenda for the meeting which commenced at MUDA Hall on JLB Road here this morning. The meeting is…
Violin-Sitar ‘Grand Jugalbandhi’ at Ugadi Music Fest in Palace
March 20, 2018Mysuru: Mysuru’s own violinist Mysuru Manjunath and Sitarist Ustad Rafique Khan won the hearts of the music-lovers at the ‘Grand Jugalbandhi’, organised by the Mysore Palace Board, in front of the Mysore Palace yesterday. They were performing on the second day of the Ugadi Music Festival-2018 and the caressing, lilting melodies from both the instruments…
Former MLC Siddaraju’s caste certificate cancelled
March 20, 2018Mysuru: Asserting that the Mysuru taluk Tahsildar has cancelled the caste certificate of former BJP MLC Siddaraju, former Congress leader S.H. Subash has demanded action against those leaders having false caste certificates. Addressing a press meet here yesterday, Subash said that the SC/ST Caste Screening Committee had found that the ex-MLC and his family members…
CM thanked for pay hike
March 20, 2018Mysuru: The Mysuru Vishwavidyanilaya Kanaka Naukarara Sangha has thanked Chief Minister Siddharamaiah for announcing a 30 percent pay hike for Government employees in accordance with the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission. In a press release, the Sangha said that the pay hike was very much essential to meet inflation. It has also lauded the…
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