Madikeri: It is marriage season in Kodagu and this time as the season has coincided with the elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has kept an eye on lavish programmes where liquor is served to guests. Though serving liquor to guests during family functions is common in Kodagu, the Model Code of Conduct forbids…
Model Code of Conduct violation: FIR against Manju
April 6, 2018Hassan: Hassan election officials yesterday lodged a complaint against District Minister A. Manju for misusing the District Minister’s office and thereby violating the Election Model Code of Conduct. It is said that three women employees were involved in election work in the office on Mar. 31, with the door locked from outside. A section of…
Call for Cauvery bandh in State on Apr.12
April 6, 2018Bengaluru: The President of Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha, Vatal Nagaraj has called for a State-wide bandh on Apr.12 opposing the formation of Cauvery Water Management Board. “We are actually against the idea of calling for a bandh. But when Tamil Nadu parties call for a State-wide bandh, we have to counter it. Otherwise only their…
Money to entice voters supplied in Police jeeps, alleges Deve Gowda
April 6, 2018Bengaluru: Former Prime Minister and JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda yesterday accused former IPS officer and adviser to the Home Minister Kempaiah of misusing government machinery in the elections. Gowda was speaking after meeting Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Om Prakash Rawat, who is on a visit to the city to review preparedness for the Assembly…
Jaitley to undergo kidney transplant
April 6, 2018New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is suffering from some kidney related problems and is set to undergo kidney transplant this weekend. A senior AIIMS official said that all paperwork and other formalities for the kidney transplant have been completed and the surgery would happen sometime this weekend. “He came to the hospital at…
Au revoir, time to say goodbye to an era -2
April 6, 2018By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC [Continued from yesterday] The fame of Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel started spreading so much that it became a matter of prestige to get a posting at this hotel! Ultimately in the nineties, I was brought back to this hotel as General Manager, a matter of great pride for…
Video of cop coming out of ladies toilet in bus stand goes viral
April 6, 2018Mysuru: An incident of a Police officer using the ladies toilet at KSRTC Suburban Bus Stand to attend nature’s call has been reported in city on Wednesday night and the video of the cop coming out of the ladies toilet has gone viral in the social media, thus embarrassing the Department. The cop attached to…
INS welcomes PM’s stand on ‘fake news’ guidelines
April 6, 2018New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS), an apex body of the Print Media industry, has welcomed the decision of the Prime Minister in turning down the stringent guidelines on ‘fake news’ issued by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry. After a widespread criticism by journalists and the Opposition, who realised this was an attempt to…
After meeting HDK, actor Sudeep meets CM
April 6, 2018Bengaluru: Less than a week after meeting State JD(S) President and former CM H.D. Kumaraswamy, actor Sudeep met Chief Minister Siddharamaiah at the latter’s residence here yesterday. Although the details of the meeting is not known, the meeting between the actor and the CM has given rise to speculations in political circles. The actor’s meeting…
Kodagu Mahila Sangha to host Food Fest and Fun Fair
April 6, 2018Mysuru: Shree Kaveri Kodagu Mahila Sangha has organised a day-long ‘Food Fest and Fun Fair’ at Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa Community Hall, 1st Floor, Kodava Samaja, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, on Apr. 8 from 10.30 am. Balliyamanda M. Nanaiah (Retd. DCP), President, Kodava Samaja, Mysuru, will be the chief guest. Machimada P. Nanaiah, President, Kodava Samaja…
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