New Delhi: The BJP-led NDA’s candidate Harivansh Narayan Singh was this morning elected as the new Rajya Sabha (RS) Deputy Chairman with 125 votes. The UPA’s candidate, Congress MP B.K. Hariprasad, got 105 votes. Harivansh is a JD(U) Parliamentarian from Bihar and a former journalist. Hariprasad is Congress MP from Karnataka. The Rajya Sabha Deputy…
Mysuru: A retired school headmaster of city was found dead at Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh on Aug. 4 and his identity came to be known only last night. Parashivamurthy (61), a resident of Sardar Vallabhai Patel Nagar in city and a retired headmaster of Keelanapura Government School in the taluk, is the deceased. Parashivamurthy is…
Mysuru: As part of Varamahalakshmi festival, JSS Urban Haat has organised ‘Kalavaibhav-2018,’ an exhibition-cum-sale of handicrafts, sarees and many other items at its premises in Hebbal from Aug. 10 to 19. More than 80 Master craftpersons, Weavers, Co-operative Societies and Micro Industries from all over the country will display their finest crafts work. The event…
Bengaluru: Social Welfare Department has launched a Helpline ‘Kalyana Kendra’ to address the grievances of students staying at SC/ST hostels in the State. The Helpline number is 080-22634300 or can be contacted through WhatsApp number 99011-00000. Launching the facility at Yuvanika on Nrupathunga Road here on Tuesday, Dy. Chief Minister Dr. G. Parameshwara said that…
Mysuru: Jnanodaya PU College has organised an Inter-School Science Fest and Exhibition on Aug.10 at 9 am at its premises on Sahukar Channaiah Road in Saraswathipuram here. Disclosing this at a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan here yesterday, College Principal Srikanta Sharma said that students of 9th and 10th standard of Schools in city and…
Bengaluru: Former Minister Thippeswamy (76) passed away at a hospital in Bengaluru following a brief illness. He leaves behind his wife, a son and a daughter. Having got elected from Challakere constituency, Thippeswamy had served as Excise Minister in H.D. Deve Gowda Cabinet and as Minor Irrigation Minister in J.H. Patel Cabinet. A tall leader…
Mysuru: Demanding a rollback of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) levied on policy premiums, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) agents on Wednesday staged a protest in front of the LIC office at Bannimantap. Expressing their support to the nationwide stir against GST being levied on policy premiums, the agents demanded that a welfare…
Mysuru: Honneru Balaga has organised a programme on Aug.12 at 11 am at Belavala Farm on KRS Road here to create an awareness among people on cultivation of sandalwood. Agriculturist Ramesh Balutagi of Kushtagi in Koppal district will educate the people on cultivation of sandalwood with minimum water requirement. Ramesh has transformed a dry land…
Plane diverted to Mumbai Mysuru: A city Haj pilgrim, who was on his way to Jeddah to perform Haj, suddenly fell ill in the flight and is now undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Mumbai. Mandi Mohalla resident Syed Ahmed, 77, along with his wife Mallika Banu Ahmed, boarded the Saudi Airlines flight taking…
Mysuru: Outsourced employees of Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Ltd. (CNNL), under the banner of Karnataka State Government Daily Wage Workers Mahamandali, staged a demonstration in front of CNNL office at Manjunathapura in the city on Wednesday, urging the Government to fulfil their demands. The demands included minimum wages, equal pay for equal work, PF, ESI and…
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