Mysuru: Don’t be surprised if you see heaps of garbage and clogged drainages raising a stink on roads in city ahead of Dasara Nada Habba. Pourakarmikas, hired on contract basis and also the regular ones appointed by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), will stop all cleaning work from Oct.3. Their “Broom Down” is against the…
Union Cabinet approves Ordinance New Delhi: The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this morning approved an ordinance making Triple Talaq a punishable offence. The step was taken after the Government failed to pass the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017, in the Rajya Sabha during the recent monsoon session….
Mysuru: Member of the erstwhile Mysore royal family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar said that the centenary commemoration of the ‘Battle of Haifa’ will be held at Rajendra Kalamandira on Ramanuja Road in city on Sept.23 at 6 pm. Addressing a press conference at Pathrakartara Bhavan along with Secretary of Haifa Centenary Celebration Committee M.S. Harish…
At the press conference, Yaduveer said that it will be a traditional Dasara at the Mysore Palace from Oct.10 to 19 and rituals will be held as per tradition. He was, however, quick to decline to comment on the Golden Howdah (Ambari). “The records of the Ambari are with my mother and she is better…
New Delhi: The Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR), a New Delhi-based think tank, has come out with a report that indicates that the average income of India’s MLAs is 17 times that of an average Indian. According to ADR, the average income of 3,145 sitting MLAs across India was Rs.2.5 million per annum. South Indian…
Mysuru: Ahead of Dasara, pujas were performed to the canons at the Mysore Palace this morning. The puja was performed to seven canons by priest S.V. Prahlada Rao in the auspicious Abhijin Lagna between 11 and 11.30 am. The rituals which included Vijayaganapathi puja, Mruthyunjaya puja, Chamundeshwari puja and Mruthyunjaya Japa. The seven canons will…
Bengaluru: The condition of senior Congress leader and Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who was admitted to Apollo Hospital at Sheshadripuram in Bengaluru, is said to be stable. He continues to be at the hospital. Shivakumar had complained of a bad stomach and doctors had suspected it to be a case of food poisoning which…
Bengaluru: While the office of Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.N. Ananth Kumar has trashed reports that he is suffering from cancer, efforts are on within the BJP to find a replacement for him from the Bengaluru South Parliamentary constituency for the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls. Ananth Kumar’s conspicuous absence from public domain for the past…
Mysuru: State Higher Education and District Minister G.T. Devegowda said that the much-anticipated and one of the major attractions of Dasara festivities, Yuva Sambhrama will be held from Sept. 30 to Oct. 5 at Open Air Theatre in Manasagangothri Campus here while the Yuva Dasara will be held from Oct. 12 to Oct. 17 at…
Mysuru: The Deputy Director of Pre-University Education (DDPUE) Dr. Dayanand, who also took part in the meeting, said that mid-term exams for PU students scheduled to be held from Sept. 27 to Oct. 9 in the district has been postponed following Yuva Sambhrama. The exams will be conducted after Dasara celebrations. The revised date will…
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