Mysuru/Bengaluru: The State Government’s grandiose plans of building a Disneyland-like Amusement Park at the iconic Krishna Raja Sagar Dam in Mandya District is inching towards reality with the architects submitting the Detailed Project Report to project implementers tomorrow. While a high-level meeting took place in Bengaluru last evening to decide on the main project attractions…
Why heritage value of Brindavan Gardens not considered?
November 15, 2018Mysuru: Alyia Phelps Gardiner Krumbiegel, great granddaughter of German Horticultural legend Gustav Hermann Krumbiegel who had designed the Brindavan Gardens at the KRS Dam, has again taken objection to the State Government’s plan to develop the Brindavan Gardens on the lines of Disneyland in the US. Alyia Krumbiegel, who had in July this year written…
‘Tipu has given more trouble to royal family’: Pramoda Devi Wadiyar
November 15, 2018Belagavi: The Wadiyars of Mysuru have always kept away from publicly expressing their reservations over the celebration of Tipu Jayanti. However, even as Tipu Sultan is being criticised for his alleged atrocities against several communities, including Wadiyars in Karnataka, Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, wife of last Scion of Mysuru Wadiyar family late Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, has…
Conmen claiming to be Tourism Minister’s PA cheat citizens
November 15, 2018Madikeri: The Kodagu Police are on a hot chase of three fraudsters who cheated a land owner by claiming that they are the close associates of Tourism and Kodagu District Minister S.R. Mahesh. A special team has been formed and the team members are camping in Bengaluru trying to trace the culprits based on their…
Former RBI Governor Y.V. Reddy to inaugurate Second Mysuru Literature Festival on Nov.18
November 15, 2018Mysuru: It is that time of the year when there is nip in the air and all eyes are on the authors of the books, as the literati, glitterati and the bibliophiles make a beeline to attend the Second Edition of the Mysuru Literature Festival. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) former Governor and Chairman of…
Ambidant Scam: Mining baron Janardhana Reddy gets bail
November 15, 2018Bengaluru: The First Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in Bengaluru yesterday granted bail to mining baron and former Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, who was arrested in the Rs. 600 crore Ambidant Marketing Ponzi scam. Reddy was arrested on Nov. 10 and was remanded to judicial custody in an alleged bribery case involving the Ambident Group. He…
‘If Cauvery water is TN’s right, funding Kodagu rehabilitation is its duty’
November 15, 2018Mysuru: Every other day, Tamil Nadu raises Cauvery water sharing issue and regularly knocks the doors of Supreme Court demanding its share of water irrespective of rainfall and water storage levels in dams of Karnataka along the Cauvery Basin. Is it not its (Tamil Nadu) duty to come to the rescue of people of flood…
Rebuilding Kodagu: Karnataka should ask TN help, says Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa
November 15, 2018‘Since Tamil Nadu is the biggest beneficiary of River Cauvery, there is nothing wrong in seeking help’ Mysuru: Noted Kannada novelist and Padma Shri awardee Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa felt that Karnataka should seek the help of Tamil Nadu in mobilising resources to rebuild flood-ravaged Kodagu district. Since Tamil Nadu is the biggest beneficiary of River…
More than 2,000 people cheated by Ambidant in Mysuru too
November 15, 2018Mysuru: City Advocate Harishkumar has informed that hundreds of Mysureans who had invested in Ambidant Marketing Pvt. Ltd. of Bengaluru, have been cheated. Disclosing this at a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan in city yesterday, he said that more than 2,000 Mysureans who had invested money in Ambidant have been cheated to the tune…
ACB raids retired Govt. employee’s house in Mandya
November 15, 2018Mandya: A team of Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) led by Dy. SP G. Mohan and Inspector Satish raided the house of a retired government employee here early this morning on charges of amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. They conducted the raid at the house of Kempegowda at V.V. Layout on Yattagadahalli…
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