By Ramesh Kebbehundi Tell your friends that you are going to Ballari (Bellary earlier) and they will ask you to bring jeans from there. Apart from the famous and infamous mining industry, Ballari is known for its good-quality, low-cost jeans. Ballari sells jeans brands with names such as ‘Nasty’, ‘Point Blank’, ‘Hotline’, ‘Pierre Ballari’, ‘Power’…
Two jumbos on tiger hunt run helter-skelter
November 23, 2018H.D. Kote: Two tamed elephants — Drona and Ashoka — which took part in a tiger combing operation ran helter-skelter after pushing the mahouts down. The incident created panic at Antharasanthe Forest Range in H.D. Kote taluk yesterday. Drona is a Dasara elephant. Following complaints from the villagers bordering the forest area and a series…
Journalist Rajashekar Koti was a dreamer: Sreenivasa Prasad
November 23, 2018Mysuru: It is the litterateurs and journalists who have the capacity to dream and who dare dream but they do not have the power to put their dreams into actions, while the politicians have the power to put the dreams into actions but they do not dream, said former Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad. He was…
Interest-free loan scheme for street vendors launched
November 23, 2018Bengaluru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy yesterday launched ‘Badavara Bandhu,’ an interest-free loan scheme for street vendors at a programme in Bengaluru. Under the scheme, nine banks and co-operative societies will give loans ranging from Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 10,000 without any interest. Vendors now need not have to run from pillar to post to get…
‘I will co-operate to take Mysore Varsity to National level’
November 23, 2018Former VC Prof. K.S. Rangappa assures at new VC Prof. Hemantha Kumar’s felicitation Mysuru: “I will fully cooperate with the new Vice-Chancellor to take the University of Mysore (UoM) to the national level,” said former UoM Vice-Chancellor Prof. K.S. Rangappa. He was speaking at the felicitation function organised in honour of the new Vice-Chancellor of…
CM talks to sugar mill owners: Asks them to clear farmer dues
November 23, 2018Bengaluru: The meeting called between sugar factory owners and Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Thursday, failed to elicit any concrete results with the sugar factory owners seeking more time to ‘amicably’ resolve the issue over settlement of dues with farmers, this was the only conclusion that came out of Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy’s four-hour-long meeting…
CM to inaugurate slew of development works in Mandya today
November 23, 2018Mandya: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will launch a slew of development works across Mandya District this evening. The CM who will arrive at the VC Farm helipad at 1. 20 pm, will lay the foundation stone for a new bus stand at Shivalli at 2.30 pm, following which he will launch the works aimed at…
Nutri Expo at JSS tomorrow to commemorate World Food Day
November 23, 2018Mysuru: The Division of Nutrition & Dietetics, Department of Water & Health-Faculty of Life Sciences, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, has organised Nutri Expo-2018 at JSS AHER premises in Bannimantap here on Nov.24 to commemorate World Food Day. The expo, jointly co-organised by JSS Hospital Dietetics Department, JSS College of…
Krishi Mela at Mandya VC Farm on Nov. 24, 25
November 23, 2018Mysuru: A two- day Krishi Mela to showcase various achievements of agriculture and research activities, besides to provide a platform for farmers to find solutions to problems related to agriculture and horticulture will be held on Nov. 24 and 25 at Zonal Agriculture Station, V.C. Farm in Mandya. The Mela is organised by University of…
Glowing tributes paid to Ananth Kumar
November 23, 2018Mysuru: Rich tributes were paid in city to former Union Minister H.N. Ananth Kumar who passed away recently. A “Nudi Namana” programme “Ananth Kumarji Amar Rahe” was organised last evening at Sarada Vilas Centenary Hall where speakers hailed the late leader’s contribution to the growth of Karnataka and Mysuru in particular. Noted Kannada novelist and…
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