Welfare Association claims ownership of Doddakere land; Officials say it’s illegal Mysuru: The District Administration seems to be on an encroachment-clearance drive as of late officials have been actively recovering Government properties in city worth crores of rupees. In a third such drive in a month or so, this morning, officials recovered Government property worth…
Kodagu Pravasi Utsav at Madikeri from tomorrow
January 10, 201912 feet floral statue of Goddess Cauvery to be main attraction Madikeri: To attract tourists to Kodagu that was ravaged by flash floods and landslides, the Tourism Department and the District Administration have organised a three-day ‘Kodagu Pravasi Utsav-2019’ from Jan. 11 to 13 at Gandhi Maidan in Madikeri. The intention of the festival is…
Woman falls prey to kidney racket, commits suicide
January 10, 2019Malavalli (Mandya District): A 48-year-old woman committed suicide by jumping into Doddakere in Malavalli town yesterday and the Police have suspected that she was a victim of the kidney racket. Venkatamma of Gangamatha Beedhi was selling greens and vegetables. It is said that Tara, a neighbour, allegedly convinced Venkatamma to sell her kidney to make…
Delhi Engineer on foot march to end child begging
January 10, 2019Mysuru: From traffic signals to Railway Stations, child beggars in our country are a ubiquitous sight. While we cringe and complain, a Mechanical Engineer from Delhi is doing something about it. Meet Ashish Sharma, a twenty-nine-year-old techie-turned-child rights activist, who left his job at a multi-national corporation to walk 17,000 kilometres on foot for achieving…
Workers seek Siddharamaiah’s help to save Reid & Taylor factory
January 10, 2019Mysuru: Demanding the intervention of former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah for saving the ailing Reid and Taylor factory in Tandya Industrial Area of Nanjangud taluk, hundreds of employees of the factory staged a demonstration in front of his house in Ramakrishnanagar here yesterday. Attributing the dismal fiscal position of the factory to a slew of loans…
Dr. Veerendra Heggade distributes cheques to flood victims in Kodagu
January 10, 2019Madikeri: Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade distributed a total of Rs. 8 crore as relief to flood and landslide victims of Kodagu at a programme organised at Gandhi Maidan in Madikeri this afternoon. He distributed cheques to 1,106 victims. Following the natural calamity in August last year, the Srikshetra Dharmasthala Gramabhivruddhi Yojane had carried…
Clean City Drive: MCC contractors lend over 250 vehicles for 3 days
January 10, 2019Mysuru: Contributing to the efforts of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) for the city to reclaim the Cleanest City Tag in India during the ongoing Swachh Survekshan, MCC contractors have lent more than 200 vehicles to MCC to utilise them for three days to clean the areas and lift debris. MCC Commissioner K.H. Jagadeesha had requested…
Pending Local Body Polls: State Election Commissioner in Mysuru
January 10, 2019Mysuru: With the notification for polls to nearly half of the Local Bodies in the State likely to be issued in the coming days, State Election Commissioner (SEC) P.N. Srinivasachari chaired a preliminary meeting at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here this morning. DCs and SPs of seven of the eight districts coming under Mysuru Revenue Division…
Ayodhya title suit: Justice U.U. Lalit recuses self from hearing, case posted to Jan. 29
January 10, 2019New Delhi: The Ayodhya case in the Supreme Court was adjourned again this morning after the exit of one of the five Judges in the Constitution Bench. Justice U.U. Lalit recused himself saying he had been a lawyer in a related case. Justice Lalit chose to bow out after senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan, appearing for…
Serial accident on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway
January 10, 2019Five cars including escort vehicle of former CM Siddharamaiah damaged District Armed Reserve Sub-Inspector dies of heart attack Mandya: Five cars including the escort vehicle of former Chief Minister (CM) Siddharamaiah were damaged in a serial accident on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway yesterday. Shocked over the accident, District Armed Reserve (DAR) Sub-Inspector, who was accompanying the former…
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