Madikeri: Telangana-based mining businessman Maruthi Prasad’s son 26-year-old Vinay who had come to Kodagu on a tour is missing since Jan 17. His car has been found abandoned in Madikeri on Jan. 19. According to Madikeri Police sources, Vinay, hailing from Saroornagar in Telangana, who runs a garment business, had taken loans up to Rs….
Woman from Mysuru killed in car accident near Chikmagalur
January 25, 2019Car falls into 50-feet gorge; family was on its way to Sringeri Mysuru: A woman from Mysuru was killed and nine members of her family were injured when the car in which they were travelling met with an accident yesterday morning. The car fell into a 50-feet gorge near Koppa in Chikmagalur and the family…
Move to create job opportunities…: Free Training, Placement Centres to be set up in State Universities
January 25, 2019To be implemented from this year itself, says Higher Education Minister Bengaluru: In a move to create job opportunities both in the Central and the State Government institutions, Training and Placement Centres will be opened in all the Universities so that the students when they pass out of colleges can seek jobs here, said Higher…
H.D. Kote girl for PM Modi’s Pariksha Pe Charcha
January 25, 2019H.D. Kote: A girl from the taluk has been selected to take part in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ programme for high school students. G. Rakshitha, a ninth standard student of Adarsha School at Gaddige Circle in H.D. Kote town has got the invite to take part in the programme, which involves an…
SC doesn’t hold 10 percent quota but will examine validity
January 25, 2019New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) this morning decided to examine the Centre’s decision to grant 10 per cent reservation in jobs and education to poor candidates belonging to general category. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice to the Central Government on various petitions challenging the validity of…
NRN as alumnus keen to take NIE to global standards
January 25, 2019Bengaluru: National Institute of Engineering (NIE), one of the oldest engineering colleges in city and State, will soon be upgraded to world standards with the assistance of Infosys Founder N.R. Narayana Murthy (NRN), the alumnus of the institute, who is going to provide the necessary infrastructure. Murthy met Deputy Chief Minister Dr. G. Parameshwara in…
R-Day:Commandos join rehearsal at Bannimantap Parade Grounds
January 25, 2019Mysuru: The parade rehearsal for 70th Republic Day celebrations organised by District Administration was held at Torch Light Parade Grounds at Bannimantap here this morning. All 23 teams comprising various units including the KSRP, City Armed Reserve, DAR, RPF, CISF, Traffic Police, Women’s Police, NCC, Scouts and Guides, Bharath Seva Dal, Mounted Police, Home…
“Give me CM’s chamber in Vidhana Soudha on rent”
January 25, 2019Bengaluru real estate businessman writes to Speaker Bengaluru: With most of the Karnataka Ministers and MLAs spending their time in resorts since the last one month fearing threat of being poached by rival parties, a businessman in Bengaluru has come up with a strange request to the Assembly Speaker. He has urged Speaker Ramesh Kumar…
K.T. Balakrishna is new City Police Commissioner
January 25, 2019Mysuru: IPS Officer K.T. Balakrishna has been appointed as the new city Police Commissioner. He replaces Dr. A. Subramanyeswara Rao who has been transferred without a posting. K.T. Balakrishna is among the four IPS Officers who got new postings by the Government on Thursday. A 2005 reassigned batch IPS Officer, Balakrishna was serving as SP…
Monkey disease: High alert sounded in H.D. Kote
January 25, 2019Mysuru: Following reports of the spread of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), commonly called monkey disease, in Manandavadi town in Kerala, a high health alert has been sounded at H.D. Kote that borders Kerala. The District Health Department has started vaccination process especially in the tribal hamlets. Vaccination process has also begun at many tribal settlements…
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