Mysuru: Despite Court order against ‘Cable TV blackout’, Mysuru City and District Cable Operators cut signal supply to set top boxes across the city and district today, in protest against the new tariff policy by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) coming into effect from Feb. 1. The blackout began at 8 am and…
‘Damaged’ Passports: Problem for air travellers
January 24, 2019Mysuru: This seems to be a country where government seems to be the problem for its citizens. This morning, a travel agent had come to our office with a passport on which the holder had travelled earlier a couple of times but now, at the airport, it is considered as a damaged passport not valid…
Mysore Airport Runway Expansion: IAF to bear land acquisition costs; to set up helicopter base
January 24, 2019Mysuru: The land acquisition for the expansion of Mysore Airport runway at Mandakalli has begun and several acres have already been handed over to the Airports Authority of India. However, there are some stretches of land that are yet to be acquired and the expansion works will begin as soon as the State Government completes…
Priyanka’s appointment to cover up allegations
January 24, 2019Mysuru: The appointment of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh East is nothing but a ploy to cover up the allegations against her husband Robert Vadra, who has been allegedly involved in various scams, said MP Pratap Simha. He was addressing media persons after inaugurating developmental works at Mysuru Railway Station,…
PIL in HC for night traffic ban on Mysuru-Virajpet Road
January 24, 2019Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) yesterday ordered issuance of notices to the Centre and State Governments on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a direction to authorities to ban night traffic on the 11-km stretch of State Highway 90 (Mysuru-Virajpet Road near Mathigodu elephant camp) passing through Nagarahole Tiger Reserve. A Division Bench comprising…
Sulwadi Maramma Temple Poisoning Case: 3 advocates from Ponnampet file bail plea for prime accused
January 24, 2019Chamarajanagar: Three advocates from Ponnampet, Virajpet taluk, Kodagu District, have filed the bail application and expressed their wish to appear in defence of the prime accused in Sulwadi Maramma Temple poisoning incident where over 17 people lost their lives and many people scarred for life. The bail application was moved in favour of prime accused…
54 out of 139 borewells in KR Constituency contaminated
January 24, 2019MLA Ramdas assures a borewell-free Constituency by supplying water from KRS, Kabini Mysuru: Water from 54 public borewells out of 139 borewells in use at Krishnaraja (KR) Constituency have been declared as unfit for human consumption. In all, there are 187 borewells. Tests have revealed that bacteriological contents of the water were more than permissible…
ISRO to put military satellite Microsat-R into space today
January 24, 2019Chennai: The first mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) this year is to put Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO’s) Microsat-R Satellite, an imaging satellite and Kalamsat, into the outerspace tonight. The satellites will be carried onboard Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-44 which will be launched around 11.37 pm tonight from the…
Registration at Sub-Registrar Offices resumes after software glitch
January 24, 2019Mysuru: The registration of properties and other registrations were disrupted across the State as the Department of Stamps and Registration took up the upgradation work of its ‘Kaveri’ software on Monday evening. Since the next day was a holiday following the demise of Siddaganga Seer Dr. Sri Shivakumara Swamiji, the upgradation work had come to…
REPUBLIC DAY 2019: Karnataka tableau to depict Belagavi Congress Session
January 24, 2019New Delhi: A tableau depicting the Belagavi Congress Session of 1924 will represent Karnataka at the Republic Day Parade this year in New Delhi on Jan. 26. The 1924 Congress Session held on Dec. 26 and 27 is unique as it was the only session that was chaired by Mahatma Gandhi. Karnataka has been chosen…
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