Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu on Dr. Shalini Rajneesh’s book ‘Making of a Smart City’ New Delhi: “The writers of the book ‘Making of a Smart City,’ Dr. S.L. Goel and Dr. Shalini Rajneesh, have portrayed the concept of modern cities based on happiness index of its citizens. This is a new and welcome perspective,” said Vice-…
EC suspends State IAS Officer for checking PM’s copter
April 18, 2019He was deputed as Poll Observer at Odisha New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) yesterday suspended a General Observer belonging to Karnataka IAS cadre for allegedly checking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s helicopter in Odisha’s Sambalpur on Tuesday. Mohammed Mohsin was suspended with immediate effect for acting contrary to the instructions of the Commission concerning SPG…
Defence Minister calls on Tharoor
April 18, 2019New Delhi: Social media has lauded the gesture of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman who, burying the political differences, visited senior Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram candidate Shashi Tharoor in a hospital and enquired about his health. Sitharaman, after completing her visit to Thiruvananthapuram and returning to Delhi, visited the hospital where Tharoor was undergoing treatment after…
Bike rider killed in Bengaluru
April 18, 2019Bengaluru: Bengaluru, which was stuttering under heat wave, experienced heavy rains last evening. A bike rider lost his life in a rain-related incident. A student, Kiran, who was riding a bike, died when a tree fell on him following strong winds and heavy rain. He was severely injured and succumbed to the injuries, it is…
N.D. Tiwari’s son Rohit Shekhar Tiwari passes away
April 18, 2019New Delhi: Rohit Shekhar Tiwari, son of the late Uttarakhand Chief Minister N.D. Tiwari, passed away yesterday. According to Joint Commissioner, Delhi Police, Devesh Shrivastava, Rohit was reportedly admitted to the hospital after he suffered a nose bleed. He was immediately rushed to the Max Hospital in an ambulance, but was declared brought dead. His…
Over 50 dead in different parts of country
April 18, 2019New Delhi: Heavy rain accompanied with lightning in western and central parts of the country has affected four States with loss of lives in some of them. Rain accompanied by thunderstorm and lightning hit Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in the last 24 hours. In all, over 50 people have died out of whom…
Election Commission to hold by-poll in Kundgol on May 19
April 18, 2019Hubballi: The Election Commission has announced the date for the by-poll for Kundagol Assembly constituency which fell vacant after the death of MLA C.S. Shivalli. Polling will be held on May 19 and votes will be counted on May 23. The gazette notification will be issued on Apr.22, last date for the submission of nominations…
‘Gender issues should be sensitised’
April 18, 2019AKSHARA bilingual journal released Mysuru: Sensitising the gender issues is the need of the hour, opined ex-MLC and former Chairman of National Women’s Commission Nirmala Venkatesh. She was speaking at the release of AKSHARA, a bilingual journal brought out by the Department of Journalism, Maharaja’s College here recently. She urged that men at a very…
When General Thimayya’s grandson comes calling at ‘Sunny Side’
April 18, 2019Madikeri: ‘Sunny Side’, General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya’s house in Madikeri that is being converted into a museum and a war memorial, had a special moment last week when the celebrated General’s grandson Kongetira Belliappa visited the museum. ‘Sunny Side’ is located on G.T. Road in Madikeri and it is being renovated at an estimated cost…
Winners at ‘cogNIEscience 2019’
April 18, 2019Mysuru: Sundaresh Shankaran, Vice-President, Engineer Services, Infosys, Mysuru, inaugurated ‘CogNIEscience 2019,’ a National-level Technical Paper Presentation Competition organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, The National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru, recently. Speaking on the occasion, Sundaresh conveyed the importance of research in cultivating networking skills by attending conferences and thereby attaining the skills to…
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