Mysuru: Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) has got a new Vice- Chancellor in Prof. S. Vidyashankar, who was appointed by Governor Vajubhai R. Vala. The Governor-Chancellor passed the order yesterday and the new VC Prof. Vidyashankar, who is Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bangalore Institute of Technology, is likely to take charge tomorrow…
Railways has violated heritage norms: Tourism Minister Mahesh
May 29, 2019Mysore: The heritage structure of the Mysuru City Railway Station has been expanded but by violating the heritage norms, said Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh. The Minister was speaking after inspecting the ongoing development works of the City Railway Station here yesterday and said that the Railway Station is a heritage building and the Government has…
Naveen Patnaik takes Oath as Odisha CM for 5th term
May 29, 2019Bhubaneswar: Naveen Patnaik took oath as the Chief Minister of Odisha for the fifth time after a decisive victory in the State elections that were held along with national elections. The 72-year-old is the longest-serving CM of the coastal State. Patnaik and his team of Ministers were administered oath by Governor Ganeshi Lal at a…
Minister takes DRM to task
May 29, 2019Mysuru: Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh, upset with the Railway authorities for continuing the development work of the Mysuru City Railway Station in spite of him asking to stop the work, took DRM Aparna Garg to task. When Mahesh spoke to the media he said that heritage norms had been violated. In the light of this,…
Elections to 63 ULBs begins
May 29, 2019Mysuru: The elections to 63 Urban Local Bodies (ULB) across the State, excluding City Corporations, began on a brisk note this morning. Over 14 lakh voters are exercising their franchise for electing members to the 63 ULBs — 8 City Municipal Councils (CMC), 33 Town Municipal Councils (TMC) and 22 Town Panchayats. The voting began…
Redevelopment works at City Rly. Station not affecting heritage structure: MP
May 29, 2019Mysore: The redevelopment works of one of the oldest Railway Stations in the country is being done at a cost of Rs. 16.5 crore, without harming its heritage value, said MP Pratap Simha. Simha, who has been elected for the second time to the Mysuru-Kodgau Lok Sabha Constituency, visited the City Railway Station yesterday afternoon…
Alleged cheating in the guise of getting jobs
May 29, 2019Complaint lodged against four persons including ex-Corporator Mysuru: A girl, alleging that she was cheated to the tune of Rs.12 lakh by four persons including a former Corporator who had taken the money to get a job in Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), has lodged a complaint at K.R. Police Station. The girl, identified as Yashaswini…
Carcasses of tigress, leopard found
May 29, 2019Gundlupet: Carcasses of a 6-year-old tigress and a 7-year-old leopard have been found in a highly decomposed state at Vontigudda behind Skandagiri Parvathi Hill in the taluk. A youths who had followed the pug marks of a big wild cat, that had attacked a calf, found the carcass of the leopard on the rock and…
Vatal Nagaraj threatens protest at KRS dam site
May 29, 2019Mysuru: Condemning the Government’s decision to allot 3,666 acres of land for Jindal Group in Ballari district, Vatal Nagaraj, the President of Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha, staged a protest by lying down at the entrance of Mysuru City Railway Station here this morning. Speaking to reporters, he warned of staging a protest again in front…
French delegation visiting city
May 29, 2019Mysuru: A French delegation comprising Dr. Srini V. Kaveri, Director, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, National Centre for Scientific Research), Dr. Jérôme BOVE, Scientific and Academic Attaché, Anupama Ambika, Project Manager, Embassy of France, are visiting the city on May 30 and 31 . During their visit, the delegation will hold meeting with…
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