Kalaburagi: Shat-tered by the rout in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the 133-year-old Congress Party is said to be mulling on nominating Mallikarjun Kharge, an influential Dalit leader from Karnataka, as the new AICC President. Following the humiliating defeat in the just concluded Parliamentary polls, AICC President Rahul Gandhi has offered to quit the post….
Cabinet expansion on Friday
June 11, 2019Bengaluru: The much anticipated State Cabinet expansion, which was earlier scheduled to take place tomorrow (June 12), has been postponed to June 14 (Friday) due to the 3-day mourning announced by the State Government following the death of Jnanpith awardee writer and playwright Dr. Girish Karnad on Monday. Now, the State Cabinet expansion to induct…
Over 30 Tonga horses screened at health check-up camp in city
June 11, 2019Mysuru: Over 30 horses were screened against the target of 45 at a health check–up and treatment camp for tonga horses near Kote Anjaneyaswamy temple in city this morning. The camp was organised jointly by People for Animals (PFA), Mysuru, in association with Worldwide Veterinary Service (WVS), Ooty, Prani Daya Sangha, Bogadi, Jain Charitable Trust,…
Two women officers fight over posting as Excise DC
June 11, 2019Mysuru: Even as two women officers are indulged in shadow boxing on occupying the chair of the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Excise of the district, the Excise Department staff are in a dilemma on who to consider as their boss. Senior officer Roopa was working as the Excise DC of the district for the past…
Folk artiste passes away
June 11, 2019Chamarajanagar: Renowned Folk artiste of the district and Rajyotsava and Janapada Shri awardee Puttamallegowda (95) passed away at his daughter’s residence at Ramasamudra in the taluk on Monday. He is survived by two daughters. His wife and son had predeceased him a few years ago. Puttamallegowda, a popular ‘Goravara Kunita’ artiste, had performed across the country…
Former District Congress President L.H. Balakrishna no more
June 11, 2019Mysuru: Former District Congress President L.H. Balakrishna passed away at his daughter’s residence in Bengaluru on Monday. He was 87 and is survived by two sons, three daughters and a host of relatives and friends. Balakrishna, who was a resident of Vidyaranyapuram in city, had served as the District Congress President of the then undivided…
Youth assaulted by four persons
June 11, 2019Gold chain missing during assault Mysuru: A gang of four persons allegedly assaulted and seriously injured a youth with lethal weapons, when he was sitting and talking at Hootagalli last night and the youth has lost his 23 grams gold chain during the assault. The assaulted youth, who is undergoing treatment at a private hospital…
Miscreant in the guise of hospital staff steals gold chain from patient
June 11, 2019Mysuru: A miscreant, in the guise of a hospital staff, has made away with a gold chain of a patient at a private hospital in city last evening. A woman, suffering from illness, was admitted to a private hospital in city and was undergoing treatment at an ICU during which the miscreant in hospital’s uniform…
Unable to repay loan, family seeks ‘Euthanasia’
June 11, 2019Mysuru: Alleging that a private Finance Company was torturing them over unpaid loans, a man from Hunsur, along with his family, staged an unusual protest in front of the DC’s office here yesterday, demanding euthanasia for his family. H. Shekhar of Manuganahalli in Hunsur taluk, who runs a parota-making unit at Hunsur, said that he…
Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Jayanti on June 27
June 11, 2019Mysuru: The District Administration in association with Kannada and Culture Department has decided to celebrate Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Jayanti in a grand manner on June 27. A decision to this effect was taken at the preliminary meeting convened to discuss the preparations under the Chairmanship of Assistant Commissioner Shivegowda at his Office on June 10. He…
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