Mysuru: Holding ‘Janata Darshan’ is generally a Chief Minister’s prerogative and we have many CMs who are known to have solved people’s problems at such ‘Janata Darshans.’ Our present Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy too regularly conducts such meet-the-people programmes to have a direct connect with the masses. Probably taking a cue from Kumaraswamy from his…
H.K. Kumaraswamy is new State JD-S President; Nikhil is Youth Wing President
July 4, 2019Bengaluru: Karnataka’s Regional Party Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) that is sharing power with the Congress in the State today made some major changes in its organisational set up even as Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy is away in the US on a private visit. JD-S supremo and former PM H.D. Deve Gowda this morning appointed Dalit leader…
Nirmala Sitharaman to present Union Budget tomorrow
July 4, 2019New Delhi: India’s first female Finance Minister in almost five decades, Nirmala Sitharaman, who has held a wide range of jobs including Defence Minister, will present India’s full-year budget for the next fiscal (2019-20) in Parliament tomorrow morning at a time when she is under pressure to spend more to reinvigorate the economy. Fifty-nine-year-old Sitharaman…
All set for first Ashada Friday atop Chamundi Hill tomorrow
July 4, 2019Mysuru: With the first Ashada Friday puja set to take place at Chamundi Temple atop Chamundi Hill tomorrow, the District Administration has made all arrangements for the devotees to have hassle-free darshan of the deity. Thousands of devotees from the city and elsewhere are expected to take part in tomorrow’s first Ashada Friday of the…
Conserving Eco-Sensitive Western Ghats: Task Force recommends special status to eleven Districts
July 4, 2019Bengaluru: Eleven districts that harbour forests of the Western Ghats from Chamarajanagar to Belagavi including Kodagu, Hassan, Shivamogga and Dharwad should get special status on the lines of Article 371(J) for Hyderabad-Karnataka. This recommendation has been made by Western Ghats Task Force in its final report submitted to the State government yesterday. The report was…
All works must be completed before Dasara-2019: GTD
July 4, 2019Stinking toilets welcome Minister; Metagalli residents have a mortuary problem Mysuru: District In-Charge Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD) said that all development works will get over much ahead of the Dasara festivities. Reviewing the progress of the ongoing works, including the widening of Irwin Road yesterday, he directed the authorities to ensure that the work was…
Govt. also to celebrate birth centenary of Jayachamaraja Wadiyar
July 4, 2019Bengaluru: Close on the heels of erstwhile royal family of Mysore announcing that year-long celebrations will be organised to mark the Birth Centenary of the last ruler of Mysore, Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar on July 18 at the Mysore Palace and at Bangalore Palace on July 20, the State Government has announced that the Centenary will…
Jumping Spiders are unique: Expert
July 4, 2019Mysuru: Stating that India has special and rare species of spiders, said Prof. Wayne Maddison, Professor and Canada Research Chair at the Department of Zoology and Botany, University of British Columbia. He stressed on the need for taking measures to conserve them as they were unique. He was delivering a talk on ‘The music of…
Gujarat Handicrafts Utsav-2019 at JSS Mysore Urban Haat worth a dekko
July 4, 2019Minister G.T. Devegowda to inaugurate 10-day Expo tomorrow Mysuru: The Indext-C (Industrial Extension Cottage), a Government of Gujarat Organisation, is hosting “Gujarat Handicrafts Utsav-2019” for the fourth time in Karnataka, from July 4 to 14 at JSS Mysore Urban Haat, Hebbal Industrial Area, Mysuru. More than 80 master artisans of Gujarat will be participating in…
35,000 ladoos for devotees
July 4, 2019Mysuru: Carrying on with the tradition, Chamundeshwari Seva Samithi is almost through with the preparation of 35,000 ladoos at Nityananda Kalyana Mantapa in J.P. Nagar here, which will be distributed to the devotees on the first Ashada Friday tomorrow at Dasoha Bhavan atop Chamundi Hill. The Samithi has been taking up the special floral decoration…
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