Big question mark on survival of Government • CM seeks postponement of Assembly Session • Minister H. Nagesh resigns; flies to Mumbai • Minister S.R. Mahesh blamed for Vishwanath’s resignation Bengaluru: In a major development in the three-day-old Karnataka political crisis, all 21 Congress Ministers, including Deputy CM Dr. G. Parameshwara have resigned to make…
Airport expansion plan hits roadblock
July 8, 2019Farmers demand Rs. 1.80 crore per acre hile officials offer Rs. 1.50 crore Mysuru: The Mysore Airport expansion plan has hit a fresh roadblock with farmers refusing to part with the land and demanding a higher compensation. The District Administration needs around 300 acres of land near Mandakalli on Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway for acquisition to expand…
Re-inventing history: Museum planned at KRS Dam site
July 8, 2019Statues of Nalwadi and Sir MV to be installed near entrance Srirangapatna: Every monsoon season, the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam is invariably or rather inevitably in the focus because if it is full to the brim, there is water for South Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. If it is not full, panic grips the entire…
Women of Gowda family humiliated me, says K.R. Pet rebel MLA
July 8, 2019Bengaluru: K.R. Pet rebel JD(S) MLA K.C. Narayanagowda yesterday held women members of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda’s family responsible for his decision to resign from his Assembly membership. Stirring a hornet’s nest, Narayanagowda told media that he was forced to resign because Deve Gowda’s family constantly interfered in the administration. “I was repeatedly…
Uproar in Parliament over Karnataka crisis
July 8, 2019BJP leader Rajnath Singh says Rahul Gandhi started the resignation drive New Delhi: The Lok Sabha this morning witnessed brief uproar over the political crisis in Karnataka. As soon as the Lok Sabha assembled for the day, the MPs of the Congress rose to protest alleged ploy by the ruling BJP to topple coalition Government…
Mysuru couple killed in road accident at Lucknow
July 8, 2019Muddu Krishna was a Senior Rangayana artiste while his wife Indrani was serving as CFTRI Scientist Mysuru: Senior Rangayana artiste K. Muddu Krishna (68) and his wife Indrani (61), a Scientist at CFTRI in city and residents of Niveditha Nagar here, died in an accident at Lucknow. They are survived by two sons, daughters-in-law, who…
Maharashtra BJP workers guarding rebel MLAs?
July 8, 2019Mumbai: The movement of all the MLAs staying at the plush Sofitel Hotel in Mumbai is restricted. Wherever the MLAs move inside the hotel, they are guarded by the BJP workers, say sources from Mumbai. Apart from BJP workers, sources said even Maharashtra Police personnel, dressed in uniforms and mufti, are keeping a close watch…
Family politics, bane of JD(S)
July 8, 2019Bengaluru: JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda has obviously not learnt any lessons from the severe drubbing he and his party received in the recent Lok Sabha polls, where the voters outright rejected the family brand of politics patented by him. Though regional parties in other States are no less dynastic, many of them have built…
Trishikha Wadiyar enjoys an evening of ‘Garbha’ dance
July 8, 2019Mysuru: The ongoing Gujarat Handicrafts Utsav-2019 at JSS Urban Haat in Hebbal Industrial Area here featured a beautiful traditional ‘Garbha’ dance by artistes from Gujarat and a dance by a young kid last evening. The ‘Garbha’ dance to the foot-tapping rhythmic song prompted the visitors too to shake their legs with enthusiasm. The programme was…
Third edition of Mysuru Literature Festival on July 13, 14
July 8, 2019• To feature retrospective on Jnanpith Awardee Girish Karnad • Ex-CEC Navin Chawla, journalist Shoba De, NDTV’s Sreenivasan Jain, Filmmaker T.S. Nagabharana, former Ambassador Nirupama Rao to participate Mysuru: The third edition of the Mysuru Literature Festival (MLF),organised by the Mysuru Literary Forum and Charitable Trust and Mysuru Book Clubs (2015), will be inaugurated by…
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