Madikeri: With the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting very heavy rains in Kodagu district (115.6mm to 204.4mm), for five days from July 18 to 22, Kodagu Deputy Commissioner (DC) Annies Kanmani Joy has issued ‘Orange Alert’ across the district. Orange level weather warnings is for weather conditions which have the capacity to make a significant…
PM invited for UoM Centenary Convocation next year
July 17, 2019Mysuru: University of Mysore (UoM) Vice- Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Parliament Office in New Delhi on Monday at 11.30 am and invited him to attend the Centenary Year Convocation of the University that is going to be held in 2020. He was accompanied by Mysuru-Kodgau MP Pratap…
District-level Farmers Meeting: Complaints galore against banks and private money-lenders
July 17, 2019Mysuru: Complaints poured-in against private money-lenders, private recovery agents and bank officials during the District-level Farmers Meeting chaired by Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Shankar at the Zilla Panchayat (ZP) here on Monday. While the farmers complained about the delay in disbursing loans from the bank officials, they also accused the private recovery agents of…
Man-Animal Conflict: Farmers demand for increase in relief amount
July 17, 2019Mysuru: Forest officials, present at the District-level Farmers Meeting held on Monday at the ZP auditorium, were taken into task by the representatives of various Farmer Associations who accused the officials of causing unnecessary trouble for wild animal deaths in their agricultural lands. Farmers, who demanded the officials to control the intrusion of wild animals…
SIT releases MLA Roshan Baig after marathon questioning
July 17, 2019Bengaluru: Congress MLA and former Minister Roshan Baig was released on Tuesday afternoon by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) after 14 hours of questioning in connection with the multi-crore IMA jewels scam. The SIT had detained the Shivajinagar MLA at Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) on Monday night while he was trying to leave the city…
School van, auto drivers call off stir
July 17, 2019Mysuru: The indefinite stir launched by drivers of school vehicles on Monday demanding an increase in the capping of the maximum number of children that can be ferried in autorickshaws and vans, was called off on Tuesday after a meeting with Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar. Claiming that the Traffic Police rules restricting the number…
Three artistes from Karnataka among 44 Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardees
July 17, 2019M.D. Pallavi to receive Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar New Delhi: Four artistes from Karnataka are among the eminent personalities who have been selected for the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar announced for the year 2018, respectively. While Puppetry artiste Anupama Hosakere, Theatre Director S. Raghunandan and Bharatanatyam exponent…
Bring out book on Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar’s contributions: Prof. AVN
July 17, 2019Mysuru: “The youths of today must know about the great contributions of the last ruler of Mysore Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, the multi-faceted scholar in various fields and hence it is very important to bring out a book,” said Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy (AVN), Chairman, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB), Mysuru Kendra and former Head, Department of…
Birth centenary celebrations at Nadabrahma from tomorrow
July 17, 2019Mysuru: Former Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan will inaugurate the two-day Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar birth centenary celebrations organised by Karnataka Rajya Ursu Sanghagala Okkoota in association with Sri Nalwadi Foundation, Kannada and Culture Department and Rotary Mysore-Palace at Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha on JLB Road in the city at 10.30 am tomorrow. Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath will be…
Police Helpline turns 20
July 17, 2019Free counselling offered in 37,380 cases till date Mysuru: The ‘Police Helpline’ in city completed successful 20 years with the office-bearers and volunteers of Police Department getting together to celebrate the occasion, here yesterday. Members and volunteers of the Helpline held a celebration at the Police Commissioner’s office by cutting the cake. Speaking on the…
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