Bengaluru: Karnataka is contemplating to ban hookah bars in the State, Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said yesterday in the Assembly. “A few hookah parlours operate as part of restaurants and coffee cafes while some are standalone in cities such as Bengaluru and Mysuru. Youngsters throng these places. We are seriously thinking to ban hookah bars,”…
Pathetic condition of Kalidasa, Gokulam Roads causing problems to motorists, pedestrians
February 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The connecting roads to the Ring Road from Kalidasa Road in Vontikoppal and from Trinetra Circle in Gokulam are filled with potholes. Though MLA L. Nagendra performed guddali puja for the commencement of road works months ago, the same is yet to be taken up. With the weather changing day-by-day, is it possible to…
‘Opposition parties failed to question anti-people policies of Modi Govt.’
February 3, 2021Freedom fighter Doreswamy questions silence of Rahul Gandhi Mysore/Mysuru: Opposition parties have failed to create public opinion about anti-people laws being implemented by Union Government, said veteran freedom fighter H.S. Doreswamy. He was speaking at a programme titled ‘Yashodharamma Dasappa – Ondu nenapu,’ organised in memory of freedom fighter Yashodharamma Dasappa as part of ‘Mareyalagada…
700-year old Shiva Temple near Gosai Ghat restored
February 3, 2021Srirangapatna: NSS volunteers of Seshadripuram Degree College in Mysuru, Achievers Academy of Srirangapatna and the Town Panchayat administration jointly undertook the cleaning of a Shiva Temple that is over 700-years-old. The Temple is located in front of the Gosai Ghat in an island on River Cauvery. Volunteers cleared the wild weed growth that had literally…
Expo marks Birth Centenary fete of ‘Chandamama’ artist MTV Acharya
February 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore Art Gallery and Ramsons Kala Pratishtana had jointly organised the Birth Centenary Celebrations of artist MTV Acharya on Jan. 31 at Ramsons, in front of Zoo. University of Mysore Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar inaugurated the artworks of MTV Acharya by paying floral tributes to the portrait of the late artist. Speaking after…
CBSE announces exam dates for 10th & 12th classes
February 3, 2021New Delhi: Setting all speculations to rest, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced the exam dates for 10th and 12th standards for the year 2021. Accordingly, the 10th standard Board exam will be held from May 4 to June 7 and 12th standard exam will take place from May 4 to 11….
Yaduveer Wadiyar to inaugurate Roots & Tuber Mela on Feb. 6
February 3, 2021Cooking Contest on Feb. 7 Mysore/Mysuru: Roots and tubers are the underground secret treasures of nature which have many vitamins and minerals. Root vegetables are low in calories and high in antioxidants. Roots and tuber crops that include potatoes, taro, cassava, sweet potatoes, yams are cultivated staple energy sources, only second to cereals. They favourably…
Nehru Yuva Kendra to appoint National Youth Volunteers
February 3, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru’s Nehru Yuva Kendra, coming under the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, has invited applications from interested youths for appointment as full time National Youth Volunteers on a contractual basis (two years) in the district. Sixteen volunteers (2 each from eight taluks of the district) for field work in nation-building activities and…
Man stabs self near DC’s Office
February 3, 2021He had allegedly taken commission from many for getting loans Mysore/Mysuru: A 55-year-old man reportedly stabbed himself at the park near DC’s Office yesterday, when a few people, who had given him commission to get them loans, asked him to pay back the commission money. The man, who attempted suicide, is Radhakrishna, a resident of…
Home-alone women are their easy targets
February 3, 2021Three among dacoit gang arrested in city; three more absconding Mysore/Mysuru: Two members of the notorious dacoit gang who were arrested by the Vidyaranyapuram Police on Feb. 1 in Chamundipuram were part of a gang that not only threatened morning walkers but also robbed home alone women. Two members of the gang — 30-year-old Shiva…
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