Will probe undisclosed foreign assets Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. Kottangada Pemmaiah, an Indian Revenue Services (IRS) (Income Tax) officer from Kodagu, currently posted in Surat, Gujarat, as the Deputy Director (Investigation), has been additionally appointed as the Deputy Director of Foreign Asset Investigation Unit (FAIU) in Surat. Dr. Pemmaiah will work in the FAIU that has been…
Thousands throng Nimishamba Temple
February 27, 2021Devotees line up for Punya Snana on Full Moon day of Maagha Maasa Srirangapatna: Thousands of people are arriving at the historic Nimishamba Temple at Srirangapatna since last midnight to bathe in River Cauvery and have a darshan of Goddess Nimishamba. It is an auspicious day according to Hindu Almanac and Panchanga as today is…
Mayor Election: Former Congress Mayors upset over outcome
February 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Upset over the outcome of the recently held Mayoral polls, former Congress Mayors have demanded disciplinary action against the MLA Tanveer Sait for what they called violation of the party’s stand. Addressing a press meet here yesterday, two former Congress Mayors Arif Hussain and Ayub Khan accused Sait of joining hands with former Chief…
Sait defends his action
February 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Even as Sait’s supporters indulged in sloganeering against Opposition Leader Siddharamaiah and former Assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar for issuing notice threat to him, N.R. MLA Tanveer Sait said that the decision to hand over the Mayor post to JD(S), has only enhanced the prestige of the Congress as the party was successful in keeping…
Speculations galore as Siddharamaiah moves to resort for some ‘Rest’
February 27, 2021Bengaluru: Even as the rift in the Congress over the Mysuru Mayoral polls is yet to calm down, Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who is reportedly upset over N.R. MLA Tanveer Sait’s action of handing over the Mayor’s post to JD(S) in his hometown of Mysuru, in a breach of agreement between the…
Talks on Shivanandalahari and Mahashivarathri at Sadhana Mandira
February 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Sadhana Mandira, Mysuru, is organising a series of talks by Pujya Swami Chidananda of Fowai Forum, Mumbai, on ‘Shivanandalahari’ composed by Adi Shankaracharya in Kannada. Swamiji is well-versed in the Scriptures and is a Vedantic teacher for over 35 years. These talks are scheduled from Mar. 1 to 7 daily from 6.30 pm to…
Indian Newspaper Society writes to Google to pay for news
February 27, 2021New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has written to Google to “properly share advertising revenues” for content published by newspapers, a move that comes following a deal struck by Google in Australia with Rupert Murdoch’s Newscorp to do just this. President of INS, L. Adimoolam, said in a letter addressed to Google India’s country…
Attempt made on rowdy-sheeter Ashok Pai’s life again
February 27, 2021Mandya: A gang of miscreants, who barged into rowdy-sheeter Ashok Pai’s sister’s house at Haralakere village in Maddur taluk of Mandya district on Thursday night in a bid to eliminate him (Pai), have decamped with gold and cash as they could not find Pai in the house. Pai’s sister Jayalakshmi and her husband Ashwath stay…
Official suspended for harassing girl student
February 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: An Assistant Director of Social Welfare Department has been suspended on charges of harassing a girl student who had complained about lack of water in the hostel which she stayed. M.K. Megha, who was serving as the Assistant Director of Mysuru taluk in the Social Welfare Department, is the one who has been suspended…
Two KSFIC employees booked for assault
February 27, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Ashokapuram Police have booked two employees of Karnataka State Forest Industries Corporation (KSFIC) on charges of assaulting and threatening a Firewood contractor. Murali and Usman Shaikh, employees of KSFIC having office at Kuvempunagar, are the ones who are booked. Mohammad Ismail Pasha, a firewood contractor of Nagamangala, had lodged a complaint with the…
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