Bengaluru: A reported meeting between Chief Minister (CM) B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY) and BJP National General Secretary Bhupender Yadav, which was followed by Yediyurappa’s son and Karnataka BJP Vice-President B.Y. Vijayendra’s day-long trip to New Delhi on Thursday, have set off speculations in political circles. Political pundits say that this development is seen as a message…
Passport service will be more citizen-friendly: Minister
June 26, 2021New Delhi: Passport rules and processes will be simplified further by minimising the compliance burden on the citizens. External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar gave the assurance in a virtual address to mark the Passport Seva Divas on Thursday. The day is in commemoration of the enactment of the Passports Act on June 24, 1967….
Siddu asks MLAs not to project him as CM face in 2023 elections
June 26, 2021Bengaluru: Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah on Thursday asked his party MLAs not to project him as the Chief Ministerial face for the 2023 Assembly polls. The statement came amid a growing list of MLAs who openly favoured him as CM face despite diktat from the party leadership, which has irked KPCC President…
Don’t allow sycophants to chant ‘Next CM’ slogan in public: Sait
June 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Pointing out that having desire is not wrong, Narasimharaja MLA Tanveer Sait has said that he too was an aspirant for the Chief Minister post. Talking to reporters here yesterday, he said there was no wrong to aspire for top posts but it was not right to make followers say ‘Next CM’ time and…
Formation of Hootagalli CMC & three other Town Panchayats: MLA GTD holds talks with DC
June 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With the Government announcing formation of Hootagalli City Municipal Council (CMC) and three other Town Panchayats — Bogadi, Srirampura and Rammanahalli Town Panchayats (TPs), all coming under Chamundeshwari Constituency — the Constituency MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) met Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. Bagadi Gautham at the DC’s Office here yesterday and held talks on the…
UoM fake answer sheet racket: ‘Ready to face action for lapse in rule adherence’
June 26, 2021Maharani’s Science College Principal pleads before University Probe Committee Mysore/Mysuru: The parallel investigation launched by the Internal Committee of the University of Mysore (UoM) into the fake answer script racket being run to facilitate certain set of students from the University has made some progress and has recorded the statements of Maharani’s Science College Principal. …
Solar powered con: CCB takes over investigation
June 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The City Crime Branch (CCB) has taken over the investigation into the Solar Plant scam where the rich and the influential are enticed into investing in non-existent Solar Power projects. Scamsters have been operating in Mysuru and have duped many people including doctors, industrialists and entrepreneurs by promising good returns. The fraudsters ask the…
ChaMUL to resume milk supply to Bhutan, Nepal soon
June 26, 2021Chamarajanagar: Chamarajanagar District Co-Operative Milk Producers Societies Union Limited (ChaMUL) is making preparations to resume milk supply to Nepal and Bhutan. Came into existence three years ago at Kuderu village in Chamarajanagar taluk, this Dairy has hogged limelight by exporting ‘Nandini Milk’ to two foreign nations. The milk supply to Nepal and Bhutan that was…
Cochin bags ‘Best Passport Office in India’ Award
June 26, 2021Kochi: Regional Passport Office in Cochin has won the award for the Best Passport Office in India for the year 2020-21 followed by Passport Offices in Jalandhar and Thiruvananthapuram respectively. This is the seventh year that the Cochin Office is selected for the Best Passport Office in India under Passport Seva Puraskar constituted by the…
City student selected for Intl. Apprenticeship Programme
June 26, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: J.B. Ashwin, a Class 12 student of Excel Public School, Mysuru, has been selected to be a part of ‘CBSE – Intel AI for Youth Virtual Apprenticeship Programme’ commencing from June 28 to July 2, 2021. This programme is a flagship initiative of the CBSE and Intel with support from the National Youth Council,…
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