Mysore/Mysuru: Akhila Karnataka Brahmana Mahasabha President Ashok Haranahalli said that he will take up the 10 percent reservation issue for economically backward upper castes, including Brahmins with Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai shortly. He was speaking after being honoured at a programme organised by District Brahmin Mahasabha in association with Sandhya Suraksha Trust at Sarada Vilas…
Passengers urge MP Pratap Simha to reintroduce Mysuru-Karwar train
February 6, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that there is no Railway link between Mysuru and coastal Uttara Kannada district, members of Mysuru Railway Action Forum (Mysuru Railway Horata Vedike) have urged MP Pratap Simha to re-introduce train service between Mysuru and Karwar. The members met the MP at Jaladarshini Guest House here on Friday and submitted a memorandum in…
C.M. Ibrahim to join JD(S) in Davangere
February 6, 2022Bengaluru: “I will join JD(S), but the date is not fixed. I will inform the date of joining soon. If it is written that Kumaraswamy will be the Chief Minister, no one can stop it,” said MLC C.M. Ibrahim. Speaking to media persons here yesterday, Ibrahim said that the unique character H.D. Deve Gowda and…
City Police to auction seized vehicles
February 6, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Various two-wheelers, which are unclaimed and stationed at Saraswathipuram Police Station, will be auctioned if the owners do not claim them within 10 days by producing relevant documents. This is a routine process and the vehicles are auctioned once the jurisdictional Police get orders from the Court. These vehicles have been seized by the…
Man arrested while attempting to sell tiger claws on H.D. Kote Road
February 6, 20227 claws recovered; mobile phone, 11 SIM cards seized Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested a man while he was attempting to sell tiger claws on N. Begur-H.D. Kote Road on Feb. 4. The Forest personnel have recovered seven tiger claws besides seizing one mobile phone and 11 SIM cards from the…
Mysuru Circle CCF T. Heeralal transferred
February 6, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: T. Heeralal, Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) of Mysuru Circle, has been transferred with immediate effect and posted as CCF of Ballari Circle in place of Ballari CCF S.S. Lingaraja, who has been transferred and posted CCF of Bengaluru Circle. In other transfers, Vanashree Vipin Singh, CCF and Executive Director of Bannerghatta Biological Park,…
Vokkaligara Sangha Director wants Community Development Board to become active
February 6, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Accusing Vokkaliga Development Corporation of being inactive, despite a year of its formation, Karnataka Vokkaligara Sangha Director K.V. Sridhar, who is also a MCC Corporator, said that the State Government should take measures to activate the Corporation. Addressing a press meet here on Friday, K.V. Sridhar said Vokkaliga Development Corporation came into being last…
Woman goes missing
February 6, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A 33-year-old woman, who left her house on Jan. 18 at about 9.30 am has since gone missing. The missing woman is Jyothi, a resident of # 28, 13th Cross, Gokulam 2nd Stage in city. She is 4.9 ft. tall, fair complexioned, oval faced, normal built, speaks Kannada and was wearing a white striped…
Of Road-Weary Tourists and State Tourism
February 6, 2022By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Recently there was a report in all the newspapers that the Karnataka Government was planning to develop tourist spots in and around Tumakuru District in the near future and make them more accessible to tourists. While Tumakuru has much to show which can be shown in much better light…
Piped gas project: A needless controversy
February 6, 2022Sir, This refers to the news item concerning the issue of ‘Direct to home’ piped gas project highlighting two perspectives — one concerning the views of the elected representatives of the City of Mysuru and the other by a professional expert on the subject recently. Mysuru has always had the unique distinction of heralding a…
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