Bengaluru: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Bengaluru on April 1. He is likely to discuss the party organisational matters with the State Unit leaders. According to the BJP leaders, at the time of his visit to Bengaluru, a final decision on Cabinet rejig is likely to be taken. He is scheduled to hold…
Fuel prices hiked
March 24, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The oil marketing companies have increased the fuel prices and the petrol and diesel prices have been hiked by 85 paise and 79 paise per litre respectively on Wednesday. The price of petrol in city now costs Rs. 101.77 (Rs. 100.92 old price), an increase of Rs. 0.85 per litre while diesel now costs…
Unions, Federations call for strike on Mar. 28, 29
March 24, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The All India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC), Central Employees Unions and Federations, opposing the anti-labour, anti-farmer and anti-people policies of Union and State Governments, have called for a strike on Mar. 28 and 29. State AIUTUC President K. Somashekar has appealed to the people to support strike. Addressing a press meet at Pathrakartara…
Underground Drainage Assistants to stage protest on Mar. 28
March 24, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Underground Drainage (UGD) Assistants and Pourakarmikas’ Association Working President Kumaraswamy has informed that a protest will be staged at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Mar. 28 to demand the confirmation of services of 544 UGD Assistants who are working in 10 City Corporations of the State. He also said that…
Unidentified bodies found
March 24, 2022Mysuru/ Nanjangud: The Mysuru Railway Police, on Mar. 18, have found a body of an unidentified man who had come under the wheels of Mysuru-Bengaluru train between Maddur and Hanakere Railway Stations and have shifted the body to Mandya District Hospital mortuary. The deceased is 5.6 ft. tall, aged between 25 and 30 years, wheatish…
MLA Zameer Ahmed likely to quit Congress
March 24, 2022Bengaluru: Days after senior leader C.M. Ibrahim quit Congress party and his Legislative Council seat, Chamarajpet MLA B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan, who is said to be frustrated with Congress, may quit the party soon. Zameer, who is a close associate of former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, is said to have held talks with Ibrahim, during which…
‘Process to fill up 4,000 vacancies in Home Department has begun’
March 24, 2022Bengaluru: Home Minister Araga Jnanendra said that the process for filling up 4,000 vacancies in the Home Department is underway. Replying to a question by T. Venkataramanaiah in Legislative Assembly here on Tuesday, Jnanendra said that there were over 35,000 vacancies in the Dept. for the past several years. But B.S. Yediyurappa as the CM…
Leave Chamundi Hill alone
March 24, 2022By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Chamundi Hill is back in news again. Of course, for all the wrong reasons. The political class is hell bent on construction of a ropeway on this hillock. This subject comes up every two to three years, gets shelved due to the vehement opposition and then again resurfaces. …
More on vehicle number plates
March 24, 2022Sir, This refers to the letter by K.V. Srinivas (Camp: USA) in SOM dated 4th March 2022, suggesting additional writing on vehicle number plates like “Sandal State, Coconut State… etc” on the lines of his observation in the State of New Jersey in USA. I checked the Motor Vehicle Act in this regard and it…
Nostalgic trip…
March 24, 2022The well-known economist and author Devaki Jain, who was in city last weekend along with her son, NDTV anchor Sreenivasan Jain, seen at ‘M. A. Sreenivasan Circle’ in Chamundipuram on Saturday (March 19). The Circle, at the junction of JLB Road and Manandavadi Road, is named after Devaki’s father Mandyam A. Sreenivasan, who occupied many…
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