Succeeded in drawing total investments of about Rs. 60,000 crore, claims Chief Minister who returned from Davos Summit Bengaluru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who returned to Bengaluru on Friday after attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) meet in Davos, said Karnataka had succeeded in drawing total investments of about Rs. 60,000 crore in various sectors…
PM writes to GTD; condoles grand-daughter’s death
May 28, 2022New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached out to former Minister and JD(S) MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) condoling the death of his grand-daughter Gowri who passed away recently. In a letter dated May 19, Modi said, “I am shocked and deeply pained to learn about the passing away of your grand-daughter Gowri. It is…
Police Constable commits suicide
May 28, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A 28-year-old Police Constable serving at a City Police Station died by hanging self at his residence in Jalapuri Police Quarters last evening. Parasappa Konnur, who was serving at Devaraja Civil Police Station, is the deceased. Parasappa Konnur, son of Kariyappa Konnur, a native of Kankanawadi village in Jamkhandi taluk of Bagalkot district, had…
AAP to hold Grama Samparka Campaign
May 28, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: In order to strengthen the organisation at rural and grassroots level, a ‘Grama Samparka Abhiyana’ will be launched on May 29, said Malavika Gubbivani, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Mysuru District President. Addressing a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan on Thursday, Malavika said that a public meeting is being held at Pandit Narayanacharya Kalyana Mantapa…
Just five days before his retirement…: ACB sleuths trap MUDA Town Planner Member
May 28, 2022He had demanded Rs. 3 lakh to approve a private layout; outsourced data entry operator too trapped Mysore/Mysuru: Five days before his retirement, G.S. Jayasimha, Town Planner Member of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), was trapped by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Police yesterday for taking a bribe from a developer to approve a private layout….
Mega Lok Adalat in city on June 25
May 28, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The Mega National Lok Adalat, the second one this year, will take place in the City and District Courts on June 25. Announcing this at a press meet at the Malalavadi Court Complex in Jayanagar here yesterday, Principal District and Sessions Court Judge M.L. Raghunath said that the National Lok Adalat is being held…
Geeth Gaatha Chal: Doctors Musical event on June 5
May 28, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Geeth Gaatha Chal, the popular Annual Musical Event by Doctors, is in its 20th year and this year the event will be held on June 5 at Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) Convocation Hall on Hunsur Road in city. The event, which has been successful all these years due to the continued patronage of…
ED sleuths raid Corporator’s house in Bannimantap
May 28, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the house of Ward 17 JD(S) Corporator Reshma Banu’s house in Bannimantap this morning as part of the raids on Yusuf Sharif alias ‘KGF Babu’ alias ‘Scrap Babu’ in Bengaluru. The Corporator and her husband Rehman Khan are the relatives of KGF Babu and the ED sleuths landed at…
Seven elected unopposed to Legislative Council
May 28, 2022Bengaluru: All the seven candidates representing the three major parties, who had filed nomination for the Legislative Council polls from the Legislative Assembly were on Friday declared elected unopposed. Those elected were Laxman Savadi, S. Keshava Prasad, Chalavadi Narayanaswamy and Hemalatha Nayak of the BJP, M. Nagaraj Yadav and K. Abdul Jabbar of the Congress…
Vandita Sharma to be next Chief Secretary
May 28, 2022Bengaluru: The State Government has appointed 1986-batch IAS Officer Vandita Sharma as the new Chief Secretary. She will replace P. Ravi Kumar who will retire from his post on May 31. Vandita Sharma’s name was picked by the Basavaraj Bommai Government from a pool of nine probables serving as Additional Chief Secretaries: I.S.N. Prasad (Finance)…
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