Three-day event to be held from Dec. 20; Sugar Town becomes third-time host Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced yesterday that Mandya will host the 87th Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana from Dec. 20 to Dec. 22. Addressing the media after a high-level preliminary meeting at his Home Office ‘Krishna’, Siddaramaiah explained that the event, originally…
Dengue: CM Siddaramaiah instructs officials to take preventive measures
June 26, 2024Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has instructed the officials to initiate measures to reduce the number of dengue cases in the State. Presiding over the meeting with officials at Vidhana Soudha here yesterday, he said that a total of 5,374 cases with five deaths had been reported in the State till yesterday and added that the…
Sewage, industrial effluents contaminating River Cauvery: Dy.CM asks CNNL officials to examine complaints
June 26, 2024Minister for Forests and Environment, Minister for Large and Medium Industries too seek report on pollution Mysore/Mysuru: In response to alarming reports of sewage and industrial effluents, including arsenic, zinc, chromium, lead, and nickel, contaminating the Cauvery River at Srirangapatna in Mandya district, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has directed officials from Cauvery Neeravari Nigam…
MUDA allotted 4,500 to 5,000 sites illegally under 50:50 ratio
June 26, 2024Technical Committee report questions the integrity of MUDA’s land allotment practices Mysore/Mysuru: In a clear case of fence eating the crop, Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) officials have been accused of allotting about 4,500 to 5,000 sites under a 50:50 ratio to land losers, by blatantly circumventing the rules. This controversy has brought shame to…
Beware, dengue cases on the rise in district
June 26, 20242,395 blood samples tested from Jan. till June; 358 persons test positive for dengue Mysore/Mysuru: If you have high fever along with headache, muscle, bone or joint pain, nausea, vomiting, pain behind the eyes, swollen glands and rashes on skin, do not neglect it and seek medical attention immediately as these are the symptoms of…
Srikanteshwara Temple recordsRs. 1.69 crore hundi collection
June 26, 2024Nanjangud: The famous Srikanteshwara Temple in Nanjangud has recorded a hundi collection of Rs. 1.69 crore said Temple Executive Officer Jagadish Kumar. The counting of all the 35 hundis was taken up at the temple premises yesterday during which Rs.1,69,70,000 cash, 134 grams of gold, 2.350 kg silver articles and 23 foreign currencies were found….
Maharani’s College students stage protest over scholarship and admission fee issue
June 26, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Demanding the University of Mysore (UoM) authorities to address issues concerning scholarship and admission fees, students of the Post-Graduate section of Maharani’s College of Arts for Women, under the banner of AIDSO (All India Democratic Students Organisation), staged a protest in front of Crawford Hall here on Monday. Pointing out that there are confusions…
Frank Duckworth passes away
June 26, 2024London: Frank Duckworth, one half of the team, who pioneered the Duckworth-Lewis method for calculating target scores in limited-overs cricket matches abridged by bad weather, has died at the age of 84. Along with his fellow statistician Tony Lewis, Duckworth devised the formula that was officially adopted by the International Cricket Council in 1999 and…
Dr. Mahesh Joshi to oversee Sammelana arrangements
June 26, 2024Mandya: The 87th edition of the Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana will be held under the leadership of Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Dr. Mahesh Joshi. Following the demise of Mandya Zilla Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Ravikumar Chamalapura, it was decided that Dr. Joshi would oversee the arrangements. In addition to his leadership role, Dr. Joshi…
SIT files FIR against Preetham Gowda
June 26, 2024Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing into the case of sex scandal allegedly involving former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against former Hassan MLA and State BJP General Secretary Preetham Gowda. He has been booked on charges of circulating the pen drive containing explicit videos of Prajwal, based…
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