Bengaluru: The much-anticipated Mekedatu drinking water project, which involves constructing a balancing reservoir across the Cauvery River at the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border, received a boost. On Friday, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced during the Budget presentation that the identification of lands that would be submerged and a survey of the number of trees to be felled…
Mysore/Mysuru: Former MLA M.K. Somashekar, his wife L. Kusuma, officers of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) and a Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) of Gram Panchayat (GP) have been booked on charges of forging documents to develop a residential layout illegally at Udbur in Jayapura hobli in the district. Following a complaint by Adeesh Sagar, a…
Mysore/Mysuru: Prof. M.S. Venugopal (79), a former faculty of JSS Law College in Kuvempunagar, passed away here on Thursday night. A resident of Niveditanagar, he leaves behind his wife K.R. Meenakshi, son Manasa Prasanna and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at the foot of Chamundi Hill on Friday. Though he…
Bengaluru: Health Minister Dinesh Gundurao said that the 100-bed General Hospital being constructed at Hunsur will be inaugurated in a year. The Minister was replying to a question by Hunsur MLA G.D. Harish Gowda during Question Hour in the State Assembly on Thursday. Harish Gowda said that the hospital building has been constructed at a…
Mysore/Mysuru: ‘karnata,’ a pioneering research centre dedicated to the Classical Kannada language, literature and architecture, will be launched at an event to be held at 11.30 am tomorrow (Feb. 18) at Heritage House in Saraswathipuram, which will also serve as the organisation’s address and academic space. This significant cultural initiative seeks to creatively nurture and…
Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. Shirley Maria D’Souza, who completed her studies at A.J. Institute of Medical Sciences, Mangaluru, has secured third Rank in MD Pathology examination conducted in July-2023 by Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS), Bengaluru. Shirley is the daughter of Irene D’Souza and Wilfred D’Souza, Deputy Commissioner, State GST, who are residents of Prashanthanagara…
Mysore/Mysuru: Surabhi Ganakala Mandira will be celebrating Sri Purandara and Sri Thyagaraja Aradhana on Feb. 17 and 18 at Sri Prasanna Parvathi Kalyana Mantapa in V.V. Mohalla here with various programmes. On Feb. 17 from 3.30 pm onwards, a special feature of collective singing of Divyanama and Utsava Sampradaya kritis of Sri Thyagaraja (numbering about…
Mysore/Mysuru: BTL Composite PU College, Kesare, R.S. Naidu Nagar, hosted a Farewell Meet for the students passing out from II PUC in the year 2024-25 on Feb. 10. The College had conducted an inter-school quiz contest for SSLC students from various schools and the winners were felicitated on that day. All II PU students of…
Mysore/Mysuru: In a significant development within Karnataka’s political arena, reliable sources have disclosed that approximately half of BJP MPs across the party’s 25 Lok Sabha Constituencies are set to be denied tickets for the upcoming Parliamentary elections. Key figures within the party’s top echelons, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP…
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