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Basavaraj Bommai sworn-in as CM
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Basavaraj Bommai sworn-in as CM

July 28, 2021

To meet PM Modi this evening; Cabinet expansion likely in a week Bengaluru: Lingayat leader Basavaraj Bommai took oath as the 30th Chief Minister of Karnataka at 11 am today. Bommai was announced as the new CM at a party meeting at a private hotel in Bengaluru last evening.  Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot administered the oath…

From Tata Motors Engineer to CM
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From Tata Motors Engineer to CM

July 28, 2021

A cricket fan, Basavaraj Bommai once headed Karnataka State Cricket Association, Dharwad Bengaluru: A close confidante of Lingayat strongman and former CM B.S. Yediyurappa, Karnataka’s new Chief Minister 61-year-old Basavaraj Somappa Bommai was Minister for Home Affairs, Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Legislature in Yediyurappa’s Council of Ministers. He was also the Minister in-charge of Haveri and…

He converted his Shiggaon house as COVID Centre
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He converted his Shiggaon house as COVID Centre

July 28, 2021

Bengaluru: At a time when the killer COVID second wave invaded Karnataka and the State’s health infrastructure crumbled due to gross negligence and callousness, Basavaraj Bommai, the then Home Minister in B.S. Yediyurappa Cabinet handed over his house in his Assembly Constituency for use as a COVID Care Centre (CCC). The house, located at Shiggaon…

New CM’s father S.R. Bommai immortal in law books
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New CM’s father S.R. Bommai immortal in law books

July 28, 2021

Bengaluru: Basavaraj Bommai took a deep plunge into politics under his father late S.R. Bommai’s tutelage. Somappa Rayappa Bommai was the Chief Minister from 1988-1989 and is immortal in the law books after the Supreme Court gave a landmark judgement disapproving the way he was removed as CM. The senior Bommai along with Ramakrishna Hegde,…

‘DC will be recommended to consider long-serving Pourakarmikas’
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‘DC will be recommended to consider long-serving Pourakarmikas’

July 28, 2021

Assures MCC Commissioner Lakshmikantha Reddy Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy has assured that the Deputy Commissioner (DC) will be recommended to consider the long-standing services of Pourakarmikas who are among the 107 Pourakarmikas left out of the list in direct recruitment. He was speaking at a meeting convened at the MCC…

Broken pillar of MMC&RI gate troubles pedestrians
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Broken pillar of MMC&RI gate troubles pedestrians

July 28, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: The concrete pillar of MMC&RI gate, which is broken and fallen on the footpath, is hampering the smooth movement of pedestrians.  Though it has been a month since one of the two concrete pillars broke and fell across the footpath, it has not come to the notice of the officials concerned.  Ironically, MMC&RI Dean…

Citizens go ‘dizzy’ as server crashes at K.R. Hospital
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Citizens go ‘dizzy’ as server crashes at K.R. Hospital

July 28, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: People who came to K.R. Hospital for the blood test on empty stomach became weak as K-Swan server developed technical problems at Department of Microbiology yesterday. While some returned home, others waited till the server was restored at around 12.30 pm. Hundreds of people visit the Department of Microbiology in empty stomach for blood test. …

Mysuru remembers Kargil War heroes
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Mysuru remembers Kargil War heroes

July 28, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru celebrated Kargil Vijay Diwas with a host of programmes by many organizations in the city on July 26. Mysuru Ex-Servicemen Movement (MEM) took out a bike rally on prominent roads of the city. The rally, which commenced from Prashanth Park in K.C. Layout, passed through the main thoroughfares of the city before reaching…

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