Mysuru/Mysore: To ensure that accused and victims of crimes are acquainted with technicalities of the criminal justice system before their statements are recorded, the State’s first Police Station Legal Service Clinic, also called Legal Aid Clinic, was inaugurated in city at Alanahalli Police Station. Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA) Member-Secretary G. Basavaraju, who is…
CM will waive off farm loans in Budget: State BJP Chief Nalin Kumar Kateel
February 28, 2020Belagavi: State BJP Chief Nalin Kumar Kateel said that Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa will waive off farm loans in the forthcoming State Budget. Speaking at the installation programme of Belagavi District Party office-bearers at the BJP office here on Wednesday, Kateel said Yediyurappa had waived off the loans of weavers when he became the Chief Minister…
Rajini’s Into The Wild with Bear Grylls to be telecast on Mar.23
February 28, 2020Bandipur: Tamil superstar Rajinikanth recently shot an episode of Discovery Channel’s ‘Into The Wild with Bear Grylls’ in Bandipur forests. After Rajini, Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar too shot for an episode with Bear Grylls at Bandipur. Now, the channel has dropped the teaser of the show and the first episode featuring Rajini will be telecast…
Bonhomie between bêtes noires marks BSY’s 77th birthday bash
February 28, 2020Several leaders hail fighting spirit of Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, the Lingayat strongman Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s 77th birthday celebrations at the sprawling Palace Grounds in Bengaluru last evening provided a rare sight, that of bonhomie between political opponents — and some honest confessions too. If former Chief Ministers S.M. Krishna and Siddharamaiah praised…
After a long delay, MCC to allot land for Yelethota farmers
February 28, 2020Civic body issues notification; asks beneficiaries to re-submit documents Mysuru/Mysore: In a bid to make betel leaf farmers undertake farming activities, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has decided to provide alternative lands to farmers of ‘Yelethota’ whose lands were acquired by the then City Improvement Trust Board (CITB) in 1949 for the development of city….
Kannada Sahitya Sammelana at Nanjangud from tomorrow
February 28, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: The two-day 17th District Kannada Sahitya Sammelana will be held in Nanjangud on Feb. 29 and Mar. 1. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, District Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Dr. Y.D. Rajanna said that the literary meet will be held at the Kalamandira, Srikanteshwara Temple premises in Nanjangud and senior folklore scholar…
A hardworking CM, praises PM Modi
February 28, 2020Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday wished Karnataka Chief Minister and veteran BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa on his 77th birthday. Modi hailed Yediyurappa as a ‘hardworking’ Chief Minister and wished him long life and good health. “Birthday greetings to Karnataka’s hardworking CM BSYBJP Ji. He is passionately working for the State’s progress, especially on farmer…
Rangavalli to stage play ‘Blind Shot’ this weekend
February 28, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: City-based amateur theatre troupe Rangavalli will be staging the play ‘Blind Shot,’ a Kannada translation of English play ‘Wait Until Dark,’ written by Frederick Knott, at Kiru Rangamandira (Mini Theatre), Kalamandira premises, in city this weekend — Feb.29 (7 pm) and Mar.1 (3.30 pm and 7 pm – two shows). B.P. Arun has translated…
Tribute: Pandit Sudhakar Chaturvedi passes away at age 121
February 28, 2020This Vedic Scholar was Postman to Gandhiji and witness to Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Pandit Sudhakar Chaturvedi, who was a close confidante of Mahatma Gandhi since 1915 and involved in India’s freedom struggle, passed away yesterday (Feb. 27) morning, at the age of 121, at his residence in Jayangar 5th Block, Bengaluru. A centenarian freedom fighter,…
‘Agrobot’ for farmers wins first prize in Inter-Collegiate Project competition
February 28, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Students of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering,Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering & Technology (VVIET), Mysuru, have won the first prize in Inter-collegiate project competition ‘Jnana-Vignana-Tantragnana Mela,’ conducted by Adichunchanagiri University recently. Their project ‘Agrobot’ under one of the project themes, ‘Digitalisation and Sustainability,’ won a cash prize of Rs.10,000. The students —…
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