Stages dharna inside Assembly Bengaluru: The Budget Session of the State Assembly, which began this morning with a debate on ‘One Nation – One Election’ became stormy with Opposition Congress members staging dharna in the Well of the House terming it as ‘RSS agenda.’ As the House assembled, Assembly Speaker Visveshwara Hegde Kageri started reading…
HOAX BOMB CALL: Taj Mahal Shut
March 4, 2021Security forces go into tizzy; Tourists evacuated Agra: The world-famous Taj Mahal in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra was shut temporarily and tourists were evacuated after an unidentified person called the 112 emergency response number of the UP Police at around 9 am today and claimed that a bomb was kept inside the monument. Security agencies, including…
Rs. 4 cr. traffic violation fines pending !
March 4, 20212,883 vehicles have traffic fines above Rs. 10,000 Mysore/Mysuru: If you find Traffic Cops lurking at corners of streets every other day, don’t be surprised. Apart from random checking of vehicles and catching offenders, they are hell-bent on spotting vehicles that have fines amounting to more than Rs. 10,000. In Mysuru, there are 2,883 vehicles…
Name Mysuru Airport after Jayachamaraja Wadiyar; install his portrait in Assembly: Minister
March 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Co-operation and District in-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar has written to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly, Vishveshwara Hegde Kageri seeking steps to christen Mysuru Airport in Mandakalli on Nanjangud Road, as Sri Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Airport, the last ruler of Mysuru Kingdom, and to install his portrait inside the Assembly…
Tractor trailer carrying concrete beams topples
March 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A trailer of a tractor, carrying concrete beams, toppled near Mangalore Motor Works in city, disrupting traffic for some time yesterday. A few two-wheelers were damaged in the incident and motorists, autorickshaw passengers who were passing by had a miraculous escape from the falling concrete beams. The trailer, attached to a tractor, was carrying…
Forty five snake eggs hatched through artificial incubation
March 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Forty five eggs of Checkered Keelback snake, which were rescued from an under-construction site at Bogadi, two months ago, were hatched through artificial incubation at the house of snake rescuer and wildlife conservationist Surya Keerthi at Brindavan Layout in city on Monday. Surya Keerthi is the son of city’s well-known snake rescuer and wildlife…
Mining blast threat to KRS: Experts visit quarries
March 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A team of scientists from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CSIR-CIMFR) yesterday visited the stone and granite mining areas in Mandya District to study the impact of mining activities on the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam. The team studied the vibrations caused due to blasting…
Staying away from politics, says Sasikala ahead of TN polls
March 4, 2021Chennai: V.K. Sasikala, the ousted former chief of Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK, who was released from a Bengaluru jail in January and was widely expected to challenge for control of the party, and the Chief Minister’s post, in next month’s election, will “stay away from politics and public life.” In a letter released on Wednesday…
Soon, citizens can get vaccinated 24 X 7
March 4, 2021New Delhi: The Union Government has lifted the time restriction on receiving COVID-19 vaccine jabs so as to increase the pace of immunisation, said Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan here yesterday. People can now get vaccinated round-the-clock according to their convenience, he said in a tweet, adding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi values the…
Quota row: MP Sreenivasa Prasad urges Govt. to clear confusion
March 4, 2021A politician who buys helicopter at Rs.10 crore seeks reservation State Govt. can only make recommendation; Centre takes a final call Mysore/Mysuru: Taking a dig at BJP MLC A.H. Vishwanath and Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Minister K.S. Eshwarappa, who are in the forefront of Kuruba community agitation demanding reservation for them, former Union Minister…















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