Pollution Control Board submits report to DC; Meeting called today at 4 pm on Lake bed to discuss issue By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysuru: Gallons of sewage water mostly containing faecal matter and detergent water is entering on a daily basis into the iconic Kukkarahalli Lake in the heart of the city. This sullage is…
New Delhi: Former Congress President and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, has asked the Union Government if there is a proposal to mediate and find an alternative to lift the night-time traffic ban in Bandipur National Park and Tiger Reserve. In an unstarred question to the Lok Sabha, which was answered yesterday, Rahul Gandhi asked if…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, in a case related to fraudulent auctioning of a 10 acre property worth Rs.8.5 crore belonging to the former ‘Maharaja of Mysore’ for a meagre amount of Rs. 21 lakh in 1995, has restrained the CBI and other authorities from taking any coercive action against one Narayanmurthy. He has been…
Mysuru: As the monsoon continues to play truant, drought-stricken Karnataka has begun cloud- seeding to enhance precipitation. The cloud-seeding operation was launched from the HAL Airport in Bengaluru yesterday by Karnataka Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department and the operations will begin from Mysuru this evening. Cloud-seeding involves spreading of aerosol (silver iodide or sodium…
Mysuru: The horses being tied in the premises outside the world famous Mysore Palace is irritating the tourists. The tourists have nothing against the splendid animals but what they are very unhappy about is the dung of horses land the stink it creates. The horses are tied daily near the Kote Maramma Temple that lies…
Mysuru: The absence of District-level officials at the KDP (Karnataka Development Programme) meeting at the ZP Hall here this morning saw ZP CEO K. Jyothi warning the officials of action if they continued to abstain from such important meetings in future. The meeting began with a prolonged discussion on droughts, which is seen as the…
Mysuru: Former Higher Education Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD) has challenged to take political retirement if someone proves corruption in the recent appointments made to the Syndicate of various Universities in the State. In a statement, he was reacting to the allegations being made against him regarding the appointments to the Syndicates which had been done…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) yesterday directed the State Government to produce the ‘B’ Report filed by the investigation agency on the First Information Report (FIR) registered against two former Vice-Chancellors of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) Prof. K.S. Rangappa and Prof. M.G. Krishnan on alleged irregularities and financial transactions. A Division Bench comprising…
Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal orders constitution of Committee Madikeri: Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal has issued directions to constitute a Special Committee for guaranteeing more powers to Coffee Board Chairman to address the issues faced by coffee planters. He issued an order to form a Special Task Force…
Mysuru: A three-day ‘Sasya Santhe’ organised by Karnataka State Horticulture Development Agency began at the Curzon Park, near the Mysore Palace here this morning. This is the monsoon season and it is the right time to plant saplings and this exhibition-cum-sale is organised for the farmers and even the public to buy saplings of their…
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