Bengaluru: Hours after allocation of portfolios, several newly-inducted Ministers and the existing senior Ministers have openly expressed their displeasure. As soon as Governor Vajubhai R. Vala gave his assent to the list of Ministers with the portfolios this morning, a few senior Ministers are planning to meet Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY) to vent out…
Portfolios allocated to seven new Ministers
January 21, 2021Reshuffle stirs hornet’s nest Bengaluru: A week after seven Legislators were inducted into his Cabinet, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa allotted portfolios to them after a minor reshuffle of portfolios among his other Cabinet Ministers. As per the list of portfolios sent to Raj Bhavan which was given assent by Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala this morning,…
PM, CMs to get vaccinated in second round
January 21, 2021New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Ministers of all the States and Union Territories are likely to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in the second round, according to sources. With this, Modi wants to silence the voices of a few Congress leaders who had doubted safety and efficacy of the vaccines and had challenged…
SC grants bail to actor Ragini in drug case
January 21, 2021New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) today granted bail to Kannada actor Ragini Dwivedi, who was arrested in the Sandalwood drug case. Ragini has been in custody since September and in November, the Karnataka High Court had dismissed her bail plea. But the Apex Court Bench headed by Justice Rohinton F Nariman has set aside…
Joe Biden sworn-in as US President; Kamala Harris as Vice-President
January 21, 2021For the first time ever 20 Indian-Americans, including 13 women, nominated to key positions Washington: Democrat Joe Biden took charge as the 46th President of the United States of America on Jan. 20. While the transfer of power was not peaceful in the world’s oldest Constitutional Republic, that transfer did occur on Wednesday on the…
Sniffer Dog Seema of City Dog Squad passes away
January 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Seema, the explosives sniffer dog at Mysuru Police Dog Squad unit, passed away on Jan. 20, following age-related ailments. She had successfully served in the Dog Squad for 11 years and two months. After the successful completion of training, Seema joined the Dog Squad on Nov. 14, 2009 and had participated in many dog…
Accused in stabbing case arrested
January 21, 2021He had stabbed two youths over petty reasons and was absconding Mysore/Mysuru: A man, who had stabbed two youths over petty reasons at Devaraja Urs Road-JLB Road junction on Monday night and went absconding, has been arrested by Lakshmipuram Police near Ramanagar yesterday. The accused is Jayakumar of K.R. Mohalla. The Police have launched a…
COVID isolation train coaches to be modified to haul freight traffic
January 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Over 128 isolation coaches which the South Western Railway (SWR) readied to treat COVID-19 patients soon after the contagion struck would be modified as New Modified Goods (NMG) rakes to transport freight. The coaches were lying idle till now at eight stations across the Mysuru Division — Mysuru, Shivamogga, Hassan, Arasikere, Nanjangud, Birur, and…
Hostel cooks asked to watch health of students
January 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: District Backward Classes Welfare Officer H.S. Bindya has called upon Hostel cooks to watch the health of hostel inmates. She was speaking after inaugurating a day-long workshop on ‘COVID-19 precautionary and safety measures,’ organised jointly by Backward Classes Welfare Department and AYUSH at the Women’s Hostel in Raghavendranagar here recently. Pointing out that hostel…
Former natl. hockey player no more
January 21, 2021Somwarpet: S.M. Kuldeep (40), son of former MLC S.G. Medappa of Shanthalli village, passed away on Monday at a private hospital in Mysuru following brief illness. He leaves behind his parents, wife and two sons. Last rites were performed on Tuesday at Shanthalli. Kuldeep was a National-level Hockey player and had captained the State Junior…















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