Mysuru: A huge number of people thronged Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry in city today morning to attend Jackfruit Mela and have a bite of their favourite fruit ‘Halasina Hannu.’ The Choultry premises hosting the festival appeared congested due to large number of ‘jackfruit lovers’ visiting the venue even before the event began and the whole locale…
Mysuru: The Canara Bank, Regional Office, located in Nazarbad conducted a special programme to distribute coins in exchange of currency notes, here on Aug.1. The event was organised to help women prepare for the upcoming Varamahalakshmi festival. Coins with denomination of Rs. 5, Rs. 2 and Re.1 were distributed for an exchange of currency note…
Bengaluru: Senior IPS Officer Bhaskar Rao took charge as the new Bengaluru City Police Commissioner yesterday, replacing Alok Kumar who held the post for just 45 days. In a surprise development, the State Government yesterday removed Alok Kumar and hours later, Bhaskar Rao assumed office. Bhaskar Rao, a 1990 batch IPS Officer, was the ADGP…
Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has said that two lakh houses will be built in the State, to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of ‘Housing for all,’ a reality. Speaking to press persons after holding a meeting of officials from various Departments at Vidhana Soudha here on Thursday, Yediyurappa said that the Union Government…
Bengaluru: In a surprise development, expelled BSP MLA from Kollegal, N. Mahesh, met Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY) at Vidhana Soudha on Thursday, giving rise to speculations that the MLA would join the BJP. Mahesh, who was accompanied by BJP MLAs Rajugouda and Govind Karjol, held talks with the CM for over half-an-hour. Later, Mahesh…
Mysuru: Kodagu Ex-Servicemen Welfare Association, Mysore East, conducted its Annual General Body Meeting at Chamundeshwari Convention Hall, Bannur Road, recently. C.L. Anand, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Chamarajanagar District and Singri Gowda, a Social Worker, were the chief guests. President of the Association and an Army Veteran Kanjithanda Aiyappa, informed the members that the efforts of…
Mysuru: As part of the 57th Foundation Day celebrations, Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Mysuru had organised the Sardar Panikkar Memorial Lecture by Jnanpith awardee and Kendra Sahitya Academy Chairman Dr. Chandrashekara Kambara at RIE premises here on Aug. 1. Focussing on the medium of education, Dr. Kambara said “a child when taught in mother-tongue…
Mysuru: Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath has said that the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) will extend all help for promotion of handicraft products. She was speaking at the programme organised by Karnataka State Handicraft Products Makers Association to felicitate craftsmen at the Institution of Engineers Hall on JLB Road here on Sunday last. Regretting that handicrafts had…
Mysuru: The Mysuru City Traffic Police, who have initiated ‘Operation Wheel Lock’ on vehicles parked in ‘No Parking’ zones have booked 614 cases, have collected a total of Rs. 6.14 lakh fine from the owners of vehicles in 12 days. The Government which hiked the fine from Rs. 100 to Rs. 1,000 had come into…
Mysuru: Vijayanagar Police have arrested a person on charges of cheating hundreds of people to the tune of lakhs of rupees by falsely promising them work from home online jobs. Karthik alias Sharavana, 29, son of late Kannappan, a native of Tamil Nadu and a resident of Vijayanagar third stage in the one who is…
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