Bengaluru: With the Congress mired in a battle between old and migrant party leaders, the much anticipated State Cabinet expansion has been put on hold by the Congress Central leadership. Even as speculations began gaining ground that independent legislators and migrant party leaders were set to be included in the expansion of the Coalition Government,…
Makkandur Panchayat withdraws order banning Home Stay bookings
June 6, 2019Madikeri: The Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) of Makkandur Gram Panchayat in Kodagu has withdrawn the directive issued to the Home Stays against accepting bookings from tourists as a safety measure ahead of the monsoon. Over 21 Home Stays and one Resort in Makkandur were served with notices by Makkandur Panchayat not to operate their guest…
MCC Commissioner seeks clarity in deputation and attendance of civic workers
June 6, 2019Mysuru: MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag has expressed displeasure over the deployment of Pourakarmikas and maintenance of attendance. She was reacting to a complaint made by a member at the Council Advisory Committee meeting held yesterday at the MCC premises here as a prelude to the MCC Council Meeting to be held tomorrow. Shilpa alleged that…
Patrons Day celebrated at Mysore Sports Club
June 6, 2019Mysuru: Patrons Day was celebrated at Sri Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar Sports Club, popularly known as Mysore Sports Club, at its premises here last evening. Pramoda Devi Wadiyar of the erstwhile royal family inaugurated the celebrations by offering floral tributes to the bust of Sri Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar at the Lawns of the Club. She also…
Newly-wedded couples gifted saplings on Environment Day
June 6, 2019Mysuru: Seven couples, who entered into wedlock at a mass marriage organised as part of the seventh anniversary of Sri Kalyana Lakshmivenkataramanaswamy Temple on Dr. Rajkumar Road in Kalyanagiri were gifted saplings by RSS Southern Region Sanghachalak M. Venkatram, on the occasion of World Environment Day yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Venkatram said that mass…
Sasyaradhana: Month-long sapling planting programme launched
June 6, 2019Mysuru: District in-Charge and Higher Education Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD) launched ‘Sasyaradhana,’ a programme to plant 1,000 saplings in each of the seven Wards in Hebbal during the Environment Month. By planting a neem sapling near Annapoorneshwari Temple in Hebbal, GTD launched a very significant programme as part of Environment Day celebrations. This programme is…
Operation Fast Track: Two-wheeler lifter, mobile phone thief arrested
June 6, 2019Two scooters, three mobile phones worth Rs.1.18 lakh recovered Mysuru: Ashokapuram Police, while conducting Operation Fast Track on Hunusemara Road in Srirampura 2nd Stage on June 4, took into custody a person on a Honda Activa scooter, who was moving in a suspicious manner for questioning. During interrogation, the man, identified as 24-year-old Prasanna of…
Three PU students drown in Cauvery near Kushalnagar
June 6, 2019Kushalnagar: Three Pre-University students drowned when they went for a swim in River Cauvery at Madapatna near Kushalnagar in Kodagu district yesterday. Police said that the deceased were identified as 20-year-old Akash, 19-year-old Gagan and 21-year-old Shashank. They were studying Commerce in Government Junior College, Madikeri and they had came to their friend’s house in…
Metropolitan Joseph Mar Thoma arriving in city today
June 6, 2019Mysuru: Dr. Joseph Mar Thoma, the 21st Malankara Metropolitan and the current Primate of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church, will inaugurate the new building of St. Thomas Institutions at Vishwesharanagar tomorrow (June 7) at 10 am. Metropolitan Joseph Mar Thoma will be arriving in the city today and this is his first visit to Mysuru….
‘Dark clouds gather over agri sector due to extreme weather conditions’
June 6, 2019BAI Mysuru launches World Environment Month celebrations Mysuru: Due to extreme changes in weather conditions, dark clouds have engulfed the agriculture sector, said National Institute of Advanced Studies’ Prof. Sindhu Radhakrishna. She was speaking during the inauguration of the World Environment of Month (WEM) celebrations organised by Builders’ Association of India (BAI), Mysuru Centre and…
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