Mysore/Mysuru: In a swift action, Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol, who is also the PWD and Social Welfare Minister, got Rs. 6.10 crore meant for distribution as relief fund among SC community women and beneficiaries, released within five minutes, at the Social Welfare Department progress review meeting, which he was chairing, at the Deputy Commissioner’s…
Arbitrary Income Tax results in social injustice: CJI
January 25, 2020New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) S.A. Bobde said that while tax evasion was injustice to fellow Indian citizens, arbitrary or excessive taxation on income resulted in social injustice by a government. He was speaking at the 79th Foundation Day of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) in New Delhi yesterday. He said speedy…
Kalamandira reverberates with Narasimhaswamy Bhajans
January 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Sri Sai Pranati Seva Trust, Mysuru had organised ‘Narasimha Namana’ at Kalamandira this morning. Over 50 Bhajana Mandalis from different parts of the State chanted Bhajans on the stage while artiste Kalasindhoora R.S. Rajesh sketched and carved the idol of Lord Narasimhaswamy on the spot. Kalamandira drowned in devotion as over 1,500 women, who…
Govt. preparing law to link Aadhaar to Voter ID
January 25, 2020New Delhi: The Union Law Ministry has been working on a Cabinet note to prepare a new law after considering the Election Commission’s proposal to give it statutory backing to collect the Aadhaar numbers of new applicants and existing voters to check multiple entries in the electoral rolls. The Ministry is working to amend the…
Voter Awareness Jatha held
January 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As part of National Voters’ Day today, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), District Administration, in association with Zilla Panchayat, had organised a Voter Awareness Jatha from Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple to Town Hall this morning. Speaking after inaugurating the event at Town Hall, Principal District and Sessions Judge S.K. Vontigodi highlighted the importance of voting and…
Bus runs over scooter rider
January 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A scooter rider was killed when a city bus ran over him on Shivaji Road in N.R.Mohalla on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Shabbir Ahmed Khan (54), a resident of N.R. Mohalla in the city. Shabbir Ahmed Khan was travelling on his Honda Activa on Shivaji Road at about 4.30 pm when…
Chain snatcher arrested
January 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Udayagiri Police, in a swift action, have arrested the chain snatcher who had allegedly yanked off a gold chain from an elderly woman, within a day of the crime. Fayaz Pasha, a resident of Ghousianagar in the city is the man arrested. Pasha was picked up by Udayagiri Police when he was suspiciously…
Three boys go missing from city hostel
January 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Three teenage boys in the city have gone missing from a hostel where they were residing at, since Jan. 22. The three boys, Rahul, Chandrashekhar and Srinivas, all aged 15 years, studying at Brindavan School in city, left the hostel at 9.30 am on Jan. 22 morning to go to school and have not…
Suttur Jathra: CM to deliver valedictory address
January 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following are the events to be held tomorrow (Jan. 26) as part of the Annual Jathra Mahotsava at Suttur Srikshetra in Nanjangud taluk: 4 am: Karthru Gadduge – Maharudrabhisheka; 6.30 am: Nandigundapura – Peace-Prayer Friendship March. Yoga Demonstration by students of Suttur JSS School; 7.30 am: Shatsthala Dhwajarohana – Sri Shivakumara Swamiji. Message – …
Mridanga Vidwan M.R. Rajappa Memorial Concert from Jan. 27
January 25, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: In memory of Asthana Vidwan of Mysore Palace, Mridanga Vidwan M.R. Rajappa, the 10th Annual M.R. Rajappa Memorial Music Concert has been organised at Jaganmohan Palace auditorium from Jan. 27 to Jan. 29. Vidwan Dr. B.S. Vijayaraghavan will inaugurate the event on Jan. 27 at 5.30 pm. Prof. Bhashyam Swamiji will preside. Dr. Vasundhara…















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