Mysureans will get geo-referenced land ownership documents in three years Bengaluru/ Mysuru: Mapping land boundaries is an important way to boost economic growth and development. It contributes towards better security of land ownership, allows land owners to get bank loans and enables Governments to tax owners correctly. Most importantly it will detect encroachers. In over…
Low voter turnout in Maharashtra, Haryana
October 21, 2019New Delhi: Low voter turnout was recorded in Maharashtra and Haryana where voting began at 7am today for the Assembly elections. Polling is underway for 90 seats of Haryana and 288 Assembly constituencies of Maharashtra. The electoral fate of over 4,400 candidates — 1,169 in Haryana and 3,237 in Maharashtra — will be sealed in…
GTD orders re-survey of Dewan Poornaiah Canal in Bogadi
October 21, 2019Mysuru: Officials from Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) were at the receiving end during the Mysuru Taluk Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) meeting held at ZP Auditorium in city this morning. Former Minister and MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD), who was visibly irked by the functioning of MUDA officials, said MUDA had become non-functional as no new…
Is Veer Savarkar Bharat Ratna or Not? Pejawar Seer joins debate
October 21, 2019Bagalkot: The Maharashtra BJP has promised in its 2019 election manifesto that it would urge the Centre to confer Bharat Ratna on the Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar if elected to power. However, there are certain parties and groups who have stepped up efforts to deny Savarkar this honour by reviving the three major charges that…
‘BJP Government has no will power to implement caste census report’
October 21, 2019Siddharamaiah seeks Suttur Seer’s blessings Mysuru: Alleging that the BJP Government has no will power to implement the caste census report, Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has maintained that the non-implementation of the report will render injustice to SC/ST Communities, Backward Classes and other marginalised communities. Speaking to press persons here…
A tribute to fallen heroes
October 21, 2019Police Commemoration Day remembers sacrifices of Policemen who died in the line of duty Mysuru: Observed on Oct. 21 every year, the Police Commemoration Day remembers the sacrifices of 10 Policemen who died in Chinese firing in 1959. Chinese troops opened fire and threw grenades at a party of 20 Police personnel. 10 were killed…
Modi cancels Turkey visit
October 21, 2019New Delhi: The Government has cancelled a two-day official visit to Ankara by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the backdrop of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) speech last month where he criticised India’s move on Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. Erdogan raised the Kashmir issue at the UNGA and…
Do & Learn: Gond, Warli Painting at IGRMS
October 21, 2019The Education Programme under ‘Do & Learn’ series on Gond and Warli Tribal Painting from Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra respectively, organised by Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), National Museum of Mankind, Mysuru, which is underway at Wellington House on Irwin Road in city from Oct.12, will conclude today. The training, aimed at popularising the Indigenous…
India to spend Rs. 99 lakh crore on infrastructure in next five years: FM
October 21, 2019Washington: As part of its goal to become a USD 5 trillion economy by 2024, India plans to spend USD 1.4 trillion (Rs. 99.52 lakh crore) on its infrastructure in the next five years, Union Finance Minister (FM) Nirmala Sitharaman said. Addressing the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington on Saturday,…
Mysuru city turns Crater Capital with deplorable roads
October 21, 2019Mysuru: At a time when Swachh Survekshan, which ranks cities based on cleanliness, is just three months away and a time when the civic agencies and District Administration want to reclaim the ‘Cleanest City’ tag that was awarded to the Heritage City in the first two editions of the Survekshan, scores of roads are riddled…















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