Mysuru: Pramati Hillview Academy, Kuvempunagar, is celebrating Samskruta Saptaha from Aug. 23 to 28. S.N. Balachandra Memorial inter-school competitions in Sanskrit is also being held. The event will be inaugurated on Aug.23 at 9.30 am by Sri Vishwaprasanna Theertha of Pejawar Mutt. This will be followed by Bhagavadgita recitation competition for students of class 1 …
Auto drivers demand their inclusion in School Vehicles Safety Committee
August 19, 2019Mysuru: Samyukta Karnataka Autorickshaw Owners and Drivers Welfare Association had organised a meeting of owners and drivers of autorickshaws and Light Motor Vehicles (LMV) yesterday at People’s Park in Nazarbad here. The participants sought inclusion of drivers while constituting the School Vehicles Safety Committee and also sought renewing the Fitness Certificate (FC) for vehicles which…
Cabinet expansion tomorrow
August 19, 2019Bengaluru: The much awaited expansion of the State Cabinet will take place between 10.30 am and 11.30 am at Raj Bhavan tomorrow (Aug.20). About 18 BJP Legislators and an Independent Legislator, who has backed the B.S. Yediyurappa-led BJP Government, are likely to be inducted as Ministers tomorrow. The expansion comes 25 days after B.S. Yediyurappa…
Former Central Silk Board Joint Director passes away
August 19, 2019Mysuru: Former Central Silk Board Joint Director and Jayadeva Hospital Governing Council Member Dr. H.K. Kalappa (71), passed away here on Sunday after brief illness. He was a resident of Gayatripuram in city. He leaves behind his wife and two children. A native of Hittane Hebbagilu in Periyapatna taluk, Dr. Kalappa was a close associate…
Elephant electrocuted at arecanut plantation
August 19, 2019Gonikoppa: An elephant has been electrocuted at an arecanut plantation in Kutta-Badaga village in Virajpet taluk on Saturday night. The plantation belongs to Mukkatira Deepu and the carcass of the male elephant was found on Sunday. The elephant, aged about 55 years and well built with long tusks, may have entered the plantation in search…
Man goes missing from city
August 19, 2019Mysuru: A 45-year-old man, who left his house on July 28 at about 7 am, has since gone missing. The missing person is Arun Kumar alias Raju, a resident of Hosabandikeri in city. He is 5.5 ft. tall, oval faced, normal built, has the name RAJU tattooed near his right shoulder, has an old wound…
CBI to probe phone tapping
August 18, 2019* Karnataka trapped in wire- tapping scandal * Murky details emerge after interim report Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said this morning that the investigation into the alleged phone tapping scandal will be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The allegations of illegal phone tapping is stirring up a storm in the…
Amidst dark clouds, a silver lining One year to Kodagu disaster, 423 Govt. houses completed
August 18, 2019Madikeri: Unprecedented rains, landslips and floods devastated lives and properties in Kodagu last Aug. 17 and 18. Many villages were wiped out as mud came crashing down carrying everything in its path — trees, mud, electric poles and houses. It has been a tough one-year journey for those who lost their homes, hard-earned money and…
BSY to expand Cabinet on Aug. 20
August 18, 2019Gets green signal from BJP President Amit Shah New Delhi: After 25 days of assuring office, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa will expand his Cabinet on Tuesday (Aug.20) with BJP National President Amit Shah on Saturday approving the list of Legislators to be included in the Council of Ministers. On Saturday evening, Yediyurappa and Shah…
Ayyappa Hill at Virajpet unsafe, says GSI team
August 18, 2019Virajpet/ Kushalnagar: The Ayyappa Betta (Hillock) and the Nehru Nagar Hillock at Virajpet in Kodagu are unsafe and all the residents must be evacuated immediately. Even people living at the foothills are in danger as the hillocks are vulnerable to landslides, observed a team from Geological Survey of India (GSI) that visited both the Hillocks…















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