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…
Parking in ‘No Parking’ zones: 614 cases booked
August 3, 2019Mysuru: 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…
Fraudster arrested for online cheating
August 3, 2019Mysuru: 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…
Labour organisations stage protest against Centre’s anti-labour policy
August 3, 2019Mysuru: Alleging that the Union Government has implemented the codification of Labour Laws and following anti-labour policy, the activists of labour organisations’ joint committee, following the nationwide protest call given by labour organisations, staged a protest in front of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s statue in Town Hall premises here yesterday. The activists of Indian National Trade…
Night-long play ‘Kurukshetra’ tomorrow
August 3, 2019Mysuru: Basaveshwara Krupaposhita Nataka Mandali in association with the Department of Kannada and Culture has organised a night-long mythological play Kurukshetra tomorrow commencing at 8 pm at Basavanagudi Circle, Bhyraveshwaranagar in Hebbal 1st stage here. The play was scheduled to be staged on July 22 coinciding with Chamundeshwari Festival but was postponed owing to rain….
Anti-Terror Bill passed in Parliament
August 2, 2019New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha this afternoon passed the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Bill that enables the Government to designate individuals as terrorists, even as the Opposition said it would infringe on the liberty of a person. The Bill was passed with 147 votes in favour and 42 against. Now it will become a Law…
CM holds meeting of all DCs and ZP CEOs
August 2, 2019Reviews drought situation and water levels in reservoirs Bengaluru: Just a week after assuming power as Chief Minister for the fourth time, B.S. Yediyurappa held his first meeting with Deputy Commissioners and ZP CEOs of all 30 districts in Karnataka at the Conference Hall in Vidhana Soudha here this morning. CM Yediyurappa, who was in…
Dasara takes backseat amidst changed political equations
August 2, 2019Mysuru: With this year’s Dasara less than two months away, there are no signs of preparations for the world famous event. With the 10-day Dasara festival scheduled to begin from Sept. 29, the District authorities are yet to hold preparatory meetings. In the past, the Dasara High Power Committee meeting used to take place three…
Storage in KRS lowest in the last 45 years
August 2, 2019Bengaluru: The water level in all the four reservoirs in the Cauvery Basin in Karnataka is lowest since last four-and-a-half decades (45 years), according to the Department of Water Resources. Official sources said that the water level in all the reservoirs in the Cauvery Basin, including Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS), Kabini, Harangi and Gorur stood…
Techie drowns in Cauvery while immersing mother’s ashes
August 2, 2019Another woman, who came to end her life, backs off seeing body being swept away Srirangapatna: A 45-year-old man, who had come from Bengaluru to immerse the ashes of his mother at Sangama in Srirangapatna drowned as he slipped and fell into Cauvery River yesterday. The deceased is Srikanth, an employee of an IT company and…















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