New Delhi: The Executive Committee of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) in its emergency meeting on July 26 appealed to the Government of India to withdraw the 10% customs duty imposed on newsprint, uncoated paper used for printing of newspapers and light-weight coated papers used for magazines. The total consumption of standard newsprint in India…
Gold chain, cash stolen atop Chamundi Hill
July 28, 2019Mysuru: Miscreants have stolen a gold chain and a purse containing cash from a woman, who was boarding the bus atop Chamundi Hill on the last Ashada Friday. The woman, who lost her eight grams gold earrings, five grams finger ring, 15 grams gold chain and a purse with Rs.4,000 cash, is Sumalatha. Sumalatha, who…
Four of a family killed in road accident
July 28, 2019Mandya: Four persons of a family including two children were killed on-the-spot when the car in which they were travelling reportedly jumped the road diver in a bid to avoid ramming into a roadside stationary car and hit a KSRTC bus coming on the other side of the road near Gejjalagere Colony, Maddur taluk on…
Rail Road Heritage Gallery opens at City Railway Station’s Platform No.1
July 27, 2019Mysuru: Want to trace the evolution of Railways in Mysuru region through rare photographs? Here is a golden opportunity for you to do so, on Platform Number 1 of the City Railway Station. Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha inaugurated the new Rail-Road Heritage Gallery at the Railway Station this morning. The gallery traces the evolution of…
‘D’ Out, ‘I’ In: Yediyurappa, not Yeddyurappa, sworn-in as CM
July 27, 2019Bengaluru: Just days after he dropped a ‘d’ and added ‘i’ to his name going back to his earlier spelling of ‘Yediyurappa’ on the advice of numerologists, BJP State President B.S. Yeddyurappa (now with his new spelling Yediyurappa) was sworn-in for the fourth time as the Chief Minister of Karnataka by Governor Vajubhai R. Vala….
MP Pratap Simha flags off six-day week MEMU service
July 27, 2019Mysuru: Meeting the demand of thousands of Railway commuters, the South Western Railway (SWR) has increased the frequency of MEMU (Mainline Electric Multiple Unit) Train (no. 06576/06575) between Mysuru and KSR Bengaluru, to six days a week. Flagging off the Mysuru-Bengaluru MEMU train (increased frequency) at the City Railway Station this morning, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap…
Can’t probe my senior, says City Top Cop
July 27, 2019Mysuru: Can a junior Police officer investigate a criminal case against his senior? No, says the rule book. There is a written rule in this regard in the Police Manual and as per the set tradition, the junior officer will not subject his superior officer to any investigation. Following the set standard, Mysuru City Police…
Three poachers arrested inside Nagarahole National Park
July 27, 2019Hunsur: In an effort to curb the entry of poachers, illegal miners, timber smugglers and encroachers while protecting forests, frontline Forest Department employees at Nagarahole National Park have arrested three poachers with arms and ammunition. Department staff cornered the three persons on the night of July 25 while they were trying to make an entry…
BSY’s fortunes come a full topsy-turvy circle
July 27, 2019Bengaluru: Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa (BSY) completed a full circle in his political career yesterday when he was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Karnataka for the fourth time. Yediyurappa, credited with establishing BJP as a force in South India, will prove his majority by July 29 in the 225-Member State Legislative Assembly. The new Council of…
‘BJP regime will be stable’
July 27, 2019New Delhi: Ending speculation that the party high command had differences over backing B.S. Yediyurappa to make another shot at running a coalition regime in Karnataka, the BJP Central leaders backed the new dispensation and hoped it will herald a ‘new dawn’ for the State. “Congrats to B.S. Yediyurappa, newly sworn in CM of Karnataka….















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