Mysuru: As part of International Senior Citizens Day, the Union Government has invited applications from organisations and individual senior citizens for conferring ‘Vayoshresta Samman’ National award for the year 2018 in recognition of their contribution towards empowerment of senior citizens. The necessary applications can be downloaded from URL http://socialjustice.nic.in/schemespro2.php or from the Office of the…
Male bear found dead
May 24, 2018Sargur: A 13-year-old bear was found dead at the Hadinaaru Shambukatte Beat of Hediyala Range in Bandipur Reserve Forest. Range Forest Officer (RFO) Satish said that it was a natural death. Veterinarian Dr. Nagaraju conducted the post-mortem.
Car crashes into BEML compound
May 24, 2018Mysuru: A Tamil Nadu registration car which was moving on the Outer Ring Road near Hinkal in city, crashed into BEML compound recently. Luckily, no loss of life has been reported. It is learnt that the Ford car, came speeding on the Ring Road, crashed into the compound of BEML factory and fell into a…
HDK visits Chamundi Hill Temple
May 23, 2018Mysuru: After standing testimony to a high-pitched and bitter election campaign, the State will witness the second swearing-in ceremony in less than a week when Chief Minister-designate H.D. Kumaraswamy of the JD(S) will take oath on the flight of stairs of the Vidhana Soudha at 4.30 pm today. He will assume office along with Deputy…
Kerala travellers to be screened for Nipah symptoms: Mysuru DC
May 23, 2018Mysuru: Mysuru is on high alert, especially in areas bordering Kerala, after 11 people died of the mysterious Nipah Virus (NiV) in Kozhikode over the last few days. The Karnataka State Health and Family Welfare Department has directed Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in Chamarajanagar, Kodagu and Mysuru districts, which share the border with Kerala, to…
Move to Reduce Roadkills: Buses to ply at 30 kmph via Chamarajanagar forests
May 23, 2018Chamarajanagar: In a major move that could reduce roadkills, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and Forest Department authorities have imposed speed restrictions on government and private buses passing through forest areas in Chamarajanagar district. It may be mentioned here that National Tiger Conservation Authority, State Wildlife Board Member Sanjay Gubbi and other wildlife…
Host of Third Front leaders to attend swearing-in ceremony
May 23, 2018Bengaluru: With CM-designate H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) of the JD(S) all set take oath on the steps of Vidhana Soudha this evening, the event will see a host of third front leaders attending the ceremony, besides AICC President Rahul Gandhi and Congress Supremo Sonia Gandhi. The attendance of a large number of third front leaders is…
Anti-People’s Mandate Day by BJP
May 23, 2018Mysuru: Even as the CM-designate H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) is all ready to be sworn-in as the 25th CM of the State this evening in Bengaluru, the leaders and workers of the BJP protested against the unholy alliance of Congress and JD(S), observing it as ‘Anti-People’s Mandate Day.’ The leaders and the workers gathered near the…
The return of ‘poor humble farmer’ Deve Gowda marks remarkable phase in politics
May 23, 2018New Delhi: The self-proclaimed ‘poor humble farmer’ Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda might have been humbled more than once but when the going gets tough —every time — he seems to strike back with a vengeance. The joke in the corridors of political party offices and such destinations in the capital these days is what is…
Speaker’s election on Thursday
May 23, 2018Bengaluru: Ahead of Friday’s Trust Vote, both the Speaker and Deputy Speaker will be elected on Thursday (May 24). Sources in the Congress said that five-time MLA K.R. Ramesh Kumar, who was elected on Congress ticket from Srinivasapur in Kolar district and who served as Speaker during the H.D. Deve Gowda and J.H. Patel Governments…
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