Bengaluru: The two-day stay at Eagleton Golf Resort has cost the Congress a whopping Rs.11.2 lakh. Interestingly, this time, instead of some anonymous individuals or dubious companies footing the bill, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has paid the hospitality charges. Thanks to a fractured mandate, this time, Congress and JD(S) used six luxurious hotels…
Multi-level parking lot work at Town Hall still in limbo
May 19, 2018Mysuru: The work on the multi-level parking lot in the Town Hall premises to ease the problem of parking in the heart of the city continues to be in limbo, even after seven years of commencing of the construction, thus inviting the ire of the public over this enormous delay. The whole place is filled…
Four Home Stay agents arrested for arm-twisting tourists
May 19, 2018Kodagu SP warns of strict action if home stay middlemen force guests to opt for particular accommodation Madikeri: Added to the menace of mushrooming home stays (mostly illegal and unauthorised) in Kodagu and the intense competition to attract more and more guests, some home stay middlemen or agents are blackmailing and threatening the guests forcing…
SC approves Centre’s Cauvery water sharing plan
May 19, 2018New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the Centre’s draft Cauvery Water Management Scheme and asked the Government to notify and give effect to it before the “impending monsoon.” The three-Judge Bench of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud concluded that the draft scheme was in consonance with…
15-days time for BJP Govt. to prove majority: Former Lokayukta objects to Governor’s action
May 19, 2018Mysuru: Maintaining that the Karnataka Governor’s decision to grant 15 days time for the BJP Government to prove majority in the floor of the House was not correct, former Lokayukta Justice (retd.) Santhosh Hegde has welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling asking the BJP Government to prove majority in a day. Speaking to press persons at…
CPI(M) stages protest against Governor
May 19, 2018Mysuru: Strongly condemning the Governor’s action of inviting the BJP to form the Government though it did not have the numbers, members of CPI, CPI(M) and CPI(MC) staged a demonstration at Mahatma Gandhi’s bust opposite the City Law Courts Complex here yesterday. Accusing the Governor of acting against the principles of Constitution, the protesters alleged…
Burglary at Kollapuradamma Temple; Miscreants decamp with Rs. 20,000 cash
May 19, 2018Mysuru: Burglars, who broke open into Sri Mahalakshmi Kollapuradamma Temple near Raghavendra Swamy Mutt on Narayana Shastry Road in city, have decamped with cash of nearly Rs. 20,000 collected in the temple hundi. The burglars are said to have climbed the stairs of a building adjacent to the temple and gained entry into the temple…
Pujas, concerts, felicitations to mark 76th birthday of Sri Ganapathy Swamiji
May 19, 2018Mysuru: Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji’s 76th birthday festivities will be held from May 20 to May 27 at Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashrama in Dattanagar here under the auspices of Sri Avadhoota Datta Peetha. The celebrations coincide with the 19th Brahmotsava of Sri Datta Venkateshwara Kshetra and 20th Anniversary of Nada Mantapa. Daily programmes at 8…
Lacuna in framing of rules for Education and Administration
May 19, 20187-member Expert Panel constituted for Dr. Gangubai Hangal Music Varsity Hunsur: A seven-member Expert Committee has been constituted to formulate rules and regulations for the reforms in education and administration of the ten-year-old Karnataka State Dr. Gangubai Hangal Music and Performing Arts University in Mysuru, said Registrar (Administration) Prof. Nagesh V. Bettakote. He was addressing…
SSLC toppers felicitated
May 19, 2018Mysuru: India’s leading Edtech company, Extramarks Education, had organised a function at Extramarks Smart Coaching Centre in city recently to felicitate the SSLC toppers. About 50 students, who achieved under 100 rank in the Board examinations, were felicitated in the presence of their parents and Principal. Extramarks has offered to provide scholarships to four…
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