Mysuru: The General Body Meeting of St. Philomena’s College (Autonomous) Old Students’ Association was held on April 23 in the College Auditorium. Around 150 members participated in the meeting. Dr. Ruth Shantha Kumari, Principal of St. Philomena’s College, was inducted as the new President of the Association. The other office-bearers are: Vasudev and Prof. Lizzy…
Hindi Distance Education Entrance Exam
April 30, 2017Mysuru: Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Directorate of Distance Education, has invited applications for the entrance examinations to MA (Hindi), BA (Hindi), Diploma in Hindi Translation. Last date to obtain application is May 25. Those applying for BA (Hindi) must have passed 2nd PUC and Praveen or equivalent examination and those applying for MA (Hindi) or…
DG&IGP conducts review meeting in city
April 29, 2017Mysuru: Director General and Inspector General of Police Rupak Kumar Dutta conducted a review meeting of the Police force, crime rate and the law and order enforcement in city. He arrived from Bengaluru this morning and headed straight to the DG suite at Nazarbad, opposite the office of the Superintendent of Police. The DGP was…
I-T raid on Kushalnagar coffee barons ends
April 29, 2017Kushalnagar: Income Tax (I-T) officials who raided the properties of SLN Group in and around Kushalnagar completed their operation yesterday evening and left for Chennai today. The SLN Group is owned by coffee tycoons Vishwanathan and Sathappan and are said to be relatives of former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram. The Income Tax team that…
BSY initiates move to unseat Eshwarappa as Council Opposition Leader
April 29, 2017Bengaluru: Senior leader K.S. Eshwarappa’s tirade against State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa (BSY) may cost him the post of Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council. A section of MLCs in the Yeddyurappa camp, including D.S. Veeraiah, B.J. Puttaswamy and Lehar Singh Siroya, are said to be working towards divesting Eshwarappa of the post he…
JD(U) seeks disqualification of Ambarish as MLA
April 29, 2017Mandya: JD(U) District President B.S. Gowda has filed a complaint to the Speaker K.B. Koliwad seeking disqualification of Mandya MLA M.H. Ambarish for staying away from his constituency and also for not attending the Assembly Sessions. Gowda has stated that Ambarish had neglected the constituency ever since he was dropped from the Cabinet by CM…
Cleanest City tag: Will it be a hat-trick for Mysuru this time?
April 29, 2017Mysuru: Will the heritage city of Mysuru bag the prestigious ‘Cleanest City’ in India title for 2016, the third time in a row? The city had bagged the award for two consecutive times earlier under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The award will be announced in the first week of May and officials from the Mysuru…
Yeddyurappa sacks Computer Operator at BJP Office
April 29, 2017Bengaluru: BJP State President B.S. Yeddyurappa has sacked a Computer Operator, working in the party State Head quarters at Malleswaram in Bengaluru, who is said to be a close aide of RSS functionary B.L. Santosh. The action comes a day after Yeddyurappa squarely blamed Santosh as the mastermind behind the rift in the State BJP….
Nandini Chandrashekar is new Dist. Women Congress President
April 29, 2017Mysuru: Former ZP Member Nandini Chandrashekar took charge as the new District Women Congress President at a programme organised by the Mysuru District Congress at Chikkammaniketana Kalyana Mantap in Kuvempunagar here on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan appealed the Congress workers to work in unity for enabling the party to retain…
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