Mysuru: In an election year where the dominant political parties Congress BJP and the JD(S) and a host of smaller parties – are pulling out all stops to woo the electorate, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah chose to go on a whistle-stop tour in city this morning to inaugurate a spree of development projects and pro-people initiatives….
Mysuru: A total of 27,502 candidates will be conferred with different degrees at the 98th annual Convocation of the University of Mysore (UoM) that will be held on Mar.12 at 10.30 am at the Crawford Hall and as usual women have outshone men. Pro-Chancellor and Higher Education Minister Basavaraja Rayareddy will preside. Former Lokayukta Justice…
Mysuru: The government is committed to take strict action according to law against the perpetrators of evil practises like the Devadasi system, said Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. He was speaking after inaugurating the girls and women’s hostel and ‘Kaushalya Bhavana,’ the new building at the Shaktidhama premises, on Ooty Road, here yesterday. There is information that…
Mysuru: The soul of Littérateur Vijaya Dabbe, who passed away recently, must still be floating around here as she is the one who gave the name Shaktidhama to the home started and nurtured by Dr. Rajkumar and Parvathamma Rajkumar, said Shaktidhama Trustee and well-known Literature Devanur Mahadev. He was speaking after the inauguration of the…
Bengaluru: MCDCC Bank President and senior Congress leader S. Chandrashekar joined the BJP in the presence of State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa and a host of party leaders, at the BJP State headquarters in Malleswaram here yesterday. Speaking after joining the party, S. Chandrashekar said that he was previously in the BJP and now his…
Bengaluru: The State Cabinet on Thursday failed to arrive at a consensus on accepting the Expert Committee report on granting minority religion status to Lingayats. A seven-member panel, headed by retired High Court Judge H.N. Nagamohan Das, had recommended granting minority status to the community, but the Cabinet was divided in its opinion and deferred…
Bengaluru: The first list of BJP candidates for 110 Assembly segments will be released shortly, according to party sources. With the Assembly polls fast approaching, the BJP is all set to announce the first list of candidates for 10 Assembly constituencies, most of them being from Malnad, Coastal, Bengaluru and Belagavi regions. The BJP is…
Mysuru: Globalisation has affected the tribal culture and realising this, efforts are on to document their history and culture, said Karnataka State Tribal Research Institute, Mysuru, Director Prof. T. T. Basavanagowda. He was speaking at the inauguration of the two-day State-level Tribal festival jointly organised by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Karnataka State Tribal…
Mysuru: Thieves made a futile attempt to break into an ATM in the heart of the city late last night. They entered the ATM and were successful in opening the first layer of the ATM machine but were unable to lay hands on the cash chest. The incident occurred at K.R. Circle Vijaya Bank ATM…
Mysuru: Regional Commissioner (RC) Shivayogi C. Kalasad yesterday postponed the hearing of the case against Mayor B. Bhagyavathi, who was charged with indulging in anti-party activities during the Mayoral election, to Mar. 16. As the Mayor remained absent for the proceedings, the RC deferred the case. It may be mentioned that Bhagyavathi, a Corporator, won…
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