Mysuru: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) personnel have trapped the Accounts Supervisor of KSRTC Rural Division Depot while accepting bribe from a driver. The person who has been trapped is Manjunath, the Accounts Supervisor. He was caught last evening by ACB SP Rashmi and staff while accepting a bribe of Rs.10,000 from KSRTC driver Basavaraju. Manjunath…
INS urges Govt. to withdraw 10% Customs Duty on Newsprint
July 11, 2019New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) has urged the Government of India to withdraw the 10 percent Customs Duty imposed on Newsprint, uncoated paper for newspapers and Light-Weight Coated (LWC) paper for magazines in the General Budget. INS said in a press statement that publishers of newspapers and magazines are already reeling under severe…
Chamarajanagar MP opens office in city
July 11, 2019Mysuru: Chamarajanagar BJP MP V. Sreenivasa Prasad opened his city office at the Public Offices building in CADA premises on Sayyaji Rao Road here this morning. K.S. Prasanna Srikanta Datta, a retired Government servant, has been appointed as the Personal Assistant (PA) of the MP. The Office will be open from 10 am to 6…
Sub-Inspectors transferred
July 11, 2019Mysuru: Ten Sub-Inspectors (SIs), coming under Mysuru Southern Range have been transferred by In-charge IGP (Southern Range) K.T. Balakrishna, who is also the Mysuru City Police Commissioner. The transferred Sub-Inspectors are: D.B. Jayaprakash of Mysuru Rural Police Station has been transferred to Bilikere Police Station; Madhwanayak of Bilikere to H.D. Kote Police Station; V.C. Ashok…
Defunct e-toilet: Rakshana Vedike stages protest
July 11, 2019Mysuru: The members of the Mysuru Rakshana Vedike, led by its President M.S. Gururaj Shetty and Secretary Pramod Gowda, staged a symbolic protest in front of the defunct e-toilet at the junction of Devaraja Urs Road and Dewan’s Road here this morning, holding vessels (chombu) demanding immediate repair of the toilet. Corporator Pramila Bharat, who…
Flights to 3 more cities from Mysuru
July 10, 2019Direct flights to Goa, Kochi and Hyderabad daily; Flight to Shirdi next? Mysuru: There is good news for Mysureans as three new direct, daily flights are being introduced from July 19 to Hyderabad, Kochi and Goa from Mysore Airport in Mandakalli. These flights will be operated under Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN (Ude Desh Ke Aam…
Karnataka Political Drama: Rebel MLAs move SC against Speaker, Sec. 144 imposed near Mumbai Hotel
July 10, 2019Bengaluru/Mumbai: With the Karnataka political crisis that was triggered by the resignation of more than a dozen MLAs from the ruling coalition on July 6 entering Day-5, the drama today moved from the alleys of Bengaluru and Mumbai to reach Delhi, the National capital. The rebel MLAs from the Congress and JD(S) are reported to…
BJP dharna in front of Vidhana Soudha, Congress near Raj Bhavan
July 10, 2019Bengaluru: Even as the political drama was on at Mumbai, here in Bengaluru, the Opposition BJP, staged a demonstration in front of Vidhana Soudha seeking the resignation of CM H.D. Kumaraswamy. Maintaining that the ruling coalition government was reduced to a minority with the resignation of over a dozen MLAs from the Congress and JD(S),…
Mid-term poll only solution for ongoing political drama: Ex-Speaker Krishna
July 10, 2019Mysuru: Former Assembly Speaker Krishna, popularly known as K.R. Pete Krishna, has said that a mid-term poll is the only solution for the political crisis in Karnataka. Krishna, a former JD(S) MLA from K.R. Pet, was the Speaker when the JD(S) ruled the State from 1994 to 1999. Krishna joined the Congress just before the…
Spike in Dengue; eight confirmed cases in June
July 10, 2019Mysuru: There has been a slight spurt in Dengue cases in Mysuru and eight confirmed Dengue cases within city and rural limits. Climate change could increase the spread of the disease, say officials. Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne illness which can cause fever, severe joint pain and internal bleeding. An entomological survey and inspections carried…














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