Mysuru: “Do not waste drinking water otherwise your water connection will be cut.” This is the advisory (or call it a warning) issued by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), ahead of dry and hot days. The Corporation is already chalking out plans to battle water crisis during summer at a time when there is no…
Female elephant rescued by Forest Department in Kodagu dies
March 19, 2018Kushalnagar: A female elephant, which had come from Meenukolli Forest in North Kodagu in search of food and had got stuck in a slush at an estate pond in Rangasamudra village, died on Saturday after being rescued by the Forest Department on Thursday. The female elephant, aged about 35 years, was stuck in the slush…
Congress-free Karnataka is our target, says Meerut MP
March 19, 2018Mysuru: Asserting that the BJP’s aim is to make Karnataka Congress-free (Congress Mukta Karnataka), Meerut MP Rajendra Agrawal has said that Karnataka has become one of the most corrupt States under Congress rule. Agrawal has been tasked by the BJP Central leadership to look after four constituencies (Chamaraja, Narasimharaja, Krishnaraja and Chamundeshwari) in Mysuru. Addressing…
Ex-Mayor distributes three-wheelers, cooking gas, autos to beneficiaries
March 19, 2018Mysuru: Former Mayor and Corporator Ayub Khan distributed various facilities including cooking gas and autorickshaws to the residents of Ward No.52 on Mar.17. He distributed these facilities at a function organised at Udayagiri’s Ambedkar Samudaya Bhavan to some of the beneficiaries. Apart from cooking gas cylinders to 80 persons, he gave sewing machines to 25…
Will step up vigil on Naxal activities in Kodagu: IGP
March 19, 2018Madikeri: Stating that the Anti-Naxal Force (ANF) and the District Police were capable of crushing any Naxal activities in Kodagu district, IGP (Southern Range) Soumendu Mukherjee has said that, however, vigil will be stepped up across the district as a security measure. Soumendu Mukherjee, who was on his first visit to Madikeri after taking charge…
Court stays building of compound wall in land near Hinkal Temple
March 19, 2018Mysuru: A city Court has directed private Educational Institutions to stop all construction activities in the land adjoining Nanneshwara Swamy Temple at Hinkal, until further orders. Advocate H.P. Mahadeva Swamy had moved the city’s Third Additional Civil Court (Junior Grade) seeking a stay to the construction of a wall by Private Educational Institutions at the…
Lalu Yadav convicted in fourth Fodder Scam case
March 19, 2018New Delhi: Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has been convicted in the fourth case pertaining to the fodder scam, while his predecessor Jagannath Mishra has been acquitted by a Court in Jharkhand’s Ranchi this morning. The fodder scam involves the embezzlement of government funds in the name of cattle fodder. The multi-million-rupee scam…
SWR Women’s Welfare Organisation celebrates International Women’s Day
March 19, 2018Hubballi: Deepali Gupta, President of South Western Railway Women’s Welfare Organisation (SWRWWO), inaugurated the International Women’s Day celebrations by lighting the lamp at Railway Officer’s Club, Hubballi. Deepali Gupta spoke on the theme “Press for Progress” and gave a call to motivate and unite friends, colleagues and whole communities to think, act and be gender…
Commission recommends State honour for Pourakarmikas who die while in service
March 19, 2018Mysuru: A day-long seminar on facilities and healthcare for Pourakarmikas of Mysuru division, was held at Kalamandira here on Mar. 17. Speaking after inaugurating the seminar, Karnataka Safai Karmachari Commission Chairman M.R. Venkatesh said the Commission has recommended that Pourakarmikas who die while in service must be given State honours, just as in the case…
Doctors stage protest against National Medical Council Bill
March 19, 2018Mysuru: Strongly opposing the Union Government’s move to pass the National Medical Commission Bill, members of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Mysuru, staged a protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here on Friday last. The doctors took out a cycle and bike rally starting from J.K. Grounds and passed through Railway Station Circle,…
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