Bengaluru: The Supreme Court Collegium has recommended the name of Karnataka High Court Judge Justice Ajjikuttira Somaiah Bopanna for elevation as the Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court. The recommendation comes following the retirement of Justice Ajit Singh. “The collegium, while considering his [Justice Bopanna] name has also considered the names of Justice H.G….
CFTRI gets new Director: Retd. employees celebrate
October 13, 2018Mysuru: About 30 retired employees of CFTRI, Mysuru, celebrated the appointment of Dr.KSMS Raghava Rao as the new Director of Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), yesterday. They celebrated in a unique way as Dr. Rao, who was allegedly manhandled and insulted by former Director Prof. Ram Rajasekharan, has been appointed as the Director now….
LPG tanker turns turtle
October 13, 2018Mysuru: An LPG tanker reportedly turned turtle near Sa. Ra. Convention Hall on the Ring Road at Dattagalli yesterday. Fortunately, there were no casualties in the mishap and the LPG tanker driver escaped with minor injuries. The mishap would have been on a larger scale had the LPG leaked out of the tanker. The Kuvempunagar…
Importance to Zero Budget, Israeli method of farming: Agri Minister
October 13, 2018Mysuru: State Agriculture Minister N.H. Shivashankar Reddy said that the State Government has decided to give importance to Zero Budget method of natural farming and Israeli method of agriculture farming. Speaking after inaugurating Raitha Dasara at J.K. Grounds yesterday, the Minister said the farmers are facing lot of financial risk after investing money under the…
Hi-tech Mobile Security for Dasara
October 12, 2018Mysuru: Help from Mysuru Police for assistance and control at any troubled area is just minutes away. A full-fledged Mobile Command Centre vehicle will work round-the-clock this Dasara to respond to any emergencies. And this state-of-the-art Command Centre is being used during Dasara for the first time. The Command Centre helps surveillance especially during bigger…
Global internet shutdown likely over next 48 hours, says report
October 12, 2018New Delhi: Internet users across the globe may experience widespread network failures as the key domain servers are slated to undergo routine maintenance over the next 48 hours. Russia Today New Agency reported that global internet users might experience network connection failures as the main domain servers and its related network infrastructure will be down….
Overwhelming response for ‘Akasha Ambari’
October 12, 2018Mysuru: Air India’s Alliance Air has initiated its flight services “Akasha Ambari” between Bengaluru and Mysuru yesterday. Tourism Minister, S.R. Mahesh took the flight from Mysuru to Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru. The flight service has been kick-started to facilitate travel of national and international tourists for the Dasara festivities. The Karnataka State Tourism Development…
First coalition wicket down as Minister N. Mahesh quits
October 12, 2018Bengaluru: The Congress and JD(S) Coalition governments in Karnataka suffered a setback as Primary and Secondary Education Minister, N. Mahesh resigned yesterday. Mahesh, the lone MLA who got elected from Bahujan Samajawadi Party (BSP) to Karnataka Assembly, told newsmen that he has handed over his resignation to CM, H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK). Mahesh has also said…
Dasara Floral Feast
October 12, 2018Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav The Dasara Flower Show being held at Kuppanna Park, also called as Nishad Bagh, is beckoning visitors in hordes. The new addition of the Lal Bagh-like Glass House has become a show-stopper with people thronging to take selfies and click pictures with the floral replica of Delhi’s Lotus Temple made…
Education, Health, Patriotism must for India’s progress: Sudha Murty
October 12, 2018Mysuru: “Three major problems India faces are lack of education, good health and pride in the nation and all the three have to be tackled in equal measure to see progress,” said writer and Infosys Chairperson Sudha Murty. She was reacting to a question from another writer Vasudendra who was in lively conversation with her…















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