Bengaluru: Income Tax officials this morning seized crores of rupees found in possession of Executive Engineer Narayana Gowda Patil, working in the Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR). Krishna Byre Gowda is the Minister of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj. Narayana Gowda Patil was allegedly given crores of rupees by a contractor and…
Booths reflecting tribal culture this LS election
March 15, 2019Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration has plans to establish separate Polling Booths this time also for tribals as it was done in 2018 Assembly elections. The aim of setting up such booths was to attract tribals, who seldom vote and get busy with their routine work, to vote. Tribal Polling Booths (Ethnic Booths) will be…
More than 22 speed-breakers may hamper smooth travel
March 15, 2019Mysuru: Following High Court directive to lay speed-breakers at an interval of 500 metres for the 11-km stretch on the Mysuru-Virajpet Road near Mathigodu elephant camp passing through Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, the Public Works Department has begun laying the road humps. Road hump works have begun before the Anechowkur Gate, (from Mysuru side) a border…
Maate Mahadevi passes away
March 15, 2019Bengaluru: Prominent religious leader from Lingayat community Maate Mahadevi (73) died at a Bengaluru hospital last evening due to multiple organ failure. She was admitted to hospital on Mar. 9 due to multiple organ failure and was on ventilation for the last few days. The doctors at Manipal Hospital announced her death. Jagadguru Mate Mahadevi…
Karnataka should improve position in Indian Tourism: Minister
March 15, 2019Mysuru: A two-day seminar on ‘Heritage and Health Tourism in Karnataka’ was organised by the Department of Commerce, History and IQAC of Vidyavardhaka First Grade College and the Department of Tourism at the College premises here on Mar.13 and 14. Inaugurating the seminar on Wednesday, Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh regretted that Karnataka was in the…
Awareness marks World Consumer Day
March 15, 2019Mysuru: World Consumer Day to create global awareness about Consumer Rights was celebrated in city this morning. The Members of Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP), Department of Legal Metrology, Bharath Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), CESC, Mysore Jewellers and Saraf Association, MYMUL and other organisations have set up kiosks near Chikka Gadiyara (Dufferin Clock Tower) and provided…
‘Important to remove black mark on University’
March 15, 2019The students and teachers must work hard to remove the black mark on the century-old University of Mysore. There must be harmony and healthy debates to solve problems. Politics should never be brought in here, said former Union Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad. He was speaking after inaugurating the felicitation function at Humanities Auditorium in Manasagangothri…
Lady Bhagiratha feted on World Women’s Day
March 15, 2019Mysuru: Marking World Women’s Day, JSS Law College had organised a function at its premises in Kuvempunagar here on Saturday last. Speaking on the occasion, MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag opined that women can take a tough stand at any critical juncture and hence, sought 50% reservation for women in political sector depending on the population….
Burglars decamp with CCTV camera modem from house
March 15, 2019Mysuru: Burglars, who broke into a house and not finding any valuables or cash there, have decamped with a modem installed to a CCTV camera. The burglary took place at the house of one Kishore Iyer on Paramahamsa Road in Yadavagiri. Kishore, who is staying in Bengaluru, used to come once in a week to…
Realtors groomed on RERA Act
March 15, 2019Mysuru: Mysore Realtors Association (MRA), along with District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) and Mysore Bar Association, had organised an awareness and legal assistance programme for realtors and public on Mar.12 at a private hotel in city. Inaugurating the programme, Principal District and Sessions Court Judge S.K. Vantigodi asked realtors and public to go through the…















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