Mysuru: Karnataka State’s ambitious Nemmadi Kendra kiosks across the city and district have stopped functioning due to server problem. The centres have not been functioning since two months and thousands of people who come to these centres have been put to severe inconvenience. Nemmadi Kendras provide 38 different types of certificates, including income, caste,family tree,…
Lunar Eclipse: No buses to Chamundi Hill after 6 pm tomorrow
July 26, 2018Mysuru: The entry of city buses to Chamundi Hill is banned tomorrow from 6 pm onwards owing to Lunar Eclipse. However, the buses will ply to the Hilltop on the occasion of Ashada Friday (July 27) carrying devotees from 4 am till 6 pm. The KSRTC buses will stop picking the devotees after 6 pm…
Prof. Shivaramu Kadanakuppe passes away
July 26, 2018Mysuru: Prof. Shivaramu Kadanakuppe (65), retired Principal of Vidyavardhaka PU College on Seshadri Iyer Road and a resident of Paduvana Road in Kuvempunagar, passed away this morning, following illness. He leaves behind his wife Suvarna Kadanakuppe, daughter Sushi Kadanakuppe, son Nesara Kadanakuppe, a journalist and a host of relatives and friends. Besides serving as the…
Pratap Simha raises Kodagu rain damage issue in Parliament
July 26, 2018New Delhi: Extensive rain damage in Kodagu and the lack of response from the Karnataka Government figured in Lok Sabha yesterday when Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha raised the issue when Deputy Speaker M. Thambidurai (from Tamil Nadu) was in the Speaker’s Chair. Starting his speech by mentioning that Kodagu is an important national asset from…
KSOU issue echoes in Lok Sabha: MP Dhruvanarayan seeks Central intervention to grant re-recognition
July 26, 2018Mysuru: Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan has raised the issue of problems being faced by lakhs of students over the delay in granting re-recognition to the courses offered by Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), in the Lok Sabha. Demanding restoration of recognition, Dhruvanarayan, who raised the issue during the Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha on…
Three Jalapathotsavas await August tourists
July 26, 2018Mysuru: Minister for Tourism and Sericulture S.R. Mahesh has announced that ‘Jalapathotsava’ would be organised at Chunchanakatte in K.R. Nagar on Aug. 11 and Aug. 12, Bharachukki Waterfall in Kollegal on Aug. 18 and 19 and Gaganachukki Waterfall in Mandya on Aug. 25 and 26. At Bharachukki, this will be the fourth Jalapathotsava. The first…
Now, up to 7 years jail for giving bribes
July 26, 2018New Delhi: The Parliament has passed an Anti-Corruption Bill that provides for punishment to bribe-givers and takers, and extends prior nod for prosecution to former public officials with the Lok Sabha giving its assent to the law. The Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2018, passed by the lower house on Tuesday after a reply by…
Disneyland at KRS: Minister asks officials to prepare blueprint
July 26, 2018Mandya: Following the announcement by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy in his Budget speech that the iconic Brindavan Gardens at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam will be developed on the lines of Disneyland in the US, Tourism and Sericulture Minister S.R. Mahesh visited the Dam site on Tuesday and held preliminary discussion with officials. The CM…
Journalist Gauri Lankesh murder case: Congress MLC’s Secretary arrested
July 26, 2018Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating into the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh, have arrested one more person from Madikeri in Kodagu taking the total arrested to ten. Police said that Rajesh D. Bangera, who was arrested, was remanded to Police custody till August 8 by 3rd ACMM Court. Bangera is the Personal Secretary…
‘Tomorrow’s Lunar Eclipse will cause political upheaval’:Predicts Kodi Mutt Seer
July 26, 2018Arasikere: The solar eclipse (July 13) and lunar eclipse (July 27) which have come at the same time will cause political turbulence in the State, according to Kodi Mutt Seer Sri Shivananda Shivayogi Rajendra Swamiji. The Seer, who predicts the future upon screening the palm leaf, has said that the brother would hold the reins…















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