Mysuru: Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) led a huge delegation of Ministers, officials and a battery of journalists from Bengaluru, Mandya and Mysuru this morning to unveil the grand plans of the State Government to develop the land surrounding Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Reservoir and the Brindavan Gardens as a “Must Visit Tourist Destination…
Massive protest in Madikeri held to Save River Cauvery
December 8, 2018Another group agitates to demand National Highway expansion Madikeri: A massive protest by environmentally concerned citizens was organised under the banner of “Save Kodagu, Save Cauvery” in Madikeri this morning where over 1,500 people participated. They agitated against the proposed expansion of National Highway 275 (Bengaluru-Bantwal via Kushalnagar, Suntikoppa, Madikeri and Sampaje) and implementation of…
CM launches housing project for flood-hit families in Kodagu
December 8, 2018Madikeri: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) yesterday laid the foundation stone for the construction of houses on a 50-acre plot at Jamboor village near Madapura in the district. The foundation stone was symbolically laid in an e-way by pressing a remote-controlled button. Later, a physical foundation laying ceremony was also held where priests performed rituals….
No going back on my promise of farm loan waiver: CM H.D. Kumaraswamy
December 8, 2018Mandya : Maintaining that he has been working on farm loan waiver scheme for over six-months, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) has said that he will not go back on his promise of farm loan waiver. Addressing the gathering at Sitapura in Pandavapura on Friday, the CM said that the farm loan waiver amounts to…
Mekedatu: ‘Centre must mediate’
December 8, 2018Mekedatu : Minister for Water Resources D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) has expressed surprise over Tamil Nadu (TN) calling for a Special Legislature Session over Mekedatu drinking water project taken up within Karnataka and said that the riparian State should realise the benefits as it was not an irrigation project. The Minister, who inspected the project site along…
Disneyland at KRS Dam vehemently opposed
December 8, 2018Mysuru: Vehemently opposing the Government’s move to construct a Disneyland like project at KRS Dam site in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district, over a hundred activists from various association and organisations, under the joint banner of ‘Bebi Betta Ulisi, KRS Rakshishi,’ held a preliminary meeting at Karnataka Institute for Agricultural Marketing complex auditorium on Hunsur…
Mekedatu project to submerge historic Shimsha Power Station
December 8, 2018Mekedatu: The Shimshapura Power Generating Station (Shimsha Power Plant or Sir K. Seshadri Iyer Power Station) that has been continuously supplying electricity to Bengaluru and other parts of the State for the last 80 years, is facing the threat of submersion if the ambitious Mekedatu project is implemented. The Power Station was set up by…
Cylinder Blast in Bengaluru: IISc. pays Rs. 10 lakh ex-gratia to city researcher’s wife
December 8, 2018Bengaluru: The Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) has released an ex-gratia of Rs. 10 lakh to Anusha, wife of P. Manoj Kumar, Project Engineer of Super Wave Technologies Pvt. Ltd., who died while working for a Start-Up in the laboratory of Hypersonic and Shockwave Research at the Institute here on Dec. 5. Manoj Kumar was…
17th Century Malabar Frame Loom installed at Kannur Airport
December 8, 2018Kannur: Highlighting the rich tradition of handloom industry in Kannur, a model of Malabar Frame Loom was installed at the departure area. The loom was installed by the Indian Institute of Handloom Technology, Kannur (IIHT-K). The loom what is now known as Malabar Frame Loom was introduced in the handloom industry in Kerala by foreign…
Mysuru Court Blast: Accused turns approver, High Court pardons him
December 8, 2018Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court yesterday pardoned 26-year-old Mohammed Ayub, a member of terror outfit Base Movement after he turned approver in connection with the case of blast on Mysuru Law Court premises in 2016. His statement was crucial in strengthening the evidence against the other four accused. The explosion rocked the Mysuru District Court…














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