Mysuru: The only good fortune that the Muslim Community enjoyed by voting the Congress since the last 70 years is the photo opportunity with Nehru family. Leaving this aside, the community has not benefited in any way either educationally or economically, bitterly commented AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen) President, Member of Parliament and Barrister Asaduddin…
I will become CM again with people’s blessings: Siddharamaiah
August 25, 2018Hassan: Maintaining that he has the blessings of the people though he lost the May Assembly Polls, former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has asserted that he would become the Chief Minister again. Speaking after inaugurating Veerabhadreshwara Swamy temple at Haadya Village in Holenarasipur Taluk of Hassan District yesterday, Siddharamaiah said that he was not the one…
Flood damage may slash India’s coffee output by 20%
August 25, 2018Bengaluru: India’s coffee production in 2018/19 is likely to fall by at least one-fifth from a year ago as floods in Kodagu and Kerala have damaged most of the cultivating areas. This will delay exports too, industry officials said. Some of the worst flooding in India in a century killed hundreds of people in Kerala…
Nationalised bank loans waived, says HDK
August 25, 2018Bengaluru: The H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) Government gave a Varamahalakshmi festival gift to farmers and agricultural labourers yesterday, fulfilling one of its biggest promises made during the Assembly elections by deciding to waive off farm loans from nationalised banks. The government also decided to promulgate a Debt Relief Ordinance to give relief to farm labourers. The twin…
Dasara High-Power committee to meet in Mysuru on Aug. 28
August 25, 2018Mysuru: This time, the Dasara High-Power Committee meeting will be held in Mysuru on Aug. 28 at D.C. Office. The meeting will be chaired by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy. This was disclosed to Star of Mysore this morning by Higher Education Minister G.T. Devegowda, who is also the Mysuru District Minister. The meeting, all these…
Elusive tiger worries villagers in Hunsur
August 25, 2018Hunsur: A week-long efforts by Forest Department staff to trap an elusive tiger near K.G. Habbanakuppe is yet to yield the result as the ‘intelligent’ tiger seems to be not lured by the goat kept as a bait in the cage but continue to roam in the said village looking for another prey. The tiger…
Five Pourakarmikas in fray for MCC polls
August 25, 2018Mysuru: Pourakarmikas of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), who played a key role in the city getting the ‘Cleanest City’ tag for two successive terms, are now trying their hand in politics, with five of them contesting the Aug.31 MCC polls from different parties. Pooja is contesting on a BJP ticket from Ward 32 (Ghousianagar…
KSIC employees oppose move to sell silk sarees at Rs. 4,500
August 25, 2018Mysuru: Strongly opposing the plans of Tourism and Sericulture Minister S.R. Mahesh’s plan to sell Mysuru Silk Sarees at discounted price of Rs.4,500, the KSIC (Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation) staff staged a protest in front of silk-weaving Factory here on Thursday. Claiming that the Silk Factory will face serene loss if silk sarees were sold…
Kumaraswamy is King…: Owaisi also hopes to become King
August 25, 2018Mysuru: “The 2018 Assembly elections in Karnataka had drawn the attention of the entire country. Every media had predicted that JD(S) is going to be the king-maker. I had then predicted that it will not be the king-maker but the king itself,” recalled AIMIM President and MP Asaduddin Owaisi speaking at a public meeting in…
Corporation polls, a spring board for candidates to make it to Legislature
August 25, 2018Mysuru: Even as the city is voting on Aug.31 to elect new Corporators of MCC, an insight into the earlier polls has thrown light on how several MLAs, past and present, made it to the Legislature after contesting the MCC polls. Kempegowda, B.K. Puttaiah, B.N. Kengegowda, H.S. Shankarlingegowda, Vasu, Tanveer Sait, M.K. Somashekar and L….















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