Bengaluru: Even as the State BJP unit is reeling under disappointment after coming so close to a majority in the Assembly polls held last month, top BJP leaders met key RSS State functionaries at the RSS Office ‘Keshava Krupa’ in Chamarajpet here yesterday. The meeting, which was held in the backdrop of so near yet…
Marithibbegowda takes oath as MLC
June 23, 2018Bengaluru: Marithibbegowda of the JD(S), who was re-elected for the fourth term in the recently held Legislative Council polls from South Teachers Constituency, took oath as MLC here on Friday. Marithibbegowda, who functioned as Legislative Council Deputy Chairman in his presvious term, has been an MLC since 2000, having won in 2000, 2006, 2012 and…
Ex-Mayor Sandesh Swamy opposes MCC Ward delimitation, reservation
June 23, 2018Mysuru: Former Mayor and MCC Corporator Sandesh Swamy has strongly opposed the MCC Ward delimitation and the reservation announced by the Government. Addressing a press meet here on Thursday, Sandesh Swamy said that the Ward delimitation made on the basis of 2011 population census was unscientific. Maintaining that Ward delimitation must be made by including…
Minister distributes appointment letters to cooks, assistants
June 23, 2018Mysuru: Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh distributed appointment letters to cooks and assistant cooks, who are directly appointed by the Backward Classes Welfare Department, at a programme held at Zilla Panchayat (ZP) Hall here recently. The vacant posts of cooks and assistant cooks in the Backward Classes Welfare Department’s students’ hostels had been advertised and the…
Conserve water to save environment: Water Activist
June 23, 2018Mysuru: “The ground water level is going down day by day and one of the main reasons for this is the growth of urban areas. People are also migrating from rural areas into towns and cities and this has led to more consumption of water. Everyone should think twice before throwing out sweet water,” said…
Veerashaiva Mahasabha demands reservation for community in MCC polls
June 23, 2018Mysuru: Claiming that there were about three lakh Veerashaiva-Lingayat Community members living in the city, constituting more than 25 percent of the city’s population, the Mysuru city unit of Akhila Bharath Veerashaiva Mahasabha has demanded reservation for the community in the forthcoming MCC polls. In a press release, Mahasabha President T. Lingaraju said that areas…
Selfie craze claims youth’s life at Mallalli Falls in Kodagu
June 23, 2018Somwarpet: There is good monsoon this year in the State and it is the right time to visit waterfalls. However, one wrong step and one has to pay with one’s life. Such a tragic incident occurred yesterday at Mallalli waterfalls, when a youth was trying to take a selfie and fell into the waters and…
Human foot in dog’s mouth creates panic among villagers
June 23, 2018Mandya: People panicked on seeing a dog eating the foot of a human. The incident occurred at Hulikere village in Nagamangala taluk. Villagers found a dog eating the foot of a human in the forest area that lies between Hulikere and Tyapenahalli villages on Thursday evening. They tried to stop the dog eating the foot…
Music achievers honoured on World Music Day
June 23, 2018Mysuru: The KMPK Trust had organised ‘Sangeetadinda Arogya’ (from music to health) Vichara Manthana (churning of ideas) at Shiradi Sai Baba Mandir on Ramanuja Road as part of World Music Day on June 21 and felicitated achievers in music field on the occasion. Social worker K.Raghuram, speaking on the occasion, said that the cultural capital…
Music brings out best in students’ skills: Dr. Mysore Manjunath
June 23, 2018Internationally renowned violinist Dr. Mysore Manjunath, who released the Music Calendar of world renowned Indian musicians on the occasion of World Music Day celebrated at Government High School in Kuvempunagar in city on June 21, seen with BEO Shivakumar, Head Master Prakash, Music teacher M.V. Anitha and Child Pencil Sketch artists Anmol Rathan Rao and…















Recent Comments