Mysuru: A techie from Hyderabad committed suicide by hanging on Thursday at an apartment in Hinkal where his friend stayed. Sandeep (23), a software engineer at Infosys, Hyderabad is the deceased. Sandeep came to Mysuru on Thursday morning and stayed at his friend Raghavendra’s rented apartment at Hinkal. Raghavendra left for work some time later…
MUDA Board meeting begins
November 24, 2018Mysuru: The MUDA Board meeting to discuss a host of issues began at MUDA Hall on JLB Road here this morning. The meeting was chaired by Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, who is also MUDA Chairman. The meeting has an agenda of discussing a total of 150 subjects including violations in distribution of CA (Civic…
Mysuru-Chennai Bullet Train to be a reality by 2030
November 23, 2018Mysuru/ Bengaluru: After a long delay, Germany has submitted its final feasibility report for the 435-km high-speed rail (bullet train) corridor between Mysuru-Bengaluru-Chennai to Indian Railways. Once the project is implemented, the bullet train from Mysuru to Chennai via Bengaluru will take just two hours and 25 minutes as against the current seven hours in…
Fleecing at Town Hall Parking Facility: MCC cancels parking tender contract
November 23, 2018Car parking back at Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple premises Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has cancelled the parking tender contract of Town Hall multi-level pay-and-park facility. Even the parking of vehicles there has been stopped following complaints of fleecing of motorists by the contractor to recover his tender costs. It may be recalled here that…
Two-day National Technical Seminar BuildTech – 2018 begins
November 23, 2018BAI must team up with Government to build affordable houses: GTD Mysuru: Mysuru District Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD) called upon members of Builders Association of India (BAI) to join hands with State Government to build affordable houses for poor, both in rural and urban areas. Speaking after inaugurating a two-day National Technical Seminar BuildTech-2018, organised…
11,759 admissions in spite of paucity of time very good: KSOU VC
November 23, 2018Mysuru: “The Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) has done remarkably well in the short span of time that was available to admit nearly 11,759 students for 31 courses for the academic year 2018-19,” said KSOU Vice Chancellor Dr.B. Shivalingaiah. Addressing a press conference at KSOU premises yesterday, he said that the University considering the paucity…
Before iron ore, Ballari had jeans in its genes
November 23, 2018By Ramesh Kebbehundi Tell your friends that you are going to Ballari (Bellary earlier) and they will ask you to bring jeans from there. Apart from the famous and infamous mining industry, Ballari is known for its good-quality, low-cost jeans. Ballari sells jeans brands with names such as ‘Nasty’, ‘Point Blank’, ‘Hotline’, ‘Pierre Ballari’, ‘Power’…
Two jumbos on tiger hunt run helter-skelter
November 23, 2018H.D. Kote: Two tamed elephants — Drona and Ashoka — which took part in a tiger combing operation ran helter-skelter after pushing the mahouts down. The incident created panic at Antharasanthe Forest Range in H.D. Kote taluk yesterday. Drona is a Dasara elephant. Following complaints from the villagers bordering the forest area and a series…
Journalist Rajashekar Koti was a dreamer: Sreenivasa Prasad
November 23, 2018Mysuru: It is the litterateurs and journalists who have the capacity to dream and who dare dream but they do not have the power to put their dreams into actions, while the politicians have the power to put the dreams into actions but they do not dream, said former Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad. He was…
Interest-free loan scheme for street vendors launched
November 23, 2018Bengaluru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy yesterday launched ‘Badavara Bandhu,’ an interest-free loan scheme for street vendors at a programme in Bengaluru. Under the scheme, nine banks and co-operative societies will give loans ranging from Rs. 2,000 to Rs. 10,000 without any interest. Vendors now need not have to run from pillar to post to get…















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