Mysuru: “The Narendra Modi-led NDA Government at the Centre is lacking transparency in the multi-crore Rafale Aircraft deal causing huge loss to the public exchequer,” asserted former Union Minister M.M. Pallam Raju. Addressing a press meet at a private hotel here on Sunday, Raju said that as per the international bid opened by the UPA…
CM’s public contact programme only on Saturdays
August 28, 2018Bengaluru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will hold public contract programme on all Saturdays when he is in Bengaluru. The programme will be held between 11 am and 4.30 pm at the CM’s home office ‘Krishna’ on Kumarakrupa Road, during which the public can submit representations or air their grievances. However, representation on transfers, personnel issues…
Swami Vivekananda Leadership Award for city Yoga Guru
August 28, 2018Mysuru: Integrating Spirituality and Organisational Leadership (ISOL) Foundation, Chicago (USA), will confer ‘Swami Vivekananda Leadership Award’ on Yoga Guru Dr. K. Raghavendra Pai of Mysuru for his outstanding achievement and service in the field of Yoga. Dr. Raghavendra Pai will be conferred with the award at the World Congress on Vedic Foundations of Management Science…
Retired Professor passes away
August 28, 2018Mysuru: Dr. H.S. Devaraj (63), retired Professor of JSS Medical College, Mysuru, passed away at DM Wayanad Institute of Medical Sciences (DM WIMS) Hospital in Wayanad, Kerala, yesterday. He leaves behind his wife, two sons and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at Veerashaiva Burial Grounds in Banashankari, Bengaluru, today, according…
Woman held in fake currency notes racket
August 28, 2018Mysuru: Vidyaranyapuram Police have arrested a woman for her involvement in printing and circulating fake currency notes in city. The arrested has been identified as 40-year-old Gowramma, a resident of J.P. Nagar in city. Gowramma, who purchased clothes from a roadside vendor near the library in Vidyaranyapuram, gave the vendor fake note which the vendor…
Lecture on V.S. Naipaul
August 28, 2018Mysuru: The Department of English, Teresian College, Siddarthanagar, had recently organised a lecture at the College premises to pay tribute to the Nobel Laureate and Booker Prize winner V.S. Naipaul, who passed away on Aug.11 at the age of 85. Both UG and PG students attended the programme which started with an introduction to Naipaul…
Bags “Outstanding Scientist in Biotechnology” Award
August 28, 2018Mysuru: Dr. P.V. Ravindra DBT Ramalingaswami Fellow-cum-Assistant Professor, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) at CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru, has been conferred “Outstanding Scientist in Biotechnology” Award for research contributions in the field of Biotechnology by the “Board of Management of the Venus International Foundation”, Chennai recently. Dr. Ravindra obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Veterinary…
City gets ready for MCC elections
August 27, 2018Mysuru: With the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) going to polls on Aug.31, the mustering will take place at four centres in the city on Aug.30 covering all the 65 Wards. The Election Commission has appointed 13 Returning Officers (RO) to oversee the civic polls. The mustering for officials assigned with poll duty coming under ROs…
Kodagu district administration bans Disaster Tourism
August 27, 2018Madikeri: With a large number of people visiting flood and landslip-hit areas in Kodagu district following the recent natural calamity, the district administration has ordered a crackdown on ‘Disaster Tourism.’ Earlier this month, following landslides and floods caused by incessant rains, the district administration had imposed a ban on tourist entry to Kodagu, while also…
Relief and rehabilitation in Kodagu: Those returning homes face challenge of cleaning
August 27, 2018Madikeri: Batches of people are slowly leaving relief centres in Kodagu to face massive destruction that was brought by catastrophic flooding and landslides. Tales of distress and despair also continued to pour in from different parts as many found their homes filled with huge mounds of mud, slush and dirt left by the receding flood…















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