Bengaluru: Will Geetha Shivrajkumar, the wife of actor Shivrajkumar and also the daughter of former Chief Minister of Karnataka, S. Bangarappa, contest the next Lok Sabha elections from Congress? Yes, say political pundits after Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi visited Shivrajkumar’s house on Monday when he came to Bengaluru to relaunch National Herald newspaper. Rahul, accompanied…
Mysuru: It is now confirmed that former Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University Prof. K.S. Rangappa will take a plunge into politics. According to JD(S) sources, his name has been finalised to contest as an MLA from Chamaraja Assembly Constituency for the elections to be held next year and JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda has cleared his…
Mysuru: MP Pratap Simha, taking potshots indirectly at the Siddharamaiah Government, said that it was claiming credit for all the programmes of the Central Government by just changing stickers. He was speaking at the ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas,’ programme, organised by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL), Mysuru, at Kalamandira, here yesterday and said the Centre…
Countdown begins The countdown has begun for the first Mysuru Literary Fest organised by the Mysore Literary Association on Sunday, June 18. The venue —Senate Bhavan — in the sprawling, beautiful Manasagangothri campus is getting spruced up as the literati and cognoscenti will descend in large numbers to listen and interact with some of the…
Srirangapatna: Child trafficking is one of the most heinous crimes. It is all the more reprehensible when the man himself indulges in it, trying to sell his three-year-old daughter. The Police and Women & Child Protection Officers have been able to nab the person, while he was in the act of selling the child yesterday….
Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep performed ground-breaking ceremony on Sunday last (June 11) to build a toilet facility at Mysore Palace premises. It is an initiative of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Automotive Axles Ltd., in partnership with District Administration. They had jointly built India’s first green building for public convenience (Toilet ) at…
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) yesterday announced that it has issued Rs. 500 denomination notes with inset letter A. However, the old notes, which were introduced after PM Narendra Modi’s demonetisation drive in Nov. 2016 will continue to remain legal tender. The Central Bank, in a statement, said that this was in…
London: Denying all allegations against him, Liquor baron Vijay Mallya yesterday claimed that he has “enough evidence” to plead his case as he appeared before Westminster Magistrates’ Court for his extradition case hearing. Talking to media outside the Court before the hearing, Mallya, who is wanted in India on loan defaults to several banks, said,…
Mysuru: The five-day creative exhibition — ‘Grand Exhibition Creative Crunch 2017’ — organised by Arena Animation to mark its 7th anniversary celebrations, began at its premises in T.K. Layout yesterday. The expo was inaugurated by CAVA Dean Basavaraj Musavalgi. On the very first entry to the exhibition, the Digital Tonga caught the attention of the…
Mysuru: The Golden Temple (Namdroling Monastery) at Bylakuppe near here will be temporarily closed for renovation from today (June 14). The Namdroling Monastery, one of the most sought after tourist attractions in Karnataka, attracts thousands of tourists daily which swells to 10,000 on holidays. The imposing temple attracts people from not only different parts of…
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