Mysuru: The installation ceremony of Rotary Mysore Midtown with Rtn. Dr. Prahlad as President and his Team of office-bearers for the Rotary year 2018-19 will be held on July 7 at 6.30 pm at Hotel Kalyani, Ring Road, Hebbal, Mysuru. The chief guest for the event will be Dr.Thimmappa Hegde, renowned Sr. Consultant Neurosurgeon and…
City cable operator ends life
July 6, 2018Mysuru: A cable operator from city committed suicide by consuming poison at a lodge in Nanjangud town this morning. The deceased has been identified as G.R. Babu (43), son of Rangaswamy and a resident of Halebandikeri in city. Babu, after checking into a room at a lodge near the private bus stand in Nanjangud yesterday…
Two students killed in separate accidents
July 6, 2018Mysuru: Two students were killed in separate accidents since last evening. While one student was killed atop Chamundi Hill, the other lost his life at near Chunchanakatte. In the first incident, a student was killed and the pillion rider suffered serious injuries when a car rammed into the bike near the Watch Tower Junction atop…
Senior citizen goes missing from city
July 6, 2018Mysuru: A 64-year-old man, who left his house on July 3 saying that he was going to the Railway Hospital for treatment, has since gone missing. The missing person has been identified as J. Lakshminarayana, a retired railway employee. He is 5.3 ft. tall, round faced, normal built, sports moustache, speaks Kannada and Tamil and…
Felling of trees: Public meeting on July 8
July 6, 2018Mysuru: The PWD has proposed to fell 209 trees on either side of the Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway 275 stretch from Colombia Asia Hospital Junction to Kalastawadi (4.236 km), for road widening. As rule 8(3) VII of the Karnataka Tree Conservation Act envisages holding of a public meeting in cases where over 50 trees are to…
A Costly Budget : Rs. 34,000 crore farm loan waiver makes other commodities dearer
July 5, 2018WHAT WILL COST MORE : Petrol, Diesel, Liquor, Electricity, Private Service Vehicles Bengaluru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy announced waiver of all default crop loans benefiting farmers to the tune of Rs.34,000 crore in his Budget proposals presented in the Assembly this morning. The size of the Budget is Rs. 2,13,734 crore and to balance the financial…
Brindavan Gardens to be developed like Disneyland: CM H.D. Kumaraswamy
July 5, 2018Bengaluru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has announced in his budget that the Brindavan Gardens at KRS in Mandya will be developed on the lines of Disneyland in the US. World’s leading entertainment park engineers and investors will be invited to beautify KRS. An initial fund of Rs. 5 crore will be allotted for this project,…
Irregularities in UoM appointments: Researchers Association demands action against accused
July 5, 2018Mysuru: The issue of appointment of non-teaching staff in the University of Mysore (UoM) allegedly in violation of rules during December 2016 is back in news with the University Researchers Association demanding immediate action against those who were involved in the appointments. The Association has warned of indefinite dharna after July 10 if no action…
Mixed reactions to State Budget
July 5, 2018Mysuru: Reacting to the coalition budget, Mysuru Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) President A.S.Sathish said that at the outset, it seems that Agriculture has dominated the Budget. However, the budget has also focussed on Industrial sector, with some measures for boosting the sector, which include more involvement of KIADB and KSIDC in the promotion…
1999 KPSC Scam: Court orders framing of charges
July 5, 2018Bengaluru: The 77th Additional Sessions Court in Bengaluru has yesterday ordered framing of charges against all the accused in the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) examination scam of 1999. Retired IAS officer A.K. Monnappa and others, including some candidates selected and those who were not selected despite getting their marks enhanced illegally are named in…















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