Stating that most of the water bodies in Hunsur Taluk and River Lakshmanathirtha, considered as the lifeline of Hunsur, have gone dry with failure of rains, MLA H.P. Manjunath opined that the taluk was facing the worst drought in nearly seven decades. He was speaking after performing guddali puja to a slew of works undertaken…
The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has taken up the works to fix dividers on Seshadri Iyer Road from Dhanvanthri Road Junction to Irwin Road Junction and make the stretch a double road. As the road is already narrow, people feel that once the median work is completed, the width of the road will further reduce,…
Maintaining that continuous struggle is the only way for retaining reservation in job promotion for SC/ST communities, MLC V.S. Ugrappa has warned that SC/ST communities may lose out on reservation if they fail to launch a movement. He was speaking at the valedictory of a seminar on ‘Reservation in job promotion’ in the wake of…
An army recruitment rally will be held from May 27 to June 4 at Madikeri Sports Stadium by Headquarters Recruiting Zone, Bengaluru. Interested youth may fill the applications online from Mar. 30 to May 14 by logging on to: www.joinindianarmy.nic.in The recruitment will be for the posts of Soldier (writer), Warehouse-Keeper (Technical), Soldier (General Duty),…
Nagamangala Police have arrested two persons, Doodamuniya and his brother Chikkamuniya, said to be members of Dandupalya gang who were involved in burglaries of houses in Bellur and Nagamangala during 1981-84. They were arrested and granted bail in 1985 but subsequently were absconding for 32 years and now arrested again.
Anticipating farm loans to be waived in the State Budget which did not materialise, in separate incidents two farmers in the district allegedly committed suicide yesterday possibly out of sheer despair. Cheluvegowda (68) of Natanahalli in K.R. Pet taluk allegedly set himself ablaze by jumping into fire while Prakash (30) of T. Malligere in…
Do you know what is the latest fad in China? It is Yoga. As per the stats of 2014, about 10 million students have enrolled in various Schools of Yoga which have sprung up all over China. Nearly 1,500 yoga teachers are busy earning more than a lakh rupees per month imparting Yoga training. Now…
Being used to playing vote-bank politics, the Congress Government headed by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah presented the last budget of his government at the Legislative Assembly this morning with all the characteristics of a vote- bank budget. The budget was loaded with sops which are aimed at helping the Congress consolidate its vote base. For the…
Former External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, who was to officially join the BJP at the Party Headquarters here today in the presence of National BJP President Amit Shah, will not be joining the party today as he had to return to Bengaluru following the demise of his sister. S.M. Krishna and his wife Prema Krishna…
Ganabharathi has organised a vocal concert by Vid. N. Srinath on Mar.17 at Veene Seshanna Bhavan in Kuvempunagar at 6 pm. He will be accompanied by Vid. C. N. Tyagarajan on violin, Vid. V. R. Srinivas on mridanga and Vid. Sharath Koushik on ghata. Profile: N. Srinath had training from stalwarts of Karnatak music like…
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