In a move aimed at curbing tobacco menace in public places, officials of the District Health and Family Welfare Department carried out a drive and booked cases against 33 persons for illegal sale of tobacco products under Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2003 (COTPA) Act and collected a fine of Rs. 5,100 from them….
Fire: Trees, plants in CFTRI campus destroyed
February 17, 2017An incident of fire destroying wooden logs, trees and plants, has been reported from Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) premises here yesterday afternoon. It is reported that workers had put fire to dry leaves and waste near the north gate of the campus, which soon spread destroying trees and plants on 1.5-acre plot in…
Man bludgeoned to death on Udayagiri Main Road
February 17, 2017A man was found murdered on the Main Road at Udayagiri late last night. He was bludgeoned by a stone beyond recognition and his body bore multiple injury marks. According to the Police, the body was found on the M.G. Road on the southern direction of the Udayagiri Main Road near the spot where RSS…
AIADMK Vs AIADMK: Sasikala, her nephews and CM Palaniswami expelled
February 17, 2017Just a day after AIAMDK General Secretary V.K. Sasikala loyalist Edappadi Palaniswami took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, he along with Sasikala and her nephews were ‘removed’ from the party by the O. Panneerselvam camp this morning. Sasikala, T.T.V. Dinakaran and S. Venkatesh and CM Palaniswami were expelled from the party by…
Seminar on Princely States begins
February 17, 2017Indian National Congress ignored Princely States till 1930s, says Prof. David Washbrook of Cambridge University. A two-day Prof. Achuta Rao Memorial International Seminar on ‘Power, Resistance and Sovereignty in Princely South India’ (with special reference to the transfer of power) began at the Rani Bahadur Auditorium, BN Bahadur Institute of Management Studies in city this…
Road mishap victim succumbs
February 17, 2017Nearly four months after being seriously injured in a road mishap, a motorcyclist succumbed to his injuries yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Gurumallappa (56), a resident of Doora Village in Jayapura Hobli of the taluk. Gurumallappa was travelling on his motorcycle (KA-09/HB3685) on Mysuru-Hunsur road on Oct. 25, 2016 to distribute house warming…
Bird Watching
February 17, 2017Bird Watching event for public, has been organised at Kukkarahalli Lake entrance gate, opposite Senate Bhavan on Feb.19 (Sunday), between 7 am and10 am. Entry is free. For details, call Mob: 94805-66516.
Symposium on Cloud Computing
February 17, 2017Computer Science Division of the National Institute of Engineering in association with CSI – Bengaluru and CSI – Mysuru Chapter has organised International Symposium on ‘Cloud Computing and Data Analytics – 2017’ on March 17 and 18. The objective of the Symposium is to provide a platform which focuses on important topics of Innovation, Engineering…
Extension of Partial cancellation of Mysuru-Shravanabelagola Passenger
February 17, 2017In view of CRS inspection of Nelamangala-Shravanabelagola section and for commissioning of three block stations between Hassan and Shravanabelagola, partial cancellation of Train No. 56216/56215, Mysuru-Shravanabelagola-Mysuru Passenger between Hassan-Shravanabelagola-Hassan is extended from Feb. 11 to Feb. 28, 2017, according to a press release from Chief PRO, PR Branch, SWR, Hubballi.
Nationwide stir by Bank employees on Feb.28
February 17, 2017Taking exception to the Government’s demonetisation policy, financial reforms and labour policies, the bank employees will go on a nationwide strike on Feb. 28. The employees are also demanding incentives for working overtime post-demonetisation, 5-day week, uncapping of gratuity ceiling and leave encashment on retirement among others.
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