Mysuru: It is nearly four months since the then Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mysore (UoM) Prof. K.S. Rangappa demitted office (Jan. 10, 2017). However, the situation in the hundred-year-old University has come to such a pass that it has forced the State Government, which was keeping mum, to take action and as a result…
Mysuru: In a last-ditch attempt to convince Congress leader and former Minister A.H. Vishwanath not to leave the party, Chamarajanagar Member of Parliament R. Dhruvanarayan met him at his residence yesterday. The talks remained formal and sources said that Vishwanath remained non-committal on his continuation in Congress. The MP, along with other party leaders like…
Mysuru: The Mysuru District Police has implemented the new Beat System by deputing 28 Police personnel at various villages in three taluks — Periyapatna, H.D. Kote and Hunsur. The Police personnel, mainly the Constables and Head Constables, will stay overnight in these villages and gather information on various issues. The Police personnel deputed to the…
Chamarajanagar: A BSF soldier from Gundlupet, who was serving in the 145th batch of BSF as a cook in Assang Sultagan in Assam, died of heart attack at a hospital in Assam. The deceased soldier has been identified as N. Puttaswamy (42), a resident of Housing Board Colony in Gundlupet, who was serving as a…
Bengaluru: BJP State President B.S. Yeddyurappa yesterday appointed former Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad as the Vice-President of the State BJP unit. Prasad is a recent entrant into the party from the Congress. Yeddyurappa also appointed M. Nagaraj, former Congress Corporator of Bengaluru, as a special invitee to the BJP’s State Executive Committee meeting to be…
Mysuru: The new order issued by the State Government imposing a cap of Rs. 200 on movie tickets irrespective of any language has drawn flak from the movie exhibitors. According to the order issued by Department of Kannada and Culture and Department of Information Under Secretary S.N. Jayashri, Rs. 200 will be maximum an exhibitor…
Mysuru: A convention in memory of Tipu Sultan and his contributions will be held in Mysuru tomorrow on the occasion of his 218th death anniversary. Prior to the convention, freedom fighter H.S. Doreswamy will offer floral tribute at 9 am to the late ruler at the place where Tipu’s body was found in Srirangapatna. Later,…
Mysuru: Marking World Cartoonists’ Day, an exhibition of legendary personalities’ autographed caricatures created by SOM Cartoonist and Fulbrighter M.V. Nagendra Babu has been organised on May 5 and 6 at Mysore Art Gallery, 12th Cross, Ramanuja Road here from 10 am to 5 pm. Social Activist K. Raghuram will inaugurate the expo on May 5…
Raichur: Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council K.S. Eshwarappa has said that he has not been invited for the BJP’s State Executive Committee meeting to be held in Mysuru on May 6 and 7. “I have not been invited and I have not decided on attending or not attending the meeting,” he told reporters yesterday…
Raichur: In open defiance of the BJP central leadership, Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council K.S. Eshwarappa yesterday said that he would go ahead with the Sangolli Rayanna Brigade’s Convention on May 7 or 8 in Raichur. His statement assumed significance in the wake of State BJP in-charge P. Muralidhar Rao, after holding parleys with…
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