Mysuru: Applications have been invited from Minorities and SC/ST women under ‘Tipu Sultan Karnataka Women Empowerment Scheme’ for interest-free loan, medical relief and housing projects. Candidates must be in the age group between 18 and 45 years. Those interested may visit office with two passport size photos and Aadhaar/ID card between 10.30 am and 2…
BBMP car driver arrested for threatening city Cop
May 6, 2017Mysuru: The Metagalli Police have arrested the driver of a BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) official for threatening Police officer by using the name of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. The arrested has been identified as Ramesh, a resident of Bengaluru. Mamatha, a Lady Police Sub-Inspector attached to V.V. Puram Traffic Police Station, was on a checking…
Farmer ends life in H.D. Kote
May 6, 2017H.D. Kote: Deeply pained over being cheated by fellow agents, a farmer committed suicide by injecting as well as consuming poison at Padukote Kaval village in the taluk yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Prabhakar (45), a resident of Padukote Indiranagar in the town. Prabhakar, a banana cultivator, had supplied bananas grown in his…
State BJP Meet amidst turmoil tomorrow
May 5, 2017Mysuru: The stage is set for the two-day State BJP Executive Committee meeting that will begin in city from tomorrow at a time when the party is facing an internal rebellion led by the two factions, one led by State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa and the other led by Leader of the Opposition in the…
Nirbhaya case: SC upholds death sentence
May 5, 2017New Delhi: Nearly five years after Nirbhaya, a 23-year-old medical student was gang-raped on Dec. 16, 2012 in Delhi, the Supreme Court this afternoon upheld death sentence to four convicts. The Delhi High Court had awarded death to Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh who challenged it in the Supreme Court. One among…
Poor citizen feedback cost us clean city award: Mayor
May 5, 2017Mysuru: “There were two main reasons for us to lose the cleanest city tag this time and they were the poor response of the citizens feedback and lagging behind in construction of toilets,” said Mayor M.J. Ravikumar. Addressing the media here, after arriving from New Delhi early in the morning, at the old Council Hall…
Strict ban on plastics from tomorrow
May 5, 2017Mysuru: MCC Commissioner G. Jagadeesha has announced that there will be strict ban on the usage of plastic bags and other plastics from tomorrow (May 6). The traders have been warned that their licences will be cancelled if they are found using the plastic materials which will be confiscated. Even the citizens have to carry…
Bus conductor commits suicide just a day after his marriage
May 5, 2017Mysuru: A bus conductor who married a woman from Paduvarahalli in city committed suicide yesterday morning, just a day after his marriage. While he tied the knot with the woman from Paduvarahalli, he did not tell her that he was supposed to get married to another woman on May 8 at Ranebennur, his native place….
Police transfers: CM, 27 Ministers in the dock
May 5, 2017Bengaluru: Akhila Karnataka Police Mahasabha President and social activist V. Shashidhar has filed a complaint yesterday with the Lokayukta seeking a probe into the alleged interference of elected representatives including Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, 27 Ministers, MLAs/MLCs and MPs in the transfer of Police officers. He alleged that the CM, his Cabinet members were gaining directly…
Efforts on to convince Vishwanath not to leave Congress
May 5, 2017MLC H.M. Revanna, MLA Varthur Prakash attend a marriage; meet former MP Mysuru: Days after Chamarajanagar Member of Parliament R. Dhruvanarayan met Congress leader and former MP A.H. Vishwanath asking him not to leave the party, MLC H.M. Revanna and MLA Varthur Prakash met Vishwanath and held talks here yesterday. Party sources said that since…
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