Mysuru – An incident of a youth raping a girl after forcibly making her consume soft drinks mixed with sedatives and blackmailing her for money has come to light lately in city. While the youth has been identified as Rashi Chinnappa, a native of Padmanabhanagar in Bengaluru and presently residing in Kuvempunagar here, the girl…
Bengaluru – Senior dalit activist and writer Guruprasad Keragodu of Mandya has been selected for this year’s prestigious Dr. Baba Saheb Ambedkar Award. A selection panel headed by writer Prof. S.G. Siddaramaiah finalised the name of Guruprasad from a list of front-runners for this prestigious award given by the State government. Chief Minister Siddharamaiah will…
Bengaluru – The State Cabinet, in an effort to promote e-governance, has cleared Rs. 800 crore second phase of Karnataka State Wide Area Network (KSWAN) which aims to connect 10,000 government offices in the State. Addressing presspersons at Vidhana Soudha yesterday, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T.B. Jayachandra said that the Wipro Technologies had bagged…
Bengaluru – The Monsoon Session of the State Legislature will be held in the first week of June for approval of Goods and Services Tax (GST) Laws passed by the Parliament. The State Cabinet, which met here yesterday, decided to hold the Session in June to have a wider discussion on various Budget proposals and…
Mysuru – The agricultural researchers must work towards cultivating nutritious food as the demand for the same would increase with the increase of the population as well, said Dr. S. Ayyappan, former DG, Indian Council of Agricultural Research. He was speaking after inaugurating the two-day National Conference on Food-Based Approaches for Translational Nutrition organised by…
Mysuru – The city’s H.V. Rajeev Sneha Balaga will carry out its 150th week of Swachatha Abhiyaan at Ashokapuram in city tomorrow marking the 126th birth anniversary of the Father of the Constitution Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, Balaga President H.V. Rajeev said the 150th Swachatha Abhiyaan will commence…
Mysuru – Marking the birth anniversary of Vidyaranya Bharathamuni, City BJP unit had organised a function at Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha on JLB road here on Tuesday which also featured the inauguration of ‘Samskruthika Prakoshta.’ Inaugurating the programme, City BJP President Dr. B.H. Manjunath said that BJP intends to bring together achievers in the field of…
To shut outlets every Sunday in protest against the Oil Marketing Companies New Delhi – Petrol Bunk owners have threatened to not purchase petrol and diesel for a day on May 10 and subsequently shut outlets every Sunday in protest against the Oil Marketing Companies which have allegedly gone back on their promise to increase…
Special squads tour sensitive and hyper-sensitive areas, meet village elders to prevent clashes Nanjangud – The Temple Town of Nanjangud resembled a fortress today for the counting of votes for the by-election that was held on Apr. 9. More than 3,000 personnel from Civil Police and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) were deployed in the…
Officials drawn from various Government Departments deputed to count votes for Nanjangud by-election had to start their day early and head towards the counting centre. Over 70 counting officials, who were to manage the 14 tables set up for counting, a host of officials who have been appointed by the Election Commission as Observers and…
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