Mysuru: ‘Destination Mysuru’ seemed to be the mantra of tourists who have arrived in the city in large numbers from various parts of the country including Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai. Yesterday and today being weekends and tomorrow (May 1) being a closed holiday for May Day, all roads led to Mysuru. The number of tourists…
Mysuru Passport Office is just a despatch centre !
April 30, 2017Mysuru: The Passport Seva Kendra at Metagalli in Mysuru that was opened with much fanfare has turned out to be a mere application and document despatch centre. It has powers to just collect application forms from people and send it to Regional Passport Office in Bengaluru where it is processed. Once the application is filed…
POINT BLANK: Is the State BJP falling apart?
April 30, 2017By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief W.B. Yeats in his poem The Second Coming has said the universal truth when he wrote: Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,…… The ugly spectacle of violent dissent that was seen in Bengaluru on April 27 at the Palace Grounds where K.S. Eswarappa,…
BJP has no connection with Brigade: High Command
April 30, 2017New Delhi/ Bengaluru: Bogged down by the infighting within the Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) between the factions led by party State President B.S. Yeddyurappa and Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council K.S. Eshwarappa, the party High Command has issued a set of three rules for the State leaders to…
Soldier from Mysuru injured during battle with terrorists in J&K
April 30, 2017Mysuru: A Mysurean, who is serving as a soldier in the Indian Army, has been injured during a battle with terrorists at Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir on Apr. 26. The injured soldier has been identified as 28-year-old B. Ramesh, son of late Basavarajegowda and a resident of Bhadregowdanakoppal, Yelwal hobli in the taluk, who…
No more free phones in MCC
April 30, 2017Mysuru: The State Government has cracked the whip on misuse of free mobile connections by Corporators and selected officers of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). Already many free connections offered under Corporate User Group (CUG) of BSNL have been disconnected and all the connections are expected to be disconnected by tomorrow. Over 200 free post-paid mobile…
2 drown in River Cauvery
April 30, 2017Kollegal: In a tragic incident, two persons including the one who had hosted a party to celebrate on him getting a job were drowned in River Cauvery near Danagere in the taluk last evening. The deceased have been identified as Anil (25), son of ASI Shivaswamy, attached to Chamarajanagar Traffic Police Station and Keerthan, son…
Tender Coconut opener a hit among ‘Gruha Shobe’ shoppers
April 30, 2017Mysuru: A unique tender coconut opener with which you can draw coconut water without having to cut the green outer shell, is a big hit among visitors at the ongoing ‘Gruha Shobe’ exhibition at Maharaja College Grounds. The fair was inaugurated by MLA G.T. Devegowda on Apr. 28 and is being organised by Gruha Shobe…
Ramlal to handle State BJP crisis
April 30, 2017Bengaluru: Concerned over the increasing rift among top leaders in the State BJP, the BJP top brass is said to have asked the party’s National Organising Secretary Ramlal to put an end to the crisis. Based on the instruction of National BJP President Amit Shah, Ramlal has asked the party’s Karnataka in-Charge Muralidhar Rao to…
Digvijay Singh dropped as Congress Party in-Charge of Karnataka
April 30, 2017New Delhi: In a big shake up ahead of the 2018 Council Assembly elections in Karnataka, one of the few States in which the Congress is still in power, the party leadership on Saturday divested AICC General Secretary Digvijay Singh of the charge of Karnataka and Goa. Singh has been replaced by former Union Minister…
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