Dubai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today officially launched the foundation stone-laying ceremony for the first Hindu temple in the capital of the UAE, home to over three million people of Indian origin. PM Modi witnessed the ground-breaking ceremony which was live-streamed to the Dubai Opera House where he was interacting with the Indian community. He…
Book on H.D. Deve Gowda released
February 11, 2018Mysuru: ‘Saadhaneya Shikararohana’, the revised edition of the biography of former PM and JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda, in Kannada, was released at a programme organised at Senate Bhavan in Manasagangothri here yesterday. Former Mangalore and Goa Universities VC Prof. B. Sheik Ali, who presided over the programme, said that it was a matter of…
Shobha spends night at Kyatamaranahalli
February 11, 2018Mysuru: Udupi-Chikkamagalur MP and former Minister Shobha Karandlaje stayed overnight at Kyatamaranahalli yesterday as part of BJP’s ‘Slum Vastavya’ initiative. The MP stayed at the residence of one Indresh, a construction worker at Kyatamaranahalli, coming under N.R. Constituency in city. Earlier she performed Puja along with party workers at Huliyamma and Yattappa Temples in the…
CM to inaugurate Jayadeva Heart Hospital at PKTB Sanatorium premises on Feb.24
February 11, 2018Mysuru: The new Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research Hospital, constructed at PKTB Sanatorium premises on KRS Road here at a cost of Rs.210 crore, will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah on Feb.24. On the occasion, the CM will launch a new Trauma Centre built on a five acre plot in PKTB Sanatorium…
Two infants die after being administered with Pentavalent vaccine in Mandya
February 11, 2018Mandya: Tension prevailed among the residents of Chinnagiri Doddi village in Mandya taluk after two infants from the village died and seven others took ill following the administration of Pentavalent vaccine under a mass immunisation drive on Friday. The deceased infants have been identified as Preetham (2 months), son of Ravikumar and Priya and Bhuvan…
Rani Abbakka statue should be installed in Mangaluru or Ullal, suggests H.D. Deve Gowda
February 11, 2018Mysuru: “A statue of Rani Abbakka who fought for four decades against Portuguese should be installed at Mangaluru or Ullal,” suggested former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda citizens of coastal region. He was speaking after inaugurating a two-day Rani Abbakka Cultural Festival organised jointly by Rani Abbakka Utsava Samithi, Dakshina Kannada District Association and organisations…
Rahul’s campaign in State enters second day
February 11, 2018Koppal: AICC President Rahul Gandhi’s four-day poll campaign in the State entered the second day today, with the Congress President set to tour four Assembly segments in Koppal and Raichur districts. Rahul Gandhi began today’s campaign after having breakfast at Kuknoor Guest House in Koppal district. On Saturday, kick-starting the party’s poll campaign in the…
Former PM Deve Gowda calls CM Siddu ‘Neecha’
February 11, 2018Bengaluru: Upset for not being allowed to speak at the Bahubali Mahamastakabhisheka at Shravanabelagola recently, former PM and JD(S) Supremo Deve Gowda on Saturday hit out at Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and termed him as a ‘Neecha.’ Addressing party workers at Kengeri on the outskirts of Bengaluru yesterday, the former PM lamented that he had committed…
Ancient silver coins found in Periyapatna taluk
February 11, 2018Periyapatna: About 140 Silver coins with the embossed picture of Queen Victoria was found while digging trenches for foundation to a house at Harinahalli village in the taluk yesterday. It is said that one Annegowda, had given contract to workers from Ootymanti village to demolish his old house and dig trenches for the foundation, during…
Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu performs Rajyabhisheka at Jain pilgrim centre
February 11, 2018Hassan: Vice- President M. Venkaiah Naidu performed the Rajyabhisheka rituals at Chavundaraya Mantapa yesterday as part of the ongoing 88th Mahamastakabhisheka of Bahubali at Shravanabelagola here. Naidu showered flower petals and poured holy water on the bust of the first Tirthankara Rishabhanatha and offered puja. Speaking in Kannada, he hailed Karnataka for its richness in…















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