New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday fixed the next hearing for the long-standingCmatter for Feb.8, 2018. The Supreme Court commenced the hearings in the Ayodhya dispute yesterday morning. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who is representing the Sunni Waqf Board, read out in the Apex Court the details of exhibits filed by the contesting defendants before…
Amendments to Motor Vehicles Act soon
December 6, 2017Mysuru: Displaying solidarity with the skilled workers like autorickshaw and car drivers who are not educated, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs H.N. Ananth Kumar said that amendments to the Motor Vehicles Act, to repeal educational qualifications for issuance of Driving Licences (DLs) and to extend benefits to this section of the society, would be effected…
KPME Act: Private doctors want Governor to defer Bill
December 6, 2017Bengaluru: Less than two weeks after the State Legislature adopted the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (Amendment) Bill, the State unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) is now planning to move the High Court of Karnataka to bring Government hospitals also within the purview of the Bill. The Bill is currently awaiting Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai…
City remembers Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
December 6, 2017Mysuru: The District Administration had organised an event to mark the 62nd Mahaparinirvan Diwas (death anniversary) of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar here this morning. MLA M.K. Somashekar, Legislative Council Deputy Chairman Marithibbe Gowda, Mayor M.J. Ravikumar, Deputy Mayor Rathna Lakshman, ZP President Nayeema Sultana, ZAK Chairperson Mallige Veeresh, MyLac Chairman H.A. Venkatesh, KEA Chairman Siddaraju, former…
UNESCO asks Govt. to regulate private coaching classes
December 6, 2017New Delhi: A 500-page Global Education Monitoring UNESCO report, which was released on Monday has called for regulatory mechanisms for private tutoring in India and other countries. It has said in its report that such a practice is “widening” the education gap between the rich and the poor. It has described private tutoring as one…
Anna to launch protest for Lokpal from Mar.23
December 6, 2017New Delhi: Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare upset over the non-appointment of Lokpal since the last four years announced that he would launch a protest from Mar.23, observed as Martyrs’ Day, next year. Addressing a press conference here yesterday, the octogenarian accused the BJP-led Central Government of not being serious in fighting corruption. He charged that…
Vedike lodges complaint against MP
December 6, 2017Mysuru: Accusing MP Pratap Simha of disturbing societal harmony through his provocative statements, the Pragnavanta Nagarika Vedike has lodged a complaint with the City Police Commissioner and the district SP, seeking action against the MP. The members of the Vedike led by former State Women’s Commission Chairperson Manjula Manasa, lodged separate complaints with City Police…
Seer inaugurates workshop on ‘Use of Music in Education of Special Children’
December 6, 2017Mysuru: The two-day National Workshop on ‘Use of Music in the Education of Children with Special Needs’ organised by the Department of Special Education, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru was inaugurated at the Seminar Hall in the Academic Block of AIISH here this morning. Sri Datta Vijayananda Teertha Swamiji, Junior Pontiff…
Co-optex expo-cum-sale in city from tomorrow
December 6, 2017Mysuru: The Tamil Nadu Handloom Weavers’ Co-operative Society Ltd., popularly known as Co-optex, has organised an exhibition cum sale of handloom products from tomorrow (Dec. 7) at Madhava Shenoy Hall in The Institution of Engineers on JLB Road here. The expo will be inaugurated by BSNL Divisional Engineer S.K. Krishnegowda at 11 am tomorrow. Hand…
New President for JCI India Zone
December 6, 2017Mysuru: JCI Senator Vikas Gugliya, Immediate Past President of JCI Mysore Royal City, has been elected as Zone President of JCI India Zone XIV. He is the first member from JCI Mysore Royal City and the second from Mysuru city to be chosen for a top position in Junior Chamber International (JCI). Vikas Gugliya was…















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