New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and the four senior Judges who took him on publicly will come together today at a weekly lunch at the Supreme Court, amid efforts at ending a rift that could impact important cases. Yesterday, the Chief Justice reached out to the Judges and, in a 15-minute meeting,…
Siddharamaiah to donate silver gifts to Male Mahadeshwara Temple
January 17, 2018Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has decided to donate the silver gifts presented to him by the public and his supporters to Male Mahadeshwara Swamy Temple in Chamarajanagar. Presiding over the Temple Development Authority meeting at Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills recently, the CM sought to know whether the silver items he had received as gifts could…
Operation Decoy: Traffic Cops book 25 auto drivers for demanding excess fare
January 17, 2018Mysuru: Devaraja Traffic Police, who conducted ‘Operation Decoy’ against erring autorickshaw drivers yesterday afternoon, have booked 25 drivers for refusing to drop passengers at their preferred destinations and also for demanding excess fares. The Cops, who went in disguise as passengers at City Bus Stand, Devaraj Urs Road, Krishna Vilas Road, Vinoba Road and JLB…
RBI Note Mudran premises to be ‘prohibited area’
January 17, 2018Mysuru: The entire area of Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL), including the residential quarters for staff, situated in Metagalli will be declared as ‘prohibitory area’ and will be barred for general public. BRBNMPL is a subsidiary of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) which prints currency notes. The District Administration has written a…
Government scraps Haj subsidy, says will use funds to empower minorities
January 17, 2018New Delhi: In a big move, the Government yesterday withdrew subsidy for Haj pilgrims. Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi made this announcement. The Minister said “Haj subsidy funds will be used for educational empowerment of girls and women of minority community.” He also said that despite the subsidy withdrawal, a record number of 1.75…
‘Bed of Cash’: Nearly Rs. 100 crore of banned notes in Kanpur home
January 17, 2018Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh: Banned notes worth crores, making up a ‘bed of cash’ when stacked, was found at a house in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur. The Police named the owner of the house as Ashok Khatri, who has a money exchange business. The cash was in Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes, which were demonetised by…
Theatre lovers continue to throng Rangayana
January 17, 2018Mysuru: There is something very mystic about Sufi music and it sounds ethereal especially in a setting like Vanaranga with the trees as the backdrop and an open sky adding to the joy. A large crowd gathered at Rangayana here yesterday, nodded in appreciation to the philosophy of the lyrics that Sufi singer Dr. Jayadevi…
Battery-operated vehicles at Manasagangothri campus soon
January 17, 2018Mysuru: University of Mysore (UoM) is planning to follow the Mysuru Zoo model of introducing battery-operated vehicles in it sprawling campus for the benefit of teachers and students. In-charge Vice Chancellor Prof. C. Basavaraju has mooted the idea of having the battery-operated vehicles for the teaching and non-teaching staff to move from one department to…
Participate in ‘The Great Migratory Path!’ art work
January 17, 2018Mysuru: City-based artist, musician and photographer Pramod Chakravarthy Stephen has conceptualised “I was here… in The Great Migratory Path!” a Public Participatory Installation Art, as part of the Bahuroopi National Theatre Festival- 2018, at the Rangayana premises. The theme of the Festival is ‘Migration.’ The idea of this participatory installation art is to facilitate the…
‘Special’ cyclist on mission path
January 17, 2018Mysuru: A young man who lost both his legs, has embarked on a bicycle journey to spread the message of ‘Strong Bharat.’ He reached Mysuru yesterday. Madhya Pradesh’s Indore resident Pradeep Kumar Sen is the unfortunate victim who lost his legs in an accident when it came under the train. However, he did not lose…















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