Chamarajanagar: The High Court has upheld the death penalty (To be hanged till death) of a killer pronounced by the Chamarajanagar District Court for killing five labourers in Chamarajanagar. The accused has been identified as 47-year-old Murugesan alias Muruga of Periyar village in Mettur taluk, Salem district in Tamil Nadu. He had brutally murdered…
Speaker highlights implications of GST
October 27, 2017Mysuru: A day-long UGC-sponsored conference on Goods and Services Tax (GST), organised by the Community College and Post-Graduate Department of Commerce, Teresian College, in the Ave Maria Golden Jubilee Auditorium of the College in Siddarthanagar, was inaugurated on Wednesday by Dr. N. Nagaraja, Associate Professor, Department of Studies in Commerce, University of Mysore (UoM). Speaking…
GST has boosted sale of KMF products
October 27, 2017Mysuru: Karnataka State Co-operative Federation (KSCF), Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF), District Co-operative Federation and Department of Co-operation, together had organised a workshop on Goods and Services Tax (GST) for staff of KMF, Co-operative Federation and DCC Banks at Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel here on Wednesday. Speaking on the occasion, Mruthyunjaya Kulkarni, Director (Marketing), KMF, opined…
Govt. to withdraw order on Speed Governor
October 27, 2017Bengaluru: Karnataka Government has reportedly decided to withdraw the controversial order directing all motor transport vehicle owners to get Speed Governors fitted to their vehicles. The Government had passed an order stating that vehicles with more than eight seats should install speed governors. Karnataka is the only State which has sought to implement the speed…
CREDIT-I to fete Grand Master Thejkumar
October 27, 2017Mysuru: The 11th anniversary celebrations of Centre for Rural Education Development and Innovative Technologies of India (CREDIT-I) will witness two new development projects being launched and also the presentation of ‘Karnataka Kanmani State Award-2017,’ said CREDIT-I Managing Trustee Dr. M.P. Varsha. Addressing press persons at Pathrakartara Bhavan on Wednesday, he said that the 11th anniversary…
Fake stamp paper kingpin Telgi dies in Bengaluru Hospital
October 27, 2017Bengaluru: Abdul Karim Telgi, the mastermind of the fake stamp paper scam, died at Victoria Hospital here yesterday. He was suffering from multiple medical problems including meningitis. Telgi was arrested in 2001 and sentenced six years later to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment in the scam worth hundreds of crores. The 56-year-old was convicted of…
Two held for cheating finance company
October 27, 2017Rs. One lakh worth electronic goods seized Mysuru: N.R. Police, on Oct.25, have arrested two persons on charges of cheating a finance company and have seized electronic goods from them. The arrested persons have been identified as 33-year-old Bhagyaraj, a resident of J.P. Nagar and 22-year-old Justin, a resident of AJ Block in N.R. Mohalla….
House burgled: Cash, valuables stolen
October 27, 2017Mysuru: An incident of burglars breaking into a locked house and making away with cash and valuables has been reported from Megala Koorgalli in city. The burglary took place at the house of one M.N. Vijay, who on Oct. 18 had locked his house and had gone to his relative’s place in Holenarsipur. On Oct….
Demand for inclusion in Category-2A: Maratha Samaj to take out rally in city on Oct.30
October 27, 2017Mysuru: The Maratha Kranti Morcha will take out a massive rally in city on Oct.30, to press for inclusion of Maratha Community, which is socially economically, culturally, academically and politically backward, in the Category 2A list. Announcing this at a press meet here on Wednesday, Morcha President Keshav Rao Jadhav said that the Backward Classes…
Legendary singer S. Janaki to perform in city tomorrow
October 27, 2017Mysuru: Legendary singer S. Janaki will perform at a programme organised by S. Janaki Charitable Trust at the Open Air Theatre in Manasagangothri here tomorrow (Oct. 28) at 5.30 pm. According to Trust President Naveen, it is the last public programme of S. Janaki. She had announced six months ago that she would not sing…















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