Mysuru: In a huge relief to thousands of students of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), the High Court of Karnataka has permitted the State Government to implement suggestions of an expert committee, which has recommended the State to initiate a one-time measure to validate marks cards issued to students of non-technical in-house courses for academic…
Financier ends life
February 6, 2018Mysuru: A financier from the city who had lent crores of rupees to a few persons, including some politician, reportedly ended his life by committing suicide at his chit fund office in Vijayanagar 2nd Stage here yesterday. A.C. Yathiraj (44), a native of Anandur village in Yelwal hobli and a resident of Vijayanagar 2nd Stage,…
CSR funding of Rs. 5.12 crore for schools, Government offices
February 6, 2018Mysuru: Nearly Rs. 5.12 crore is earmarked for works taken up under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 2017-18, the proposals for which were shared at a meeting chaired by Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep, here yesterday at his office. The DC discussed the outlay for various projects taken up with the assistance of Reserve Bank of India…
Rs. One crore hi-tech toilet at Nanjangud Temple
February 6, 2018Mysuru: The CII Mysore Zone is going to construct a hi-tech washroom on the lines of the one atop Chamundi Hill and in the Mysore Palace, in Srikanteshwara Temple in Nanjangud at a cost of Rs. One crore under its CSR fund. Since the footfalls in this famous temple also called Kashi of the South…
Election to four RS seats from State in March
February 6, 2018Bengaluru: The election to four Rajya Sabha (RS) seats from the State Assembly will take place in March. The four seats will fall vacant after the term of K. Rehman Khan of the Congress, Rajeev Chandrashekar, an Independent and Ramakrishna and Basavaraj Patil Sedam of the BJP ends on April.2 A Rajya Sabha candidates requires…
Water sports round the year planned at Varuna Lake
February 6, 2018Mysuru: The tender for the proposed water sports at Varuna Lake will be taken up within a week, said Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep at a review meeting on water sports, held yesterday at his office. With this move, the long-awaited demand for the water sports is likely to come to fruition at the earliest. In…
Rotary Mysore Brindavan to honour dancers Kirans, Mayuri on Friday
February 6, 2018Mysuru: Rotary Mysore Brindavan has organised a programme at Kalamandira on Friday (Feb.9) at 6.30 pm to felicitate dance legends Vid. Kiran Subrahmanyam, Vidu. Sandhya Kiran and Vidu. Mayuri Upadhya. Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, Rotary International District Governor 3181 Rtn. M.M. Suresh Chengappa and Rotary Brindavan President Rtn. Prakash Keshav will honour the dancers. On the…
An Appeal : Support to Save Kodagu from Destruction
February 6, 2018The Environment, the Forests, the Landscape and the very future of Kodagu and its people are at stake due to the proposals for two destructive projects of Railways and four Multi-lane National Highways through Kodagu. With the felling of lakhs of trees across Kodagu, the death of River Cauvery will be only a matter of…
Halt construction of Rly. Guest House at Madikeri, demands M.C. Nanaiah
February 6, 2018Madikeri: The proposed construction of a Guest House by South- Western Railway at Stuart Hill in Madikeri has received stiff opposition from all quarters. While environmentalists have questioned the necessity of such an office when the people are up in arms against Railway projects in ecologically sensitive Kodagu, Former Minister M.C. Nanaiah has written to…
23 Pelicans die at Kokkare Bellur since Jan. 2018
February 6, 2018Bharathinagar: The death of over 23 Spot-billed Pelicans at Kokkare Bellur, on the banks of Shimsha, near Maddur has triggered panic among environmentalists and the samples of the carcasses have been sent for tests. Over 23 birds have died since January this year. While 20 birds have died at Kokkare Bellur, 3 Pelicans have died…















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