The battle lines for Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly byelections have been drawn with the Election Commission of India (ECI) notifying the much-awaited poll schedule for the two Assembly segments this afternoon. According to the schedule, polling for the two Assembly seats will be held on Apr. 9. The filing of nominations will begin on Mar….
Yaduveer inaugurates ‘techNIEks-2017’
March 9, 2017The three-day national-level techno-cultural festival ‘techNIEks-2017′ organised by National Institute of Engineering (NIE) and its Students’ Association commenced this morning at the Diamond Jubilee Indoor Sports Complex at NIE premises on Manandavadi Road here. Students from about 40 engineering colleges in the State are participating in the event featuring innovative competitions like shadow play, visual…
Lecturers firm on evaluation boycott: MLC Srikantegowda
March 9, 2017MLC Srikantegowda condemned Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanveer Sait for threatening to file cases against lecturers on boycotting the II PUC answer scripts evaluation. Addressing press persons at Pathrakarthara Bhavan this morning, he said that it was shameful on the part of the Minister to threaten the lecturers of 6 months imprisonment. …
City jeweller killed in road accident
March 9, 2017In a tragic incident, a city jeweller was killed when the motorcycle he was riding rammed into the road median near Nanjangud town this morning. Shankar Choudhury (30), owner of Mahalakshmi Jewellers in Vidyaranyapuram, is the deceased. A resident of Basaveshwara Road in city, he is survived by his wife and two kids. Shankar was…
3 kids die of food poisoning at Tumakuru Hostel
March 9, 2017Three children died and two others are in critical condition due to food poisoning at a school hostel in Chikkanayakanahalli in Tumakuru this morning. The Vidyavaridhi International School, where the children were studying, reportedly belongs to former BJP MLA K.S. Kiran Kumar. According to reports, the Police have taken Kiran Kumar into custody. The deceased…
Husband-wife commit suicide
March 9, 2017Humiliation after theft case drives them to take the extreme step Fearing social stigma and alleged insults from friends and relatives, a woman, who was accused of stealing gold jewellery, and her husband entered into a suicide pact in the wee hours of today. While the husband died while being shifted to the K.R. Hospital,…
Online cheating: Man gets stones instead of mobile phone
March 9, 2017In yet another case of online booking cheating, the diligence of a security guard saved him from being cheated of thousands of rupees, after he ordered online an expensive mobile phone with an e-commerce company. Jayakumar, a security guard at RMP quarters in Yelwal, who stayed along with his family at the quarters, booked a…
Nominated to Mahamastakabisheka Mahotsava Committee
March 9, 2017City industrialist and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Council General Secretary Suresh Kumar Jain (in pic.) has been nominated as a member of the newly-formed High-level Mahamastakabisheka Mahotsava Committee. The Committee will hold discussions on organising Mahamastakabisheka at Shravanabelagola in Feb. 2018. This event is held once in 12 years. The Committee headed by Chief…
Motivational talks mark Women’s Day
March 9, 2017Motivational talks and felicitation programmes marked Women’s Day celebrations across the city yesterday. Observing that one should grab every opportunity that comes before him/her, Probationary IAS Officer Subha Kalyan has called upon women to realise their dreams by reading the achievements of great personalities. She was speaking at the Women’s Day celebration organised by the…
Mysore Art Gallery to honour gravedigger Sharane Neelamma
March 9, 2017As part of its monthly programme ‘Sadhakarondige Samvaada,’ the Mysore Art Gallery will felicitate Sharane Neelamma who lives and works at Veerashaiva Rudrabhoomi in Vidyaranyapuram. The felicitation event will be held on Mar. 11 at 11 am at the Mysore Art Gallery on Ramanuja Road. President of Kannada Sahitya Kalakoota M. Chandrashekhar will deliver the…
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