Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has said Karnataka was the only State where work contracts have been reserved for SC/ST community. He was speaking after inaugurating Bovi Development Corporation here on Sunday. Pointing out that the Bovi Development Corporation was a long-pending demand, Siddharamaiah said that he has now fulfilled the promise he had made while…
Preliminary meeting ahead of Swachh Survekshan-2018
October 10, 2017Mysuru: With Mysuru City losing on completing a hat trick as the Cleanest City in the country, the District Administration seems to have taken the matter seriously in getting award back to the city. This time, the District Administration is not only gearing up for the ‘Clean city’ title but it is also preparing entire…
‘Implement Peninsular River Development Plan’
October 10, 2017Mysuru: Save Kukkarahalli Lake Action Committee Convener K.M. Jayaramaiah has requested the State Government to urge the Centre to implement ‘Peninsular River Development Plan’ that facilitates linking of Mahanadhi and Godavari rivers, thereby providing 150 tmcft excess water to Cauvery River. In separate letters to Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan, Jayaramaiah said…
Golden Jubilee celebrations of Institute of Company Secretaries of India
October 10, 2017Mysuru: The Golden Jubilee Year celebrations of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) was inaugurated on Oct.4 at Hotel Pai Vista in city by Pavan Ranga, Director, NR Group. In his inaugural address, he complimented the Institute for attaining institutional excellence and being a torch-bearer for the cause of good Corporate Governance for…
Training on Statistical Methods for Linguists and Educationists at CIIL
October 10, 2017Mysuru: A three-day workshop-cum-training Programme on Statistical Methods for Linguists and Educationists started at the National Testing Service-India (NTS-I) in Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru, yesterday. Pankaj Dwivedi, Officer In-charge of NTS-I and Co-ordinator of the workshop, welcomed and briefed about the objectives of the workshop. He said that in the last few…
CM Siddu defends Maheshappa’s appointment to Congress IT Cell
October 10, 2017Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah defended the appointment of suspended Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) Vice-Chancellor Dr. H. Maheshappa as Congress Party IT Cell General Secretary stating that Maheshappa’s crimes weren’t as grave as they were being made to seem, especially when compared to the charges being faced by BJP State President and former CM B.S. Yeddyurappa….
Madiwalas stage demo demanding SC tag
October 10, 2017Mysuru: Urging the State Government to recommend the Centre for inclusion of Madiwalas in Scheduled Caste (SC) list, over a hundred Madiwala community members under the banner of Mysuru Taluk Veera Madiwalara Sangha held a demonstration in front of Mini Vidhana Soudha here yesterday. Earlier, they marched in a procession from Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at…
Dasara Exhibition: Calling artists
October 10, 2017Mysuru: The Fine Arts and Handicrafts Sub-Committee of Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) has invited application from the artists to take part in the art-expo at the Dasara exhibition premises. Artists can submit their latest works before Oct.15 from 11 am to 5 pm at the Dasara Exhibition Grounds. For details, contact Shivakumar on Mob: 90362-10000…
President Kovind to address State Legislature
October 10, 2017Bengaluru: President Ram Nath Kovind will address a Special Joint Session of the State Legislature on Oct. 25 in Bengaluru to mark the completion of 60 years of the iconic Vidhana Soudha. A delegation, led by Legislative Council Chairman D.H. Shankaramurthy and Assembly Speaker K.B. Koliwad, met Kovind at Rashtrapathi Bhavan yesterday and requested him…
Arun Shourie against reservation in Govt. jobs
October 10, 2017New Delhi: BJP leader and former Union Minister Arun Shourie has categorically stated that there should be no reservation in Government jobs. This was resulting in top positions being occupied by people selected due to their birth, which was putting India at a disadvantage in relation to countries like China. He was speaking at a…















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