Madikeri: Amidst district-wide bandh in Kodagu, the official Tipu Jayanti celebrations in Madikeri town and Kodagu district concluded with no major untoward incident but for a few stray incidents of stone throwing. Seats of a Police jeep were torn in Madikeri. Over 200 people were arrested and released later as a precautionary measure. The dawn-to-dusk…
Bengaluru: Demanding immediate implementation of Supreme Court order on SC/ST job promotion, thousands of AHIMSA (Kannada acronym for Minorities, Backward Classes and General Category) Vedike members took out a protest rally, here this morning. Holding placards and banners, protesters marched through the streets of Bengaluru, bringing traffic to a grinding halt. Employees from 64 departments…
Bengaluru: The State Government appears to be dithering over its plans to regulate private medical practitioners by tabling the Karnataka Private Medical Establishment (Amendment) Bill 2017 during the ensuing winter session at Belagavi. The State Cabinet yesterday gave only an in-principle approval to the proposed amendments and left the final call to Chief Minister Siddharamaiah…
Indian Academy of Paediatrics calls for ‘No More Pneumonia’ Mysuru: As part of World Pneumonia Day being observed on Nov. 12, a workshop will be conducted for doctors at the respective hospitals across the district to create awareness about the disease, said Paediatrician Dr. D. Narayanappa, addressing a press meet at Pathrakarthara Bhavan in city…
Mysuru: The two-day 17th Annual International Technical Seminar Build Tech-2017 organised by Builders Association of India (BAI), Mysuru Centre, will be held from Nov. 17 at Senate Bhavan in Manasagangothri here. Addressing press persons at Pathrakarthara Bhavan here this morning, Build Tech-2017 Organising Committee Chairman A.S. Yoganarasimha said that the event would be inaugurated by…
Mysuru: After witnessing a grand Vijayadashami procession on the last day of Dasara, Mysureans will once again witness a procession of grandeur on the occasion of the three-day 83rd Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana to be held in city from Nov. 24. The statue of Kannadambe Bhuvaneshwari will be mounted on an elephant and taken…
Mysuru: Khadi and Gramodyog Utsav has been organised by Karnataka State Khadi and Village Industries Board from Nov. 15 to Dec.4 at J.K. Grounds in city. Chief Minister Siddharamaiah will inaugurate the Zonal-level Utsav at 4 pm on Nov.15. PWD and District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait, Sugar and…
Bengaluru: Setting its eye on the forthcoming Assembly polls, the State Government has decided issue 16 lakh BPL ration cards in a hurry. Addressing a press conference here yesterday, Food & Civil Supplies Minister U.T. Khader said that those who need the ration card during a medical emergency or under the bidaai (marriage) scheme, will…
Periyapatna: In a reported incident, a 50-year-old man was found hanging from a tree at a Eucalyptus grove near the Tobacco Auction Yard at Kaggundi in the taluk this morning. The deceased has been identified as Sanna Madegowda of Dorekere village in the taluk and the reason for him taking the extreme step is yet…
Bengaluru: A Special Court in Central Prison, Parappana Agrahara on Thursday, sentenced to life five members of the dreaded Dandupalya gang in connection with the murder of Geetha of Agrahara Dasarahalli on Magadi road, in Kamakshipalya Police limits in Nov. 2000. Those convicted are Dodda Hanuma, Venkatesh, Munikrishna, Lakshmi and Nalla Thimma. Special Court Judge…
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