Bengaluru: It is reliably learnt that the State Government is contemplating on extending reservation benefits to poor families from upper castes. The Congress Government, which is leaving no stone unturned for retaining power in the 2018 Assembly polls, is now planning to bring poor families from upper castes such as Brahmin and Vaishya communities, under…
Mysuru: A poor girl, suffering from bone marrow disease, was helped by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha in getting financial aid to undergo surgery. Baby Syeda Nabiha, daughter of Syed Madni Ahmed, a resident of Kesare, was suffering from bone marrow disease and was undergoing treatment at Narayana Hrudayalaya in Bengaluru. The doctors there told Ahmed…
Mysuru: The PACL Tevanidarara Hitarakshana Horata Samithi President Muddalingegowda has urged the Government to confiscate the properties of Pearl Agrotech Corporation Limited (PACL) which had cheated its depositors to the tune of Rs. 250 crore and return their deposits. Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here yesterday, Muddalingegowda said that PACL company, which functioned…
Mandya: MP C.S. Puttaraju has strongly refuted the allegations regarding his involvement in illegal quarrying in and around Chinnakurali in Pandavapura. He has clarified that he would fully cooperate if there were a probe. Reacting to the allegations made by Mandya-based social activist K.R. Ravindra and his complaint to the Lokayukta, Puttaraju told Star of…
Mysuru: The State Government has appointed Senior KAS Officer D. Bharati as the Registrar of the University of Mysore. With this appointment, she becomes the first lady officer to hold the post in the one-hundred-year-old University. The Government passed this order yesterday and the incumbent Registrar Prof. R. Rajanna has been sent back to his…
Mysuru: Sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday trapped a First Division Assistant (FDA) of the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) while he was taking a bribe of Rs. 5,000 from a person for issuing a ‘Land not acquired’ certificate. The trapped FDA has been identified as Malleshaiah. Malleshaiah was caught red handed while…
Mysuru: Do not be astonished if you see cattle grazing on the beautiful lush lawns at Abdul Nazir Sab State Institute of Rural Development (ANSSIRD) on Lalitha Mahal Road here, as they are just life size realistic models of cattle which has come alive on a vast area adjacent to the institute’s hostel in the…
Mumbai: Actor Anupam Kher has been finalised to play the role of former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in an upcoming film based on the book written by Singh’s former Media Adviser, Sanjay Baru. While the book, “The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh,” was released just before the 2014 general…
New Delhi: National Herald, the pre-Independence era newspaper, founded and launched by India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru from Lucknow on Sept. 9, 1938, is all set to be re-launched in Bengaluru on June 12. In 2008, the newspaper, known to be backed by the Congress and the Gandhi family, stopped its publication citing…
Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) this morning took up the fogging works at areas coming under Ward 37. Fogging works was taken following the death of a girl around 15 days back in the area. Corporator Rajalakshmi Shivanna had complained about the increase in number of fever cases in the area and had requested…
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