Mysuru: With a view of creating awareness on the social evil of child labour, the District Administration will be observing Anti-Child Labour Day at the Institution of Engineers-India (IEI) on JLB Road on June 12. Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep, who chaired a preliminary meeting at his office in this regard recently, said that child labour…
Parents protest against school closure
June 8, 2017Mysuru: Claiming that Bensons International Academy School at Nagarthahalli in Jayapura hobli had shut down without prior notice, parents of children who secured admission in the School under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, have urged the authorities to provide seats to their wards in other schools. Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here…
Seminar on ‘Constitutional Aspirations’: Former SC Judge regrets rise in pseudo secularism
June 8, 2017Mysuru: Regretting the rise of pseudo-secularism under the guise of secularism, former Supreme Court Judge Justice V. Gopala Gowda expressed concern over attempts to subvert the Constitution. He was speaking at the Seminar on ‘Constitutional Aspirations and Challenges’ organised by Abhivyakti Swatantrakkagi Jana Sanghatane at a private hotel on Sri Harsha Road here yesterday. Observing…
City Police transfers
June 8, 2017Mysuru: The State Government has transferred Police Inspectors posted in some of the Police Stations in the city. Among them, K.C. Poovaiah, Inspector, Saraswathipuram Police Station, has been transferred to Police Training School in Channapatna. Siddaraju, Inspector, Lakshmipuram Police Station, has been transferred to State Intelligence Department. Meanwhile, Chamarajanagar ACB ACP Prabhakar Rao Shinde and…
RTI activist Srinath murder: HC grants conditional bail to accused
June 8, 2017Bengaluru: The High Court has granted conditional bail to two persons accused in the murder of Mysuru RTI activist Srinath. Justice Rathnakala, who took up the hearing after the accused, Auto Puttaswamy and Lakshmegowda, filed a bail application, granted conditional bail by asking the accused to produce Rs. 2 lakh each personal bond and surety…
Gujarat Class 12 topper renounces world to become a Jain Monk
June 8, 2017Ahmedabad: Varshil Shah, a 17-year-old, who scored 99.9 percent in Class 12, has decided to renounce the world to become a Jain Monk. A resident of Ahmedabad in Gujarat will take diksha today at a ceremony to be held in Gandhinagar. Varshil, whose family follows Jainism, shuns limelight and keeps to himself. His mother Amiben Shah…
Pratibha Puraskar
June 8, 2017Mysuru: Karnataka State Primary School Teachers Association, Mysuru Taluk Branch, has invited applications from the children of Primary/ High School teachers, who have secured above 80% in 2016-17 SSLC exam, to present Pratibha Puraskar. Last date to apply is June 20. Eligible students may send their marks card photocopy, two passport size photo, HM’s attested…
Partial Cancellation of Trains
June 8, 2017Mysuru: Railway has permitted Line Block of 3 hours on daily basis for 90 days from June 7 to Sept. 18, except every Sundays, between Lachyan and Tadwal stations for maintenance work. As such, Train No. 56904, Dharwad-Solapur Passenger is partially cancelled between Vijayapura-Solapur till Sept. 18, 2017 except every Saturday. Train No. 56905, Solapur-Hubballi…
Conmen arrested: Electrical cables worth Rs. 22 lakh seized
June 8, 2017Mysuru: NR Police have arrested three conmen on charges of cheating businesspersons after purchasing products from them online and not paying the money. The Police have seized electrical cables worth Rs. 22 lakh from them. The accused have been identified as Atheeb ur Rehman, Imran Khan and Zameer, all residents of Rajiv Nagar in city….
Miscreants steal cash kept in bike
June 8, 2017Mysuru: Miscreants have stolen cash, kept in the bike, while the victim was answering nature’s call in city. The victim who lost the cash has been identified as Lingappa, of Pillahalli in the taluk. On Tuesday, Lingappa had borrowed Rs. 30,000 as he had to pay the school fees of his son and had kept…















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