Bengaluru, June 8 (KMS&DM)- Minister for Higher Education Basavaraj Rayareddy has said the Government will establish 10 Residential Degree Colleges from this year. Replying to a question by Maddur JD(S) MLA D.C. Thammanna during Question Hour in the Assembly yesterday, Basavaraj Rayareddy said that the Government was planning to establish such Colleges in most backward…
Children join hands in seed ball culture
June 8, 2017Mysuru: In order to educate and sensitise the children on Seed Ball Culture, city’s ‘Samskruthi’ had organised a Seed Ball Culture Programme at Government Model Higher Primary School, opposite Ambedkar Park in Ashokapuram, this morning. More than 400 children from the School and close-by Educational Institutions took part in the programme which was held under…
Fighting dengue: MCC, Health Dept. form Joint Rapid Response Teams
June 8, 2017Mysuru: In the wake of dengue and other vector-borne disease scare in the city, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has constituted Joint Rapid Response Teams along with Department of Health and Family Welfare. The teams have been constituted across all nine Zones in city. The Joint Rapid Response Teams will comprise Health Officers, Environment Engineers,…
“Keep your garbage at your house only”: MCC plans strict enforcement for a clean city
June 8, 2017Mysuru: “Keep your garbage at your house only” will be the stern measure the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) plans to implement, if people do not segregate wet and dry waste at their homes. In a strict warning to the citizens, the MCC has decided not to collect waste if both wet and dry waste is…
Mysore Art Gallery to honour seashell artist Y. Jayamma
June 8, 2017Mysuru: As part of its monthly programme ‘Sadhakarondige Samvaada’, the Mysore Art Gallery will felicitate Y. Jayamma, seashell artist and Shilapakala Akademi awardee. The felicitation event will be held on June 10 at 11 am at the Mysore Art Gallery on Ramanuja Road. Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) Chairman B. Siddaraju will preside over the event….
Silent protest staged against writer for portraying Sir MV in bad light
June 8, 2017Mysuru: Members of Prajnavantha Nagarika Vedike and BJP activists staged a silent protest against Prof. P.V. Nanjaraja Urs, in front of Sir MV’s bust in The Institute of Engineers premises on JLB road here yesterday morning for portraying Sir M. Visveswaraya in bad light in his book titled ‘Nanu Kanambadi Katte’. Speaking on the occasion,…
MLA S.R. Mahesh resigns over inaction on Sri Rama Sugar Factory
June 8, 2017Bengaluru: Accusing the State Government of doing nothing for the revival of Sri Rama Sugar factory in K.R. Nagar taluk, K.R. Nagar MLA S.R. Mahesh submitted his resignation to Assembly Speaker K.B. Koliwad at the ongoing legislative session yesterday. Claiming that he was upset over the apathetic attitude of the Government in reviving the sugar…
30 percent of MLA funds to be spent for school development
June 8, 2017Bengaluru: The State Government is planning to spend 30 percent of Legislator funds for development of Government Schools across the State. Replying to a question by N.A. Haris of the Congress during the Assembly session here yesterday, Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanveer Sait said the Government has plans to establish 19,000 new schools…
Karnataka Govt. tables State GST Bill
June 8, 2017Bengaluru: The Siddharamaiah-led Karnataka Government yesterday tabled the Karnataka Goods and Service Tax Bill (GST)-2017 with less than a month left for Centre to roll out the GST Bill. Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who also holds the Finance portfolio, tabled the Bill before the Assembly to make a provision for levy and collection of tax on…
State Government to denotify National Highways to save bars
June 8, 2017Bengaluru: In a clear case to save its Excise revenue, the State Cabinet yesterday approved a proposal to denotify the National Highway coming under the urban Civic Bodies limits. The State Cabinet, which met yesterday, took a decision to denotify 858 kms of the total 6,578 kms of National Highway in the State, the move…















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