Mysuru: The Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) presented Rs. 2.76 crore surplus Budget for the financial year 2017-18. MUDA Commissioner Dr. M. Mahesh, presenting the Budget, said that MUDA had expected revenue of Rs. 500 crore during the current fiscal and has estimated the expenditure to be Rs. 497.23 crore. He added that the MUDA…
Tourism Minister holds review meeting
May 6, 2017Mysuru: Minister for Tourism Priyank Kharge held a review meeting at the DC’s office here this morning focussing on tourism-related activities in city. The topics covered organising a 3D mapping show on a regular basis at Mysore Palace, adventure sports, yoga tourism, development of Brindavan Gardens at KRS, revival of fort at Srirangapatna and hosting…
Moodalapaya Yakshagana at K. Hemmanahalli tomorrow
May 6, 2017Mysuru: Yakshagana, a popular art in the coastal districts of Karnataka, competes with the reverberating musical beats of the waves of Indian ocean through its instruments chende-maddale. The coastal south style of this art is called thenku-thittu, north as badagu and north-top as bada-badagu. The same Yakshagana in the interior parts of Karnataka to the…
Calling minorities, SC/ST women
May 6, 2017Mysuru: Applications have been invited from Minorities and SC/ST women under ‘Tipu Sultan Karnataka Women Empowerment Scheme’ for interest-free loan, medical relief and housing projects. Candidates must be in the age group between 18 and 45 years. Those interested may visit office with two passport size photos and Aadhaar/ID card between 10.30 am and 2…
BBMP car driver arrested for threatening city Cop
May 6, 2017Mysuru: The Metagalli Police have arrested the driver of a BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) official for threatening Police officer by using the name of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. The arrested has been identified as Ramesh, a resident of Bengaluru. Mamatha, a Lady Police Sub-Inspector attached to V.V. Puram Traffic Police Station, was on a checking…
Farmer ends life in H.D. Kote
May 6, 2017H.D. Kote: Deeply pained over being cheated by fellow agents, a farmer committed suicide by injecting as well as consuming poison at Padukote Kaval village in the taluk yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Prabhakar (45), a resident of Padukote Indiranagar in the town. Prabhakar, a banana cultivator, had supplied bananas grown in his…
State BJP Meet amidst turmoil tomorrow
May 5, 2017Mysuru: The stage is set for the two-day State BJP Executive Committee meeting that will begin in city from tomorrow at a time when the party is facing an internal rebellion led by the two factions, one led by State BJP President B.S. Yeddyurappa and the other led by Leader of the Opposition in the…
Nirbhaya case: SC upholds death sentence
May 5, 2017New Delhi: Nearly five years after Nirbhaya, a 23-year-old medical student was gang-raped on Dec. 16, 2012 in Delhi, the Supreme Court this afternoon upheld death sentence to four convicts. The Delhi High Court had awarded death to Akshay Thakur, Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh who challenged it in the Supreme Court. One among…
Poor citizen feedback cost us clean city award: Mayor
May 5, 2017Mysuru: “There were two main reasons for us to lose the cleanest city tag this time and they were the poor response of the citizens feedback and lagging behind in construction of toilets,” said Mayor M.J. Ravikumar. Addressing the media here, after arriving from New Delhi early in the morning, at the old Council Hall…
Strict ban on plastics from tomorrow
May 5, 2017Mysuru: MCC Commissioner G. Jagadeesha has announced that there will be strict ban on the usage of plastic bags and other plastics from tomorrow (May 6). The traders have been warned that their licences will be cancelled if they are found using the plastic materials which will be confiscated. Even the citizens have to carry…














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