CM Basavaraj Bommai to unveil first phase of Rs. 20 crore project tomorrow Chamarajanagar: The 108-feet tall statue of Lord Mahadeshwara at Deepadagiri Oddu in Male Mahadeshwara Hills (MM Hills), Hanur taluk in the district, is all set for inauguration on Mar. 18 at 10.05 am. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who is also the Chairman…
Top Election Officers inspect counting centre in city
March 16, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A high-level team of Mysuru District Election Officers led by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. K.V. Rajendra, who is also the District Election Officer, visited the vote counting centre of Maharani’s College of Commerce and Management in Vinayakanagar (Paduvarahalli) this noon. Counting of votes for the 2023 Assembly elections will be held here and the…
Toll collection on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway: HC seeks NHAI response on following stipulated rules
March 16, 2023Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) yesterday took suo motu cognisance of news reports about the inconvenience caused to motorists on the first day of the toll collection on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway (NH 275). The Court directed the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to respond to these issues within three weeks. A Division Bench,…
Countdown for State Assembly Election: Democracy, Elections and Electoral Reforms
March 16, 2023Elections in India are the most corrupt in practice. Voter decides on a corrupt government or a good government. But the first imperative is, voting. So please go to the polling booth. Election time is the spring time of politics. Issues like democracy, elections and electoral reforms, all come to the fore for much discussion,…
Status report on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway: Vehicles go around Toll Plaza to avoid paying toll
March 15, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has a new headache just a day after introducing a toll fee on the Bengaluru-Nidaghatta stretch of the Mysuru-Bengaluru 10-lane Expressway. Motorists coming from Bengaluru side are taking an abrupt left turn near Kaniminike Toll Plaza to the service road to avoid paying the user fee. Only…
Anatomy of online bank fraud
March 15, 2023By B.N. Pramodh In recent years, we have seen a lot of cases being reported for online bank fraud. According to NCRB (National Crime Records Bureau), there’s a decline in online bank fraud in India, with reported cases dropping from 160 crore in 2020-21 to 128 crore in 2021-22, but it is important to note…
21,000 km on a 33-year-old Yezdi
March 15, 2023By B.C. Thimmaiah Going on group journeys on motorbikes to explore unexplored places is commonplace but a solo ride along India’s borders, covering 21,000 kilometres without touching any metro city, that too on a 33-year-old bike, is commendable. The feat has been accomplished by a 44-year-old Mysuru-born rider Sandeep N. Ananthaprakash, presently a resident of…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway NH-275: Toll Plazas open amid protests
March 14, 2023Congress workers, pro-Kannada activists attempt to lay siege at Kaniminike near Bidadi, Sheshagirihalli near Ramanagar on the Highway Mysore/Mysuru: Tension prevailed for over an hour as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) started collecting toll on 56-km section of Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway till Nidaghatta from 8 am today, with Congress workers, pro-Kannada activists and other…
Dismantling of Lakshmi Talkies begins
March 14, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The works on dismantling landmark Lakshmi Talkies building on Chamaraja Double Road in the city, has begun this morning. Jayanth Subramanian, the owner of the Talkies, said: “The screening was suspended in June 2021, during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. As the structure is 76-year-old, the works have been taken up to dismantle…
Share the Water
March 14, 2023By Ragoo Rao, Ethologist Summer is fast arriving. Days are getting warmer; lakes and ponds are going low on storage and water scarcity is fast approaching. We, humans, have made good arrangements for our supply of water even through scarcity spells. What about the creatures around us, like birds, mammals, and reptiles? They also need…
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