Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah yesterday said that the State will once again file a petition before the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC), expressing its inability to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu. The Chief Minister, who held a ‘special emergency meeting’ yesterday at the Conference Hall of Vidhana Soudha, said the Government will consult its…
K.R. Hospital Blood Bank gets mobile donation unit
September 14, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: In a significant stride towards enhancing blood collection efforts, K.R. Hospital Blood Bank in Mysuru has unveiled a cutting-edge mobile blood donation vehicle. This innovative addition is poised to revolutionise the blood donation process, rendering it more efficient and convenient for donors. For years, the K.R. Hospital Blood Bank has been at the forefront…
Man who extorted money from senior citizen arrested
September 13, 2023‘Accused targeted elderly persons by faking accidents’ Mysore/Mysuru: The Kuvempunagar Police have successfully solved a case in which a senior citizen driving a four-wheeler was targeted by a criminal who falsely accused him of causing an accident and then extorted money. One person has been arrested in connection with the incident. The arrested individual is…
Cauvery Row: CM holds meeting
September 13, 2023Bengaluru: The special emergency meeting called by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah began at Vidhana Soudha this noon to discuss steps to be taken after Cauvery Water Regulation Committee’s (CWRC) direction that Karnataka release 5,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu for the next 15 days. Dy. CM D.K. Shivakumar, Ministers of Cauvery basin region, MPs and…
People vie to own ‘branded items’ sold on footpath!
September 13, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Like a good old adage in Kannada- Jana Marulo Jatre Marulo, passersby vied with each other to own the look alike products of branded companies, in city yesterday. Tens of people split in four groups occupying footpath spaces on the either side of Regional Institute of Education (RIE) building on Bogadi Road in city,…
Mysuru-born Dr. Preeti Aghalayam is IIT Zanzibar-Tanzania Director
September 12, 2023IIT gets its first woman Director Mysore/Mysuru: The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), the country’s top-ranked educational institution, has achieved the distinction of being the first IIT in India to establish an international campus, set to be located in Zanzibar, Tanzania. The institute has also set another first by appointing the IIT’s first…
‘Make Kannada one-point programme during Dasara’
September 12, 2023Noted Film Music Director Hamsalekha, who has been chosen to inaugurate Nada Habba on Oct. 15, interacts with scribes Mysore/Mysuru: Noted Film Music Director and Lyricist Hamsalekha, who will inaugurate the Nada Habba Mysuru Dasara on Oct. 15, 2023, has strongly advocated for making Kannada a one-point programme during Navarathri festivities, as the language is…
Mysuru to run 200 more electric buses under PM-eBus SEWA Scheme
September 12, 2023Centre to procure 10,000 electric buses covering 169 cities including Mysuru, at an estimated cost of Rs. 57,613 crore By Bapu Lingaraj Urs Mysore/Mysuru: With a vision to combat environmental pollution, the Central Government plans to procure 10,000 electric buses at an estimated cost of Rs. 57,613 crore through its PM-eBus Sewa Scheme. Mysuru is…
PM Modi pitches for UN Security Council expansion
September 11, 2023Passing of G20 presidential gavel to Brazil marks the start of Delhi to Rio journey New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at the conclusion of the 18th G20 Summit, emphasised the pressing need for reforming global institutions and expanding the UN Security Council to better reflect the contemporary world. He asserted that adapting to changing…
Wrong to speak low of any religion: Yaduveer
September 11, 2023• Yaduveer speaks of Mahisha Dasara and Politics • Farmer delegation asks Wadiyars to offer ‘bagina’ Mandya: Member of erstwhile Mysore royal family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has expressed his regrets over the recent remarks of Tamil Nadu Minister for Youth Welfare and Sports Development Udhayanidhi Stalin against ‘Sanatana Dharma’. Speaking to media persons on…
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