Bengaluru: In a strategic move that comes days ahead of the announcement of Assembly elections, the State Government on Friday hiked the reservation quota for Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities by two percent each. The hike will increase their reservation in the OBC pool to 6 percent and 7 percent under categories 2(C) and 2 (D)…
Siddu from Varuna, D.K. Shivakumar from Kanakapura, Darshan Dhruvanarayan from Nanjangud, Tanveer Sait from Narasimharaja, Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa from T. Narasipur, A.S. Ponnanna from Virajpet and H.M. Ganesh Prasad from Gundlupet Mysore/Mysuru: Congress party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) has released the first list of 124 candidates against the total 224 Constituencies this morning, for the…
Rahul Gandhi is no more a Member of Parliament. He has been disqualified because a Surat Court sentenced him to two years imprisonment. This brings to the fore the issue of criminal defamation law. This sentencing is because Rahul Gandhi, during the 2019 election campaign, sarcastically asked, after naming Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi and PM…
Mysore/Mysuru: Prof. N.K. Lokanath has been appointed as the new full-time Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Mysore (UoM) last evening and he took charge from the in-charge VC Prof. Muzaffar H. Assadi, who is the Dean, Faculty of Arts, Department of Studies in Political Science. The Under-Secretary to the Governor, who is also the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Even as the uncertainty continues over Opposition leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s choice of Constituency for the forthcoming Assembly polls, N.R. MLA Tanveer Sait and several Corporators have decided to invite the former CM to contest from N.R. Constituency. All MCC Corporators from the Congress gathered at MLA Tanveer Sait’s residence in Udayagiri…
I was surprised to learn from TV yesterday that Congress leader, Lok Sabha MP, Rahul Gandhi was found guilty in a criminal defamation case filed in Surat, Gujarat and sentenced to two years in prison. As expected, soon all hell broke loose in the Congress camp. It was a case filed in 2019 over his…
Shravanabelagola: Shravanabelagola Jain Mutt Seer Sri Charukeerti Bhattaraka Swamiji (73) passed away at Adichunchanagiri Hospital in Bellur, Nagamangala taluk, early this morning following illness. On hearing about the Seer’s demise, Adichunchanagiri Mutt Seer Sri Nirmalanandanatha Swamiji has rushed to Bellur. It is learnt that Bhattaraka Swamiji was facing serious health issues for last three months…
Mysuru Division gets eight new buses; 24 trips a day Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation’s (KSRTC) first intercity electric bus (e-bus) trial between Mysuru and Bengaluru on the Expressway built between the two cities has seen an electric response from the passengers who are using the service with more frequency now. The overwhelming…
Mysore/Mysuru: Princess Krishnajammanni Super Speciality Hospital and Trauma Care Centre at the premises of PKTB Sanatorium on KRS Road have become functional. To facilitate repair works at K.R. Hospital, the heritage building, Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) has shifted Departments like Neurology, Surgical Gastroenterology, Radiation Oncology, Surgical and Endocrinology to Princess Krishnajammanni Super…
Mysore/Mysuru: Over 2,500 Policemen from City Civil, CCB and Traffic wings were roped in for a 14.5-hour search or raids to check for rowdy elements, contraband and narcotics in jail, transportation of cash, liquor and election-freebies on the roads and search for weapons in the houses of 50 noted rowdy-sheeters. Probably this is for the…
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