Yesterday, our city’s Police Commissioner Seema Latkar made a rather reasonable statement: “We don’t have any intention to book a case and collect fines. Rules are enforced for your safety.” She’s absolutely right. But the sad irony is this: In India, we seem to have a stunning disregard for our own safety. Why should a…
India seems to be celebrating the extradition of Tahawwur Hussain Rana from America, the key accused in the Mumbai serial terror strike that shook India in 2008. But for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention and his personal rapport with the American President Donald Trump, this would not have happened. It does not matter Opposition does…
Mysuru: The proposed Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has gained further traction, with MUDA inviting global tenders for preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR). The Peripheral Ring Road is planned to decongest the burgeoning traffic burden on the existing Outer Ring Road (ORR) in city. After Bengaluru, Mysuru…
Mysuru: Following back to back Government holidays, there has been a huge influx of tourists in the city since Friday. While the children are already soaking in the spirit of summer vacation since a month, the parents especially those busy in their office, have planned a family tour, cashing in on a series of holidays…
As announced yesterday in this column, I am reproducing what I wrote about K. Srikantiah in Star of Mysore in 1990. Hey Ram! Hello Ram! We may be rid of the Ramayana serial on TV but not the annual feature of Ramanavami — Lord Rama’s birthday. I don’t know why Ramanavami is linked to music…
Mysuru: City Advocate Pandu Pujari, representing Suresh — the man accused of murdering his wife Mallige, who was later found alive with her paramour Ganesh after five years — while making submissions, raised a crucial point concerning UDR No. 33/2020. As per the Bettadapura Police report, the body recovered from the scene was in a…
By S.T. Ravikumar Mysuru: The MUDA (Mysuru Urban Development Authority), which grabbed national headlines last year for all the wrong reasons following the unearthing of a mega alternative 50:50 ratio site allotment scam, is once again in the news as another scam has come to light. The latest scandal was unearthed after MUDA Commissioner A.N….
Bengaluru: The Special Court for MLAs and MPs in Bengaluru has reserved its order on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which challenges the Lokayukta’s ‘B Report’ that gave Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah a clean chit in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment case. The verdict is scheduled to be pronounced…
Nanjangud: The Dodda Jatre or the Panchamaharathotsava of Sri Srikanteshwara Swamy Temple at Nanjangud, situated on the banks of River Kapila, was witnessed by lakhs of devotees this morning. The mega event passed off smoothly without any hurdles, as the Rathotsava was taken out during the auspicious Meena Lagna, between 5 am and 5.40 am,…
District topper M.A. Tejaswini of Bharath Matha PU College at Koppa in Periyapatna taluk aims to become a CA Mysuru: In the II PUC exam results announced yesterday, Mysuru students — M.A. Tejaswini, who came second topper in the State and G. Dhatri, who came fourth, both in Commerce stream — have brought laurels to…
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