Bengaluru: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s plan to get nod for Cabinet expansion or reshuffle from the Party High Command, seems to have proved futile as he returned empty handed from New Delhi this morning without getting the go-ahead for his Cabinet plans. Bommai left for Delhi on the afternoon of Apr. 5 with his Cabinet…
City hotels hike food prices; blame fuel, material costs
April 7, 2022Five percent increase in all food, beverages from Apr. 10 Mysore/Mysuru: Come April 10, you might think twice before making a plan to eat out. With hotels and restaurants all set to increase their costs, it is bound to burn a hole in your pocket. The prices of eatables will be hiked by 5 percent…
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: April 6, 2022
April 6, 2022Mysuru reports 0 new COVID-19 positive cases, 1 discharge and 0 deaths today.
Mega Udyoga Mela at KSOU tomorrow
April 6, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A day-long mega Udyoga Mela (Job Fair) will be held at Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) premises in city tomorrow (Apr. 7) from 9 am to 5 pm. The Job Fair is being organised under the joint aegis of Mysuru District Administration, Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood Department (SDEL), Karnataka Skill Development Authority, Bengaluru…
City sculptor presents Netaji’s miniature statue to Prime Minister Modi
April 6, 2022PM tweets and appreciates Arun Yogiraj’s exceptional sculpture Mysore/Mysuru: City sculptor Arun Yogiraj, who had carved the 12-feet 3D statue of Adi Shankaracharya in sitting posture and was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand last year, had the biggest moment of his life of personally meeting Modi at his office…
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: April 5, 2022
April 5, 2022Mysuru reports 0 new COVID-19 positive cases, 1 discharge and 0 deaths today.
Power tariff up by 35 paise per unit, effective from Apr. 1
April 5, 2022Bengaluru: Get ready to pay an extra 35 per paise per unit in your electricity bill as the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) yesterday announced an increase in power tariff. The average hike is 35 paise per unit, which works out to an increase of 4.33 percent. KERC Chairman H.M. Manjunatha told the media that…
Grand Ugadi Maharathotsava held at Male Mahadeshwara Hills
April 5, 2022Hanur: Lakhs of devotees thronged Male Mahadeshwara Hills (MM Hills) on Chandramana Ugadi day (Apr. 2) to witness Maharathotsava of presiding deity Mahadeshwara Swamy by chanting “Ughe Ughe Madappa.” The Rathotsava which was held on Saturday between 7.30 am and 9 am, was witnessed by devotees from Karnataka and Salem and Erode districts of Tamil…
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: April 4, 2022
April 4, 2022Mysuru reports 0 new COVID-19 positive cases, 1 discharge and 0 deaths today.
Old Man and the World
April 4, 2022As a very senior citizen of this country, I have seen stray cases of violence, for various reasons, among individuals and communities. This is not as disturbing, repulsive and mind-numbing as what I had read about the violence that was accompanied with brutal killings, rape, arson and looting of innocent men, women and children, mainly…
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