Systematic letting out of sewage into lakes and unbridled construction atop Chamundi Hill highlighted Mysore/Mysuru: City’s worsening garbage and waste disposal mechanism, pollution of lakes, construction of structures inside public parks by the Mysuru City Corporation, dilapidated heritage structures that are further neglected by the State Government, garbage atop Chamundi Hill. These were a few…
Rayanakere stray dog rehab centre nearing completion
March 26, 2023Area: 5 acres. Cost: Rs. 2.60 crore. Inauguration: Mar. 28 Mysore/Mysuru: The first-of-its-kind dog rehabilitation centre coming up at Rayanakere on the outskirts of the city is getting ready and the facility will be inaugurated on Mar. 28, with some minor pending works. The rehabilitation centre will provide food, shelter and medical care to community…
Novelist Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa’s Cultural Centre in his birthplace at Hassan district
March 26, 2023Foundation stone laid for Centre for Excellence in Art and Culture in Honour of Padma Bhushan Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa Mysore/Mysuru: The foundation stone for the Centre for Excellence in Art and Culture in Honour of Padma Bhushan Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa was laid this morning at Santheshivara village in Hassan District, the birthplace of the legendary…
Government hikes Lingayat and Vokkaliga reservation quota by 2 percent each
March 25, 2023Bengaluru: 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)…
Assembly polls: Congress releases first list of 124 candidates
March 25, 2023Siddu 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…
Criminal Defamation A Flawed Law
March 25, 2023Rahul 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…
Prof. N.K. Lokanath is new VC of Mysore University
March 24, 2023Mysore/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…
MLA Tanveer Sait, Corporators to invite Siddharamaiah to contest from N.R. Constituency
March 24, 2023Mysore/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…
Defamation: Rahul Gandhi convicted – Lessons to learn for our law-makers
March 24, 2023I 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…
Sri Charukeerti Bhattaraka Swamiji passes away
March 23, 2023Shravanabelagola: 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…















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