Mysuru: Karnataka with a population of about four crores is the seventh most rural populous State and the eighth biggest rural State by area in the country. Hence, there is a separate Department to cater to this big chunk of population and area, said Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister (RDPR) Krishna Byre Gowda. Addressing…
New Delhi: Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress this morning appointed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as General Secretary for Uttar Pradesh East. Priyanka will take charge in the first week of February. In a string of appointments, the party has also appointed K.C. Venugopal as General Secretary of the Congress, apart from his…
Mysuru: Your television screens will go blank between 8 am and 10 pm tomorrow (Jan.24) with Local Cable Operators (LCOs) threatening a strike to protest the tariff regime to be rolled out on Feb.1. Cable operators are not happy with the revenue-sharing formula prescribed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and they will…
These are Malabar Pied Hornbills – Anthracoceros coronatus — One of the ten Horn-bill species of the country, captured at Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary, a birdwatchers paradise in Uttara Kannada district, by one of SOM readers Naveen Raja from Vidyashankar Nagar, Mysuru. Large birds with disproportionately large beaks with a Cascade over the beak, hence the…
Hunsur: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) will visit the taluk on Jan.31 to inaugurate various development works, said local MLA and State JD(S) President A.H. Vishwanath here. Addressing a press conference at the town recently, he said that the CM will inaugurate slew of development works including 900 model houses under G+3 project at an…
Hunsur: State Transport Minister D.C. Thammanna informed that Hunsur will be made KSRTC Sub-Division including KSRTC depots of Periyapatna, H.D. Kote, K.R. Nagar and Madikeri. He was speaking to press persons during his brief stopover after inspecting various development works at Periyapatna bus depot at Hunsur KSRTC Bus Stand recently. He said, his Department would…
Mysuru: The Mysuru City Traffic Police, in a bid to curb traffic rules violations by autorickshaw drivers, conducted a special drive on autorickshaws at various Traffic Police Station limits in city this morning. The special drive is also being held to check harassment of passengers, demanding excess fare, behaving indecently, involving in illegal activities, driving…
Mysuru: Former Minister and MLA S.A. Ramdas launched a slew of development works worth Rs.95 lakh in his constituency here this morning. He launched the asphalting of roads worth Rs. 40 lakh in Ward No.51, opposite Chamundeshwari Temple in JC Nagar and then moved to MG Road near JSS Hospital where the drainage work worth…
Mysuru: Malabar Gold & Diamonds ‘Artistry Branded Jewellery Show,’ an exclusive exhibition and sale of exquisite creations in gold, diamond and precious gem jewellery, was unveiled at their showroom on B.N. Road, near KSRTC Sub-Urban bus stand in Mysuru, on Jan. 19 in the presence of chief guest Namratha Shenoy, National President, Ladies Circle India,…
Mysuru: Two tribals, namely Vasanthi (Malekudiya tribal) of Nellikaru village in Mangaluru taluk of Dakshina Kannada district and Krishnappa Maravanthe (Gowdalu) of Kalasa Post, Mudigere taluk, Chikmagalur district, who are selected to represent the State from Tribal communities at the Republic Day (R-Day) celebrations in New Delhi on Jan.26, were given farewell at a programme…
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