Mysuru: The South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, faced public wrath last evening as it tried to erase a historical plaque by covering it with cement. Following protests by historians and public, the Railways was forced to take out the cement from the plaque and the same was restored to its original position. The white…
Saragur: In a tragic incident, nearly 20 people, almost all of them women, who were travelling in a goods auto, are feared to have been drowned as the auto is said to have plunged into the Kabini Right Bank Canal after hitting the bridge close to Chikkadevanabetta in H.D. Kote Taluk, here this morning. Even…
Mysuru: Neerav Iyappa of class VIII from NPS International, Mysuru, attended the International Space Development Conference (ISDC) 2018 at Los Angeles, CA recently. He presented a ten minute detailed report on the prize winning proposal of a space hotel ‘DIADEM’ at NSS/NASA Ames Student Space Settlement Contest Presentation. He also prepared and displayed a poster…
Mysuru: The District Administration has decided to celebrated D. Devaraj Urs Jayanti in a meaningful manner at Kalamandira in city on Aug.20. ADC T. Yogesh held a preliminary meeting in his regard at the DC’s office here yesterday. Addressing the meeting, Yogesh said that the Government has issued guidelines on the celebrations and according to…
Says Chief Information Commissioner Dr. Suchetana Swaroop Mysuru: Citizens who want to obtain information under RTI (Right To Information) Act 2005, with the tag of ‘RTI Activist’ entering the government offices, have no right to do so, stated Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) Dr. Suchetana Swaroop. He was interacting with the officials of the various Departments…
Mysuru: Wearing elephant masks, chains and shackles and holding out the palms of their hands — painted blood-red — the members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India will gather near Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple, outside Mysore Palace, tomorrow (Aug. 9) at 12 noon to call for an end to the use of…
Mysuru: Amidst high drama at the Zilla Panchayat (ZP) meeting on Aug.6, the JD(S) and Congress, which are coalition partners in the State Government, reached an understanding in the ZP on sharing panels, with Tourism and Sericulture Minister S.R. Mahesh brokering a truce between warring Congress and JD(S) members. Even the BJP, which is the…
Bengaluru: Kannada writer and poet Sumatheendra Nadig (86), one of the proponents of the Navya (modernist) literature movement, passed away in Bengaluru yesterday. Nadig was ailing and was admitted to a hospital late last week. His body was kept for public viewing at his Puttenahalli home. The poet was born in Chikkamagaluru to Raghavendra and…
Bengaluru: The State Government will build over a lakh houses across the State under the Chief Minister’s Scheme. Announcing this at a press meet on Aug. 6, Housing Minister U.T. Khader said that 60,000 houses will be built in City Municipal Council (CMC) and Town Municipal Council (TMC) jurisdiction, while over 45,000 houses will be…
Mysuru: The nearly 350-year-old historical Gopura on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road is under threat of collapsing following the road-widening work. The work on the four-laning of Mysuru-Nanjangud Road by the Public Works Department (PWD) is underway. A problem has cropped up, as the park near the Lorry stand on the road which houses a 16th century historical…
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