Bangkok: Twelve boys and their football coach trapped in a Thai cave are alive, but will need to learn to dive or wait months for flooding to recede before they can get out, the army says. The group had been missing for nine days before they were found by divers late on Monday on a…
‘Release 31.24 tmcft water to TN in July’ Cauvery Authority tells Karnataka
July 3, 2018New Delhi: The newly-formed Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) has ordered Karnataka to release 31.24 tmcft (Thousand Million Cubic Feet) Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu in July. The first meeting of the CWMA was held in New Delhi yesterday with representatives from Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. The meeting was held even as Karnataka…
Subway on Sayyaji Rao Road to open for public soon
July 3, 2018Mysuru: The unscientifically designed and rarely used Subway on Sayyaji Rao Road, opposite Bata showroom will soon be opened for public use, said Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner K.H. Jagadeesha. The MCC swung into action as soon as the news item titled ‘Subway on Sayyaji Rao Road in dangerous condition’ was published in Star of…
State to take stock of situation after budget: Shivakumar
July 3, 2018Bengaluru: Reacting strongly to Cauvery Water Management Authority’s direction to Karnataka to release June month’s quota of 31.24 tmcft of water to Tamil Nadu, Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar said dams in Cauvery basin should have that much of quantity of water to release to TN. “I will seek opinions of former Prime Minister H.D….
Villagers upset with unnecessary toilets in school
July 3, 2018Mysuru: At a time when the governments at the Centre and the State are going all out to make the nation open defecation-free by building toilets, comes the news that toilets are being unnecessarily built in the school premises, in spite of the school being shifted. In a complaint to the Zilla Panchayat Executive Officer…
7 Ragi Muddes in 15 Minutes flat !
July 3, 2018Mandya: It was a question of who had the biggest appetite during the ‘Ragi Mudde – Naati Koli saaru’ (ragi balls – country chicken curry) eating competition at Mangala village near Mandya on Sunday. Ultimately, fifty-four-year-old Meese Eregowda emerged victorious after he gulped down seven ragi balls (three-and-a-half kg in total) in 15 minutes flat….
Daily wagers demand abolition of contract system
July 3, 2018Mysuru: Demanding abolition of contract system, daily wage workers under the banner of the Karnataka State Daily Wagers Federation, staged a demonstration in front of the Town Hall here yesterday. Urging for the implementation of the Supreme Court directive which regularises labourers who have worked for at least 240 days in a calendar year be…
Ex-MLC Madhusudan taunts Prof. Rangappa for running away from open debate
July 3, 2018Mysuru: Accusing former University of Mysore (UoM) and KSOU Vice-Chancellor Prof. K.S. Rangappa of running away from the open debate (Sawaal-Jawab) organised by MDJA at Pathrakarthara Bhavan, former MLC G. Madhusudan has demanded a CBI probe into all the scams and irregularities that had allegedly taken place during Prof. Rangappa’s regime. Addressing press persons at…
Kannada lecturers protest marginalisation of language
July 3, 2018Mysuru: Condemning the relegation of Kannada to ‘Modern Indian Languages’ category under the new Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) adopted by the University of Mysuru (UoM), Kannada lecturers under the banner of Kannada Degree Teachers’ Association, staged a demonstration in front of Crawford Hall here yesterday. Alleging that injustice has been meted out to Kannada…
Mahabaleshwar Bhat, senior littérateur, passes away
July 3, 2018Madikeri: Veteran littérateur N. Mahabaleshwar Bhat (91) passed away here on Sunday night. He leaves behind three sons, a daughter and a host of relatives and friends. A resident of Biligeri near Madikeri, Bhat had retired from service after serving as the Principal of Madikeri Government PU college. His last rites were performed at Biligeri…















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