Mysuru: The issue of non-payment for the food contractor of Indira Canteens in city reverberated at the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Council meeting held at Nalwadi Krishnaraja Auditorium yesterday. The proposal of some Corporators to divert funds from infrastructure-related works and give it to run Indira Canteens led to chaotic scenes. It may be recalled…
Be cautious while naming public buildings: MLA Nagendra
June 29, 2018Naming of public buildings after several personalities too figured in the Council meeting. Corporator J.S. Jagadish proposed the name of former Vice-Chancellor of University of Mysore Prof K.S. Rangappa for an auditorium built at a park in the city. It was one of the several proposals to name roads, Circles and parks after various personalities…
Eat Ragi Mudde-Naati Koli, win a chance to act in Kannada movie
June 29, 2018Mandya: It will be a unique contest for food-lovers to keep their taste buds tingling. A traditional District-level Ragi Mudde, Naati Koli Saaru (chicken curry) eating contest will be held on Sunday (July 1) at Mangala Village near Mandya. What’s more, participants of the competition will even get a chance to act in a cinema….
Kaginele Seer likens Siddu to a Ram in battlefield
June 29, 2018Bengaluru: The shadow-boxing and indirect taunts between Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and his predecessor, Siddharamaiah over various issues in the coalition government has now acquired a caste colour with Seers of communities to which the two leaders belong to — Vokkaliga and Kuruba — taking sides. A day after the Vokkaliga Seer of Spatikapuri Mahasamsthana…
I have not yet decided on contesting from Mandya: JD(S) Supremo
June 29, 2018Periyapatna: “I have not yet decided on contesting the Lok Sabha (LS) polls from Mandya,” said former Prime Minister and JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda. Replying to a question by the media that there were reports that he would be contesting the LS polls from Mandya, after he landed at the temporary helipad at the…
MLA Ramdas continues Padayatra
June 29, 2018Mysuru: MLA and former Minister S.A. Ramdas directed the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) officials to clear the encroachments on the footpaths and not to give permission for fast food joints selling non-vegetarian food on the roadside. Ramdas, who is continuing with his Padayatra (walking tour), began the walk at 6.30 am on June 27 from…
Heated debate over road realignment at Kesare
June 29, 2018Mysuru: After the Canteen issue rocked the Council, a heated debate was witnessed over realigning a road to prevent the same from passing through the site of a Trust at Kesare. Ashraful Uloom Trust runs a Madrasa and also owns sites on the same premises. As one of the roads passes through the site, the…
Co-ordination Committee to meet on July 1
June 29, 2018Bengaluru: Even as the rumblings within the Congress camp is growing by the day against Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy’s attitude, the Congress-JD(S) coalition Government’s Co-ordination Committee has been convened to meet in Bengaluru on July 1. Former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah is the Chairman of the Co-ordination Committee, formed by the coalition partners to ensure smooth…
Cauvery Authority to hold first meeting in New Delhi on July 2
June 29, 2018New Delhi: The Cauvery Water Management Authority set up by the Union Ministry of Water Resources to resolve the inter-State water dispute will have its first meeting on July 2. The meeting will take place in Central Water Commission’s headquarters, New Delhi. The meeting will be led by CWC Chairman S. Masood Husain, nominated by…
PM’s Matru Vandana Scheme to benefit pregnant women
June 29, 2018Mysuru” Under-nutrition continues to adversely affect majority of women in India. In India, every third woman is undernourished and every second woman is anaemic. An undernourished mother almost inevitably gives birth to a low birth weight baby. When poor nutrition starts in uterus, it extends throughout the life cycle since the changes are largely irreversible….














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