Sakamma (60), wife of Veerabhadrappa of Chikkahalli village, passed away yesterday at a private hospital in city. Sakamma is the third daughter of late Basavarajappa, proprietor of Hotel Harihara at Agrahara in city. She leaves behind three sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at Chikkahalli village today,…
6 months gone…: Govt. yet to pay City Indira Canteen Contractor
June 27, 2018Mysuru: Indira Canteen, one of the ambitious ‘food for all’ projects of Karnataka State Government that was launched to make cities like Bengaluru and Mysuru ‘hunger free’ by serving affordable and clean food, is staring at a severe crisis. Reason: Since the launch of the canteens in January, funds have not been released owing to…
Four boys escape from Government School for Deaf
June 27, 2018Mysuru: Four boys of the Government School for the Deaf have escaped from their school at Tilak Nagar in city. A complaint has been lodged by school Superintendent at Mandi Mohalla Police Station. In the complaint, authorities of the school that comes under the Department for Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens have stated…
Siddu expresses doubts about survival of coalition Govt.
June 27, 2018Bengaluru: Two days after a video-clip where he is seen speaking disapprovingly of Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy’s decision to present a full-fledged budget surfaced, former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who is currently undergoing naturopathy treatment at Dharmasthala, is in the news again, with another video-clip in which he expresses doubts about the survival of the coalition…
Irregularities in UoM appointments: 124 non-teaching staff stare at job loss
June 27, 2018Mysuru: The Higher Education Department has directed the University of Mysore (UoM) to terminate the appointment of 124 non-teaching staff in the University done in December 2016 during the tenure of the former Vice-Chancellor Prof. K.S. Rangappa and Prof. R. Rajanna the Registrar (who recently took charge as Registrar for the second term). The Department…
After hard work for cleanest city tag, cleanliness effort is just humbug
June 27, 2018Mysuru: It is a fact that any first time visitor who comes to Mysuru, is impressed with its cleanliness, stately buildings and wide roads. That is one of the reasons why Mysuru was declared the cleanest city in the country twice. However, the euphoria was short-lived, as it slipped to the fifth position last year…
Learn Kannada: MPs tell bank officers from North India
June 27, 2018Mysuru: MPs R. Dhruvanarayan and Pratap Simha demanded that bank officers from North India and other parts who are posted to Karnataka must learn Kannada and they should be given training in order to communicate with customers of even rural areas. They were reacting to the complaints and notices issued to the banks by Kannada…
Employment Guarantee Scheme: Centre yet to release Rs.1,050 crore
June 27, 2018Bengaluru: The Central Government is yet to release Rs.1,050 crore under Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) to the State and it will be urged to release the amount soon, said Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Krishna Byregowda. He was speaking after holding a meeting of the Zilla Panchayat CEOs and Deputy Secretaries at Vidhana Soudha…
A Day of Rallies
June 27, 2018City celebrates Kempegowda Jayanti; Observes Intl. Domestic Workers Day and International Day Against Drug Abuse Mysuru: A month after the city witnessed a series of election rallies by different political parties almost every day in the run up to the May 12 Assembly polls, the city was witness to Jathas (Rallies) of a different kind…
Booktalk: ‘Revolutions have not brought happiness to mankind’
June 27, 2018Former City Police Chief Chandrashekar speaks on the book Homo Deus In 21st century Sugar is more dangerous than Gun Powder Mysuru: Former Mysuru City Police Commissioner, C. Chandrashekar, a student of English Literature and a keen student of History, recently gave a talk on the book ‘Homo Deus’ by Y. N. Harari. Chandrashekar was…















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