New Delhi: The Union Government is likely to pay an annual premium of less than Rs.1,200 per family for the ambitious National Health Protection Scheme, for which approximately Rs.12,000 crore is required every year. For 2018-19, the Government has made an initial provision of Rs.2,000 crore and an extra Rs.800 crore is expected from the…
Sir, Every time I buy SOM, the first thing I do is to look at the cartoon by Satish Acharya under Star Punch. The quality of cartoons in SOM are world class! In fact, I am an ardent fan of cartoons in newspapers and magazines. In Karnataka, most newspapers publish good quality cartoons. When we…
Mysuru: “Isn’t Pakoda-frying also a profession?” Prime Minister Narendra Modi had classified this also as a job among the 4,000 other daily business in the unorganised sector. Hence, demanding a separate policy for this sector, ‘Udyogakkaagi Yuvajanaru’ (Youth for Jobs), an organisation working in the interest of youths, staged a novel protest by frying pakodas…
By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Pics by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav Learning from bitter lessons from last year’s forest inferno where a young forest guard was charred to death in Bandipur, the Forest Department this time has strengthened its fire-fighting capabilities to combat forest fires that tend to ravage large swathes of forest during summer. This Weekend…
Bengaluru/ Mysuru: The Bengaluru bandh planned by Kannada outfits tomorrow (Feb.4) to coincide with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the city for a mega public meeting has been called off after Karnataka High Court ordered a stay, terming it unconstitutional. Modi is scheduled to address a massive public gathering at Palace Grounds tomorrow to…
The two-day designers exhibition, organised by Impressionz, began at Hotel Southern Star in city this morning. Picture shows Organiser Krupa Sumanth with the designers. The expo showcasing the best of designers from across the country will be open today and tomorrow from 11 am to 8 pm.
Ballari: BJP member of Parliament from Ballari, B. Sriramulu has said he has been invited to join US President Donald Trump at the 66th Annual National Prayer Breakfast Meet to be held in Washington DC on Feb.8. However, the MP said that he may not be able to make it if the party requires him…
Actresses Shwetha Srivatsav (extreme right) and Mayuri Kayatri looking at the displays at ‘Wedding House’ a two-day exhibition organised at Premier Convention Hall, Premier Studios, on Hunsur Road in city this morning. Event organisers Pooja Joshi and Snehal Igoor are also seen. The expo is open from 10.30 am to 8 pm today and tomorrow.
Msgr. George Alukka, Vicar General, Diocese of Mandya, is seen inaugurating the Youth Year celebrations at the Infant Jesus Cathedral, Hinkal, recently as others look on.
The renovation works of the University of Mysore’s (UoM) Swimming Pool, which was taken up in March 2017, is nearing completion and the pool will be reopened for the students and public by the end of February. Initially the Varsity was expecting a fund of Rs.1.5 crore to renovate the pool from Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha…
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