To capture and tame rogue elephants Kushalanagar: Three tamed elephants from Dubare Elephant Camp and three from Mattigodu Camp have been shifted to Chhattisgarh yesterday to capture and tame rogue elephants which are creating havoc there. Eighteen-year-old Parashuram, 27-year-old Ajay and 25-year-old Theertharam from Dubare Elephant Camp and the other three from Mattigodu Camp were…
Ahead of Assembly polls: Govt. staff to get bonanza
January 23, 2018Bengaluru: The forthcoming Assembly polls seems to have brought bonanza for Government employees, with the State Govt. planning to hike salaries from a minimum of Rs.2,500 to a maximum of Rs. 10,000 per month. Chief Minister Siddharamaiah in a deft move to keep the employees happy with polls round the corner, is also hopeful that…
Echo of wild elephant trampling coffee planter: Coffee growers mob Siddapur Police Station, demand action
January 23, 2018Siddapur: Hundreds of coffee planters and farmers staged a protest at Siddapur this morning demanding immediate action by the Forest Department to prevent wild elephant menace. They mobbed the Siddapur Police Station demanding a case be registered against the Department officials for preventing elephant menace. The protest was staged after a coffee planter was trampled…
BSY demands probe into assault on BJP leader
January 23, 2018Mysuru: Strongly condemning the Police assault on BJP leader and advocate Gokul Govardhan at Nazarbad Police Station on Sunday, State BJP President and former CM B.S. Yeddyurappa has demanded immediate suspension of all Police personnel involved in the incident. Addressing a press meet at a private hotel here this morning, Yeddyurappa alleged that there was…
‘Bharatvani’ project to digitise UoM Kannada works
January 23, 2018Mysuru: In the digitalised era where everything is available online, the University of Mysore (UoM) is also planning to digitise about 300 Kannada works in association with Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) and upload it. Many of the works of Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies produced by Prasaranga, the publication division of UoM, Oriental…
KPME Act into force from Feb.10
January 23, 2018Kolar: The Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (KPME) Act would come into effect from Feb.10, said Health Minister Ramesh Kumar. He was speaking after inaugurating a Primary Health Centre at Muduvadi village in the taluk on Sunday and said that including CM, everybody should go to Government Hospitals for treatment. “Everyone in the Government including the…
IAS officers transferred
January 23, 2018Bengaluru: In an unexpected move, the State Government yesterday transferred seven IAS officers, including senior IAS Officer M.V. Jayanthi and Hassan Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri Dasari. M.V. Jayanthi, who was posted as Principal Secretary to the Government, Planning Department, just 10 days ago, has been transferred with immediate effect as Chairman, Karnataka Appellate Tribunal (KAT),…
Fire destroys Rs. 25 lakh worth goods at shop
January 23, 2018Mysuru: A fire, said to be caused due to short circuit has destroyed materials and cash worth about Rs. 25 lakh at a shop on Devaraja Urs Road here last night. The fire mishap took place at Pratham Enterprises, distributors of Santoor, Himalaya Herbals and owned by one Dilip Kumar. Last night, after closing the…
Court orders attachment of MUDA properties
January 23, 2018Mysuru: A City Court has ordered attachment of MUDA properties for the delay in payment of compensation to a farmer whose land was acquired by MUDA for formation of Lalithadripura Layout. The MUDA has acquired 17 guntas of land belonging to one Venkataramanagowda of Lalithadripura in 1997. The MUDA then had paid compensation at the…
For communal harmony…: One kilometre long human chain formation on Jan.30
January 23, 2018Mysuru: Pragatipara Sanghatanegalu at its meeting held yesterday at a private hotel in city decided to form a mammoth human chain stretching about one kilometre on Jan.30 in city to condemn the frequent communal clashes in the State spoiling peace and harmony. The human chain will be formed from Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple stretching up to…














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