Mysuru: Probably for the first time in city, eight foreign nationals were arrested within a gap of 10 days for overstaying and violating their VISA norms. Police said that the foreign nationals were predominantly from educational institutions in city and were indulging in illegal activities. They have now been lodged at the Mysuru Central Jail….
Mysuru: Come February, the City will get a swanky Police Commissioner’s Office on Mirza Road in Nazarbad. The construction work is almost completed and workers are giving final touches. The building is likely to cater to the needs of the Mysore City Police for the next 25 years. Once the new Police Commissioner’s Office is…
Bengaluru: Asking the State top Police brass to take communal posts and messages on social media seriously, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah yesterday directed them to register suo moto cases against those involved in posting provocative messages intended to incite tension. Communal troublemakers should be booked under the stringent Goonda Act, if necessary, and steps must be…
Transport Minister says Hegde must be sent in ‘Route No.4 bus’ Bengaluru: Union Minister for Skill Development Anant Kumar Hegde has done it again. On Tuesday, he made a controversial statement by calling writers and intellectuals “meaningless” and “opportunists” who please Government to get benefits. This comes close on the heels of him tendering an…
Mysuru: Opposition to the proposed two railway lines to Mysuru via the ecologically sensitive Kodagu district (Thalassery-Mysuru via South Kodagu and Hunsur-Periyapatna-Kushalnagar-Madikeri-Mangaluru) is gaining momentum with Kodagu-Mysuru MP Pratap Simha tweeting to Railway Minister Piyush Goyal not to give approval for the project. Attaching a Star of Mysore report in his tweet, “Centre gives nod…
Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep has asked the officials to prepare a Rs. 10 crore action plan for development of tourism in Mysuru city. He was chairing a meeting of officials at his office here yesterday and asked Nirmithi Kendra chief Manjunath to prepare an action plan for Rs. 2 crore that would include information…
Bengaluru: Kannada film actor Kashinath (67), who became famous for double entendres and gave a different dimension to Kannada film industry, passed away this morning. He was suffering from cancer. He was admitted to Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital two days ago where he breathed his last this morning. He is survived by his wife and…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC [Continued from Jan. 11] The second festival which we had the privilege to watch during our brief stay in the US was ‘The Thanksgiving’ similar to our Pongal or Sankranti. It is celebrated on the 4th Thursday in the month of November. In 1863, in the midst of…
The Environment, the Forests, the Landscape and the very future of Kodagu and its people are at stake due to the proposals for two destructive projects of Railways and four Multi-lane National Highways through Kodagu. With the felling of lakhs of trees across Kodagu, the death of River Cauvery will be only a matter of…
Bengaluru, Jan.18- The State Cabinet yesterday approved a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe all the cases related to illegal mining of iron ore that the CBI said it could not find evidence in. The Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddharamaiah accepted the recommendation of the Cabinet subcommittee, headed by Rural Development and Panchayat…
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