Bengaluru: With the State Assembly polls likely to take place in the first week of May, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has begun preparations in right earnest, with an ECI team arriving in the State capital yesterday. The ECI team, headed by senior official Umesh Sinha, comprises of other officials namely — Sandeep Saxena,…
Hunsur: An incident of a youth assaulting two auto drivers with a machete and injuring them seriously has been reported from Mururamma Layout here last night. While the injured have been identified as Chandrashekar and Suresh, the youth who assaulted them has been identified as Avinash, who is absconding. The injured are undergoing treatment at…
Mysuru: A week after the Government announced the reservation matrix for Mayoral polls, the in-Charge Mysuru Regional Commission M.V. Jayanti yesterday announced that the Mysuru Mayor and Deputy Mayor election will take place on Jan.24. As per the special gazette notification issued by the Urban Development Secretarial on Jan.1, the Mayor’s post is reserved for…
Mysuru: With the BJP’s State-wide ‘Parivartana Yatra’ scheduled to arrive in city on Jan.25, city BJP leaders held a meeting at the party office in Nazarbad yesterday to review the preparations for the Jan.25 rally in city. Addressing the meeting, senior BJP leader M.V. Ravishankar said that the ‘Parivartana Yatra’ will take place at Maharaja’s…
By TJS George There’s something about royalty that excites the popular mind. Thailand’s Bhumibol Adulyadej reigned from 1946 to 2016 to become the world’s longest reigning monarch; he was so popular that when he died, Thais wept. Japan’s ruling Emperor Akihito, the 125th in history’s longest royal line (beginning from 660 BCE), has got permission…
Mysuru: Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has invited applications for allotment of CA (Civic Amenities) sites in different layouts of the city. MUDA Chairman D. Dhruvakumar said that the MUDA has issued a notification inviting applications from deserving Associations/ organisations and Trusts for allotment of sites. The notification has also been posted in the MUDA…
By Addanda C. Cariappa This is the story of Kodagu and its original inhabitants in Kodagu who are facing the threat of losing their unique identity. The story also explains the actions of the powerful people who are the cause for it. Outwardly, Kodagu appears to be a beautiful, splendid place full of natural richness….
Madikeri: “The requisition for granting taluk status to Ponnampet and Kushalnagar has come recently which will be examined,” said Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. He was addressing the Congress Government’s ‘Sadhana Samavesha’ at Crystal Court Hall in Madikeri this morning. Referring to BJP National President Amit Shah’s recent visit to Bengaluru, Siddharamaiah said that it was just…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan The Indian Theatre staged the play ‘Bheemannana Maga’ at Kalamandira in city on Dec.27. The play is based on Raghavendra Bhimsen Joshi’s ‘Gaanaaraachye pora Atmakathana’ translated into Kannada from Marathi by Shubhada Aminabhavi. The play is an autobiography of Raghavendra Joshi, son of Bhimsen Joshi and also a biography of the…
Mysuru: State JD(S) President H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) suggested to the industrialists to set up a Co-operative Bank for themselves instead of seeking loans from Nationalised Banks. He was addressing a gathering of industrialists, businessmen and traders at an interaction session organised by Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), at Jnanasarovara International Residential School…
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