Mysuru: With the State Assembly Polls just a couple of months away, the Election Commission of India (ECI) in association with the State Election Commission (SEC) has organised a 6-week training programme for Returning Officers (ROs) and Assistant Returning Officers (AROs). A total of 600 ROs and AROs from across the State will take part…
Gold bars, Rs. 23 lakh cash at Dalvoy Lake !
January 6, 2018Mysuru: The Dalvoy Lake on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road was a beehive of activity this morning as people came to the Lake in search of gold and cash that had been dumped there by a gang of dacoits. Over 50 people had gathered at the Lake following rumours that dacoits had covered some gold bars and Rs….
City scribes seek ‘Health Fund’ for journos in Budget
January 6, 2018Mysuru: District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa assured the journalists that he would discuss their demand of a separate ‘health fund’ for their fraternity, in the next Budget, with the Chief Minister. He was speaking after releasing the 2018 calendar brought out by Mysuru Photojournalists Association at Rajendra Bhavan in JSS Hospital here yesterday and said…
Safaris to be open during census with changed timings
January 6, 2018Mysuru: The Forest Department that had decided to close wild safaris at Bandipur and Nagarahole during the census from Jan. 7 to 13 has now decided to withdraw the order giving a chance for the tourists to go on such safaris. The Department, in its earlier notification, had said that as there were chances of…
Union Budget Session from January 29
January 6, 2018New Delhi: The Budget Session of Parliament will take place from Jan.29 to Feb.9 while the Union Budget will be presented on Feb.1, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said yesterday. The first phase of the Session will be from Jan.29 to Feb.9. After a recess, Parliament will meet again from Mar.5 to Apr.6, Kumar told…
Prime accused in 1993 RSS office blast case arrested
January 6, 2018Chennai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) yesterday arrested Mushtaq Ahmed, one of the prime suspects in the 1993 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office blast case in Chennai. He had remained elusive for over 24 years. The powerful blast triggered at the State headquarters building of the RSS in Chetpet in Chennai on Aug.8, 1993,…
MCC Commissioner writes to RC on Mayoral polls
January 6, 2018Mysuru: With the Government announcing the Reservation Matrix for the Mayoral polls, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner G. Jagadeesha has written to the Mysuru Regional Commissioner (RC) to announce the poll schedule and hold election to Mayor and Deputy Mayor posts. The Government which reserved the Mayor post to SC (woman) and Deputy Mayor post…
Five-day Sanchalana Children’s Theatre Festival begins
January 6, 2018Mysuru: A five-day “Sanchalana Children’s Theatre Festival,” organised jointly by the Department of Kannada and culture and Niranthara Foundation, commenced yesterday at Kalamandira here. Launching the Festival, MLA G.T. Devegowda opined that the talent, social concern and leadership qualities hidden in children should be brought out through theatre. However, he contended that staging a play…
This Owl will not bring bad luck: Lakkhi-Pencha on display at IGRMS
January 6, 2018Mysuru: In general, owls are viewed as harbingers of bad luck, ill health, or death. But in West Bengal they are given a pride of place as a ritual object. Lakkhi – Pencha, a decorative wooden object resembling an owl, is the Exhibit of the Month under the series by Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya…
First things first
January 6, 2018Pondering over the goings on in public spaces across the country witnessing turmoil pitching the administration at all levels from local to national and the land’s people, senior citizens who have memories of their bygone days decades ago are prompted to recall idioms and proverbs, particularly in Kannada, relevant to decline in the manner of…















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