Gandhinagar: Vijay Rupani, 61, took oath as the Gujarat Chief Minister here this morning, at a ceremony that doubled as a massive show of strength by the BJP. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who landed in Gandhinagar around 10 am, attended, as did party chief Amit Shah and all Chief Ministers of the BJP. Rupani, who…
WhatsApp to stop working on some platforms after Dec. 31
December 26, 2017San Francisco: Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp will stop support for a number of platforms after Dec.31, 2017. The messaging app will drop support for ‘BlackBerry OS’, ‘BlackBerry 10’, ‘Windows Phone 8.0’ and older platforms from Dec. 31, 2017, if one goes by the company’s blog post. WhatsApp says users on these particular platforms will not…
No political motive behind demand for separate Lingayat Religion tag: Basavaraj Horatti
December 26, 2017Mysuru: Senior MLC and former Minister Basavaraj Horatti, who is also the President of Swatantra Lingayat Dharma Vedike, has asserted that there was no political motive behind the demand for separate Lingayat religion tag. Speaking after inaugurating the Lingayat Cultural Committee at Nataraja Sabhabhavan, Hosamutt, Agrahara in city yesterday, Horatti said that one should not…
Moily calls upon Congressmen to gear up for Assembly polls
December 26, 2017Mysuru: Exhorting Congress activists to gear up for the forth coming Assembly polls, KPCC Poll Manifesto Committee President and former Chief Minister Veerappa Moily, who is also a Current Lok Sabha MP, has expressed the hope that the Congress would retain power in the State, despite campaigns launched by the opposition BJP. Moily was addressing…
Tigress found dead in Bandipur
December 26, 2017Gundlupet: The Forest Department personnel have found a carcass of an eight-year-old tigress at Moolehole Forest Range coming under Bandipur Reserve Forest yesterday. Ruling out the possibility of poaching, Bandipur Project Tiger Director Ambadi Madhav said that the tigress had died about three days ago due to infighting and added that the post mortem reports…
Kodagu-based Merchant Navy Ship Captain dies in road accident
December 26, 2017Madikeri: Allaranda Achal Bopanna (35), Captain of a Merchant Navy Ship and son of late Allaranda Ganapathy and a native of Bollumadu, who had come to his native place on a vacation, was killed in a road accident near Badaga village last evening. He leaves behind his wife Spoorthi, four-month-old baby boy and a host…
Abuse of Law against our own meek people and Intelligence Agencies
December 26, 2017Tale of two typical cases “The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog’ — Mark Twain Reading daily newspapers and watching TV channels, specially TV9, I get a feeling that a violent and greedy minority in our society is not going to change despite there being a Police Force, Law Courts…
Mandya MP C.S Puttaraj to lodge complaint against RTI activist
December 26, 2017Mysuru: Accusing RTI activist K.R. Ravindra of making baseless charges against him in connection with alleged illegal stone quarrying, Mandya MP C.S Puttaraju has alleged that Ravindra was making all attempts to tarnish his image. Speaking to press persons here yesterday, Puttaraju claimed that Ravindra was a Congress agent and was acting as per the…
Mysuru Winter Festival: Good response for Makkala Habba
December 26, 2017Mysuru: The Children’s Festival, popularly known as Makala Habba, received good response from the kids and their parents at the ongoing Mysuru Winter Festival-2017. The Children’s Fest was a three-day programme that concluded yesterday at the Palace premises. Kids from various age groups actively took part in art and crafts demonstration, painting, pottery, yoga, spinning…
Mysuru Winter Festival: Vehicle parking facility for Food & Cake Festival from Dec. 27 to 29 at N.R. Choultry
December 26, 2017Mysuru: As part of the ongoing Mysuru Winter Festival, a three-day Food and Cake Festival has been organised from Dec. 27 to 29 at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry on Vinoba Road in city. The City Police have made vehicle parking arrangements at J.K Grounds, Maharani’s Arts and Commerce College premises and on JLB Road for visitors…















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