New Delhi: The dates for the Assembly elections in Karnataka where the ruling Congress is facing a tough challenge from the BJP will be announced around April 15, said Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat. The polls may be held around mid-May. “School board examinations are likely to be over by March-end, and other examinations around…
Lucky bid: City lad buys special edition Royal Enfield
February 27, 2018Mysuru: The Special Edition of Royal Enfield Classic 500 Stealth Black bike, on which NSG Black Cat Commando rode, was delivered to an Infosys employee at a function organised at Aadith Motors on Hunsur Road here recently. Skanda, a Technology Analyst at Infosys, Mysuru, was the lucky person who got the bike. He said: “I…
Mohammed Nalapad in tears; friends perform puja in jail
February 27, 2018Bengaluru: In a huge blow to Mohammed Nalapad Haris and his six-member gang who have been incarcerated in Parappana Agrahara Central Prison following the brutal attack on 24-year-old Vidwath at an upmarket mall in the city last week, the Court yesterday adjourned the bail plea to Tuesday (Feb. 27), and ensured that they will spend…
India ‘in hands of Goondas?’
February 27, 2018By T.J.S. George Justice Katju is known for using language of the extreme kind. But his words hit the bull’s eye last week when he spoke to a regional channel. India, he said, was in the hands of goondas; they must be shot. He recalled how the so-called “aristocrats” were guillotined in the French Revolution. We…
Cauvery verdict unfavourable to us, says Deve Gowda
February 27, 2018Bengaluru: Over ten days after the Supreme Court verdict on the vexed Cauvery dispute, JD(S) patriarch H.D. Deve Gowda yesterday said mere allocation of excess water was not good news for Karnataka as it could neither be diverted beyond the basin nor utilised for crops. He told the media here that though Bengaluru was not…
Girijana Haadis lack drinking water
February 27, 2018Periyapatna: Many Girijana Haadis (Tribal Hamlets) in the taluk have been receiving contaminated drinking water from the past several days and the apathetic attitude of the officials concerned have only compounded the problems of tribals. More than 100 tribals living in Maralukatte Girijana Haadi have been suffering from untold misery as the hamlet has no…
Dy.SP Ganapathy death case: Probe Commission hands over report
February 27, 2018Bengaluru: The Commission of inquiry headed by former High Court Judge K.N. Keshavanarayana that probed the death of Dy. Superintendent of Police M.K. Ganapathy submitted its 320-page report to the State Government yesterday. The Commission was set up in July 2016 after Ganapathy was found hanging in a room at a lodge in Madikeri on…
Former UoM kho-kho player passes away
February 27, 2018Former Mysore University kho-kho player R. Sanjay (40), who was part of the Varsity team that won bronze medal in the All-India Inter-University Championships, passed away at Bengaluru yesterday following cardiac arrest. Son of late Ramprasad, Sanjay leaves behind his mother Vijayalakshmi, wife Bhavani, a sister, a brother and a host of relatives and friends….
ADC holds meeting on availability of land for sanctioned Community Halls
February 27, 2018Mysuru: Additional DC T. Yogesh held a meeting with officials of the Social Welfare, Backward Classes Welfare and Integrated Tribal Welfare Departments, at the ZP Hall here yesterday to discuss allotment of land for sanctioned community Halls (Samudaya Bhavans). At the meeting, the officials apprised the ADC on non-availability of land in their respective jurisdiction…
Illegal transportation of PDS rice bags: Driver arrested, 24 rice bags seized
February 27, 2018Mysuru: N.R. Police, acting on a tip off, have arrested the driver of a goods vehicle on charges of transporting Public Distribution System (PDS) rice bags illegally and have seized 24 bags of PDS rice being transported to Mandya. The arrested driver has been identified as Mohan. On Feb.25, N.R. Sub-Inspector Mohan on receiving information…















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