Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has refused to stay the State’s Tipu Jayanti celebrations on Nov. 10. A Division Bench of the High Court, hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) this morning, refused to stay the celebrations. The PIL was filed by Kokkalemada P. Manju Chinnappa from South Kodagu challenging the celebration of Tipu Jayanti…
New Delhi: In a bid to revamp the cash-starved Indian Railways, the fares of 48 Express and Mail trains have been increased. According to the new time-table released on Nov. 1, these new trains have been upgraded to ‘superfast’ trains, simply by raising their designated average speed by 5 km. However, no additional amenities are…
Mysuru: The State Government will soon sanction Kanaka Bhavan for city. This was disclosed by District in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa after inaugurating the stage programme organised by District Administration at Kalamandira here yesterday to mark 530th Kanakadasa Jayanti. Dr. Mahadevappa said that the matter would be discussed with the Chief Minister and asked officials…
Virajpet: Seeking resignation of Bengaluru Development Minister K.J. George (former Home Minister) over the CBI registering a case against him and two IPS officers in connection with the suicide of Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy, the JD(S) staged a day-night stir in the town yesterday. Addressing the protesters, JD(S) Kodagu District President M. Sanketh Poovaiah said that…
Bengaluru: Prajwal Revanna, son of former Minister and Senior JD(S) leader H.D. Revanna, is likely to contest the 2018 Assembly Polls. Speaking to press persons here yesterday, Prajwal’s mother Bhavani Revanna said that Prajwal may contest from Rajarajeshwarinagar seat in Bengaluru. Maintaining that she was making this statement after JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda has…
Mysuru: Neelamani N. Raju, the first woman Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG and IGP) of Karnataka will appoint Mysuru Superintendent of Police Ravi D. Channannavar as the Nodal Officer to make all Police Stations in Karnataka “people-friendly.” The announcement was made yesterday in city where the DG and IGP held a meeting…
Mysuru: Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanveer Sait inaugurated a specified category children’s school near the bifurcated Maharaja’s PU College in Nazarbad here on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, Sait said that the three-storeyed school has been built at a cost of Rs.1.53 crore under the Sarva Shikshana Abhiyaan. Pointing out that the school…
Gonikoppal: Miscreants have set fire to the house of Dr. Gowramma, a gynaecologist of repute at Gonikoppal in South Kodagu. Valuables including property documents have been destroyed in the fire. The incident that occurred on the morning of Oct. 17 came to light yesterday when Dr. Gowramma who came home after visiting her daughter in…
H.D. Kote: A tigress which had strayed into Karapura Kabini River Lodge (Jungle Lodge) coming under Nagarahole Wildlife Sanctuary is said to have moved back into the forest. According to sources, the tiger walked back into the forest in the wee hours of yesterday and its exit was tracked by the images captured in camera traps…
Abdul Karim Telgi’s passing away should remind us that only in India are criminals so creative. Legends like Chicago’s Al Capone and the Sicilian “families” of New York’s gangsterdom got the limelight because of films and books. But they were run-of-the-mill killers and looters. No originality. Only in India did criminals develop the imagination to…
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