Madikeri: A courtesy meeting between Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and Senior JD(S) leader M.C. Nanaiah, who has adopted a politically neutral stand, has given rise to numerous speculation in this tiny coffee district of Kodagu. The meeting took place at Nanaiah’s house yesterday and the CM took time to meet the veteran politician and former Minister…
Tanveer Sait gets death threat
January 10, 2018Mysuru: Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait has received a death threat message on his cell phone from an anonymous sender. Following death threat, Sait has lodged a written complaint with the Home Minister and State DG&IGP, seeking appropriate action against the person who sent the message. Following the threat, security has been spruced…
Pet Talk
January 10, 2018By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains about animals and birds’ smartness Human beings think they are smarter than all animals because they can use tools. Can any animal use tools as well? Almost every animal. And it has taken the human thousands of years to realise that, so that makes us…
Davanagere youth detained for sharing Bhyrappa’s novel via mobile app
January 10, 2018Mysuru: A youth from Davanagere was detained by the Mysuru Police for reportedly making available Saraswathi Samman recipient S.L. Bhyrappa’s acclaimed Kannada novel ‘Uttarakaanda’ online through a mobile app. According to the Police, the youth, a student in his 20s, had taken photographs of each of the 330-plus pages of the novel, which retells the…
Problem getting sleep at night?
January 10, 2018New York: Studies have found a link between low levels of magnesium, an essential mineral that plays a crucial role in a wide range of bodily processes, and sleep disorders. But if you are concerned you aren’t getting enough magnesium, changing your diet may be a better option than taking a supplement, as “there is…
Illegal land sanction: ACB registers FIR against former Dy.CM R. Ashok
January 10, 2018Bengaluru: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered an FIR against senior BJP leader and former Deputy CM R. Ashok on charges of illegal allocation of land, when he headed the Bengaluru South Taluk Bagair Hukum Land Regularisation Committee from 1998 to 2006. The FIR states that R. Ashok is one of the main beneficiaries…
Four women thieves arrested: Rs. 39,166 cash recovered
January 10, 2018Mysuru: Devaraja Police, on Jan.8, have arrested four women on charges of stealing Rs. 40,100 cash from a vanity bag at a textiles shop in city and have recovered Rs.39,166 cash from them. The arrested have been identified as 24-year-old Sumathi, 26-year-old Lakshmi and 24-year-old Priya of Selam city in Tamil Nadu and 24-year-old Aaraayi…
Exhibition Authority CEO asks departments to vacate their stalls
January 10, 2018Mysuru: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) has asked officials of State and Central Departments, Zilla Panchayats, Boards and Corporations to vacate their stalls set up during Dasara at the Dasara Exhibition Grounds here. In a press release, the CEO has stated that the Dasara Exhibition Grounds has been reserved for various…
Nanjangud Mini Vidhana Soudha inauguration tomorrow
January 10, 2018Nanjangud: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah will inaugurate the newly-constructed Mini Vidhana Soudha in the town at 1.30 pm tomorrow (Jan.11). The new Mini Vidhana Soudha, which has come up on Nanjangud-Ooty Road in three acre area, is constructed by Bengaluru based R.N.R. construction company at a cost of Rs. 12 crore. The new building will house…
Law College for Chamarajanagar soon
January 10, 2018Gundlupet: District In-Charge Minister Dr. Geetha Mahadevaprasad has disclosed that a Law College has been sanctioned for Chamarajanagar which will come up soon. She was speaking after inaugurating a pure drinking water unit at Beratahalli village in the taluk yesterday. Dr. Geetha Mahadevaprasad observed that the salt content in drinking water was high which was resulting…















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