New Delhi: Leading home-grown brand Karbonn Mobiles and Bharti Airtel (‘Airtel’), yesterday in a press statement revealed that they had collaborated to bring in new affordable smartphone as part of Airtel’s ‘Mera Pehla 4G Smartphone’ initiative. The offer from Airtel comes at a time when the Reliance Jio 4G feature phone has barely started shipping….
Rahul Gandhi accidentally enters ladies’ toilet in Gujarat!
October 12, 2017‘Chhota Udaipur (Gujarat): AICC Vice-President Rahul Gandhi is creating ripples all across Gujarat with his witty one-liners criticising the Modi-Government. His campaign was free of his infamous gaffes until today, when he accidentally entered a ladies’ toilet in Chhota Udaipur district. Rahul was in the district for his ‘Samvad’ event to interact with young people….
Gone Away: To Germany & Austria – 3: A Day Out looking at Down Town Berlin
October 12, 2017[Continued from Oct. 9] Our Berlin tour guide’s arrival at our hotel in a taxi, a grand Mercedes Benz Van, was conveyed to me from the front desk through intercom promptly. We descended from our fourth-floor room and there he was. Tall, grinning from molar to molar. While shaking hands, we said, “Sorry, we are…
Captured tigresses may not return to wild
October 12, 2017Mysuru: Two tigresses which were captured in Hediyala Forest Range and Antharasanthe Forest Range and undergoing treatment at Mysuru Zoo may not return to the wild. The two wild cats are suffering from dental attrition (Dental attrition is a type of tooth wear caused by tooth-to-tooth contact, resulting in loss of tooth tissue, usually starting…
German Press closure move: Employees on indefinite stir
October 12, 2017Mysuru: Employees of the iconic German Press at Siddarthanagar in city are up in arms against the Union Government for its move to close the press to promote textbook printing presses in North India. The employees, under the banner of German Press Employees Association, have been protesting the government move and have alleged step-motherly treatment…
New Year gift to poor in State: Indira Canteens across Karnataka from Jan. 1
October 12, 2017Bengaluru: The State’s highly ambitious programme to help the poor and the labour force to consume food at cheap cost by setting up Indira Canteens has got further fillip. As a New Year gift to the people, it will start functioning all over the State from January 1, 2018. Apart from this, as there is…
Now, Prajwal hints at ‘bucket culture’
October 12, 2017Bengaluru: JD(S) youth leader and son of JD(S) leader H.D. Revanna, Prajwal Revanna who had recently left his party red-faced with his ‘suitcase culture’ statement, has now hinted at the prevalence of ‘bucket culture’ in the party. He has also indirectly expressed his desire to contest from Rajarajeshwarinagar (R.R. Nagar) constituency in Bengaluru. Addressing a…
Home Minister in city
October 12, 2017Mysuru: In his first visit to Mysuru after becoming the Karnataka Home Minister, R. Ramalinga Reddy today held a review meeting with Police officers from Mysuru, Mandya, Chamarajanagar, Hassan and Kodagu. The five districts together form the Southern Range. The Home Minister, accompanied by Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Alok Mohan, arrived…
Dilapidated building collapses, demolished
October 12, 2017Mysuru: A portion of an old building, belonging to Lingoji Rao Ram Rao Uttarkar Trust, on Dewan’s Road, Sonar Street Cross, opposite Gokul Finance in Chamaraja Mohalla, which had weakened due to recent rains collapsed this morning forcing the Police to instruct the Trust authorities to demolish the building to prevent fatalities. Luckily no one…
ACB raids KPTCL SE’s residence in city
October 12, 2017Mysuru: Officials of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) yesterday raided the residence of KPTCL Superintendent Engineer (SE) Ravishankar at Vasu Layout in Ramakrishnanagar in city. The officials are said to have seized several documents pertaining to some properties. Ravishankar is close to an influential Minister, according to sources.















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