Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Department has stalled illegal works of laying interlock tiles and kerb (border) stones atop Chamundi Hill and an FIR has been filed against the violators. A private religious organisation from Coimbatore had resorted to laying interlock tiles and borders on a road near the Nandi Statue. The road leads to a rock…
Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Assembly Elections are around the corner and the Election Commission has begun the process of setting up of strong rooms to store EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) and VVPATs (Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail). Hundreds of skilled workers, government employees, supervisors and contract staff are being used for the strong room design as per…
Banks told to watch transactions Mysore/Mysuru: To ensure general public carrying cash, who will be under scrutiny during election, are not troubled, a Cash Seizure Redressal Committee has been set up to look into unaccounted cash seizures at check-posts and take a call to return the cash, maximum within a week’s time. The Committee, a…
Orator Chakravarthy Sulibele after felicitating artistes, designers of play ‘Tipu Nija Kanasugalu’ Mysore/Mysuru: The play on Tipu Sultan titled ‘Tipu Nija Kanasugalu’ (The Real Dreams of Tipu) produced by theatre repertory Rangayana is a resounding success — with 56 performances — and has drawn thousands of spectators to theatre. The playwright Addanda C. Cariappa, who…
Nanjangud: Nanjangud, popularly known as the Dakshina Kashi (Southern Kashi), was teeming with thousands of devotees who witnessed Lord Srikanteshwaraswamy Dodda Jathra ‘Teppotsava’ (floating festival) at the River Kapila in Nanjangud last evening organised by the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowments Department, Government of Karnataka. As part of the Teppotsava, several puja rituals began…
Names, contact numbers of BLOs painted at every polling booth By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken several innovative steps to ensure 100 percent transparency in voting during the Legislative Assembly elections scheduled on May 10. For the first time, the name and mobile phone numbers of the Booth…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysore Literary Association (MLA) will host a ‘Meet the Author’ event on Apr. 16 (Sunday) at Rotary West Auditorium, Saraswathipuram where the author and former Mysuru City Police Commissioner C. Chandrashekar will speak about his book “Kaveri Dispute – A Historical Perspective.” The event will be held at 11 am and will be…
Chamarajanagar: The Chamarajanagar District Administration has selected Soligara Madamma as Election Ambassador of Chamarajanagar district. The 92-year-old lady belongs to the Soliga Tribal community and she has been honoured with the Rajyotsava award for midwifery and promoting tribal medicine. She lives in Jeerege Doddi village in Hanur Taluk and her story caught the attention of…
Cash Seizure Redressal Committee to look into amounts confiscated at check-posts Mysore/Mysuru: The Static Surveillance Teams and Flying Squads that are monitoring strict implementation of election Model Code of Conduct have seized Rs. 11,79,500 unaccounted cash from Rammanahalli check-post last evening. The cash was being transported in a KSRTC bus heading to Mysuru from Bannur…
Mysore/Mysuru: Senior journalist M.S. Kashinath received Sri Shivarathreeshwara Media Award, instituted by JSS Mahavidyapeetha, at a function organised by Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) at Patrakarthara Bhavan in city this morning. S. Puttasubbappa, Director of Finance Division, JSS Maha-vidyapeetha, presented the award and felicitated Kashinath and his wife Premakumari. University of Mysore (UoM) Vice-Chancellor (VC)…
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