Mysore/Mysuru: District Administration has issued certain guidelines for the candidates who are contesting in the upcoming Gram Panchayat (GP) polls with a view to conduct elections in a free and fair manner. In a press release here, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rohini Sindhuri has said that candidates are not permitted to hold political meetings or functions…
Mysore/Mysuru: The scrutiny of nomination papers filed for the first phase of Gram Panchayat (GP) polls was held yesterday. After the scrutiny, it was found that out of the 7,684 nomination papers filed in the district, 7,416 were found in order, while 268 others were rejected on various grounds. The first phase of GP polls…
Distinguished Alumni awards presented to eight achievers Mysore/Mysuru: Bemoaning neglect of Universities, Prof. K.S. Rangappa, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore (UoM) and Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), wanted the alumni to run Varsities, a practice being widely followed in the Western world. He was speaking as a guest of honour at the 3rd Global Alumni…
Team of officials rush to convince Beechanakuppe villagers who are demanding polling booth since previous LS polls Srirangapatna: Villagers of Beechanakuppe in Srirangapatna Assembly constituency are demanding a new polling booth. This is a long-pending demand and if it is not fulfilled, the villagers have decided to boycott the forthcoming Gram Panchayat (GP) elections. Learning…
Certain Panchayat seats ‘auctioned’ for a price Arali Katte, hotels become centres for parleys After LS polls, Congress and JD(S) rivals again Village elders intervene in fight between aspirants Mandya: Election to the local Government on the basis of symbols of political parties is not held as political parties adversely affect the social cohesion that…
Mysore/Mysuru: Following an accident where a minor boy who was behind the wheels of a car that rammed into a bike killing three persons of a family on Dec. 10 night, a FIR has been registered by NR Traffic Police against an Assistant Sales Manager of a car company located at Hinkal in city, said…
K.R. Pet: Depressed over huge loss in business, a 33-year-old man committed suicide by consuming poison at Valagere Menasa village in the taluk of Mandya district on Saturday. The deceased is Tejas Gowda, Director of Taluk PLD Bank and a BJP leader, who was running a hi-tech Ragi Flour Mill and supplying ragi flour across…
New Delhi: From Jan. 1, 2021, your cheque of a larger amount of Rs 50,000 and above will bounce unless you intimate your bank in advance on drawing up such a cheque. The new system introduces a double check on the cheque transactions. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last week announced a new “Positive…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Karnataka State Brahmin Development Board has invited applications from eligible community students for availing student scholarships under the Board’s Saandeepani Shishyavetana Yojane. Presiding over the Pratibha Puraskar programme for Brahmin community students of five districts (Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan, Chamarajanagar and Kodagu) organised at GSSS Educational Institutions at Siddarthanagar here yesterday, Board Chairman H.S….
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last week, in my article about the book ‘The Colonial Landmarks of Mysuru’ by Gauri Satya, my historian friend, I had made a reference to a most imposing but almost unknown monument built by Dewan Poornaiah to honour his patron Josiah Webbe of the Madras Council, at the spot…
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