Bengaluru: Eighteenth Century ruler Tipu Sultan may soon be obliterated from school history textbooks if Karnataka’s BJP Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has his way. The CM has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led State Government will remove any mention of the controversial ruler from all text books as well as cancel celebrations of his birth…
Bengaluru: Government of Karnataka will honour 64 achievers with the prestigious Rajyotsava Award tomorrow (Nov.1) on the occasion of 64th Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations. This is the second highest civilian award in Karnataka after ‘Karnataka Ratna.’ The award, carrying a cash prize of Rs. One Lakh and a 20 gm Gold Medal, will be presented by…
Mysuru: Regretting the slow progress of crop loan scheme in Mysuru district, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha asked banks to have Melas in all Panchayats. He was speaking at the tri-monthly progress review meeting on various Central Government programmes under the Lead Bank Schemes at the ZP Auditorium here yesterday. Maintaining that banks in the district…
CNC to hold demonstration in New Delhi on Nov.1 Mysuru: The Kodavas’ long-standing demand for an Autonomous Development Council for Kodagu received a boost with Rajya Sabha Member Subramanian Swamy backing the move. Swamy has written to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa seeking implementation of the demand. The letter comes in the wake of the Codava…
A contrast of Vasanth Mahal and Karanji Mansion… As I was on my morning walk yesterday at Nazarbad Police Station Circle, the Karanji Vilas Palace (also called Karanji Mansion) that houses the Postal Training Centre of the Union Government attracted my attention. The heritage building seems to be maintained well as the structure has retained…
Mysuru: As per the direction of Suresh C. Angadi, Minister of State for Railways (MoSR) to improve connectivity between two cities of Karnataka, South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, has decided to extend Train No. 17326/17325 Ashokapuram – Hubballi – Ashokapuram Vishwamanava Express up to Belagavi. Suresh Angadi and Laxman S. Savadi, Deputy Chief Minister…
Bengaluru: Mysuru-based senior journalist M.B. Maramkal was yesterday appointed Political Adviser to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. R.S. Shivakumar, Under-Secretary, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Protocol), issued the notification. The post corresponds to the rank of a Cabinet Minister. Maramkal, who resides at Bogadi in Mysuru, had retired as the Assistant Editor of The Times…
Mysuru: Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) to promote innovation culture and to nurture young minds. A local chapter of IIC has been constituted at JSS Science and Technology University (formerly SJCE). The office-bearers and Student Council members of IIC JSS STU have hosted various…
Mysuru: Miscreants, on the pretext of giving a drop to a man from Coimbatore, robbed him of his mobile phone and cash at Vidyaranyapuram on the midnight of Oct. 28. The victim is 50-year-old Rangaswamy who had come to the city to visit his daughter’s house. Rangaswamy, who arrived in city on Oct. 28 midnight…
Mysuru: City’s Agri Scientist Dr. Vasanth Kumar Thimakapura has been invited to attend the Social Business Academia Conference – 2019 to be held at Berlin, Germany, on Nov. 5 and 6, organised by the Yunus Centre. Nobel Laureate Prof. Mohammud Yunus has personally invited Dr. Vasanth Kumar to present his social business model at Berlin…
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