Mysuru: Budding writer and Marimallappa PU College student M.S. Arjun has been selected to chair the one-day District Children’s Literary Meet to be organised by the District Kannada Sahitya Parishat at Kalamandira here on Sept. 12. Arjun is the son of M.S. Shivakumar and S.H. Latha couple of Malaganakere in Periyapatna Taluk. Arjun had earlier…
Balachandra Jarkiholi is KMF Chairman
August 31, 2019Bengaluru: Arabhavi BJP MLA Balachandra Jarkiholi was elected unopposed as the new Chairman of Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) here this afternoon. The Chairman’s post was a bone of contention between the BJP Government and former PWD Minister H.D. Revanna of the JD(S), as Revanna had eyed the key post after the collapse of the JD(S)-Congress…
Chidambaram to remain in CBI custody till Monday
August 31, 2019New Delhi: A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Court yesterday extended the Police custody of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram till Sept.2 in the INX Media case. On Monday, the Supreme Court (SC) will also hear the plea by Chidambaram challenging the remand order by the CBI Court. The order was passed by Special…
Folklore Council Chairman demands setting up of Tribal Academy
August 31, 2019Mysuru: Karnataka Janapada Parishat Chairman Dr. S. Balaji has urged the Government to set up an Exclusive Tribal Academy. He was speaking at the ‘World Tribal Day’ organised by Mysuru District Kannada Janapada Parishat at Government First Grade College, Kuvempunagar here yesterday. Alleging that the Governments were ignoring Tribal communities, Dr. Balaji said that although…
ACB public contact programme
August 31, 2019Mysuru: In a move aimed at moving closer to the public, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) will be conducting a public contact programme at its offices in all taluks of the district from Sept.17 to 23 on different dates, the details of which are as follows: Sept.17: Hunsur, Hanagudu and Bettadapura; Sept.18: Periyapatna; Sept.19: K.R….
S.R. Vishwanath is CM’s Political Secretary
August 31, 2019Bengaluru: Yalahanka BJP MLA S.R. Vishwanath has been appointed as the Chief Minister’s Political Secretary. The post carries the status of a Cabinet Minister. S.R. Vishwanath has been rewarded for his behind the scene efforts in the formation of BJP Government in the State. Mohan Limbikai is Legal Advisor: In another significant appointment, former MLC…
Burglar arrested: Gold jewellery worth Rs.1.7 lakh recovered
August 31, 2019Mysuru: The CCB Police, who arrested a burglar, have recovered 44gm of stolen gold jewellery worth Rs.1.7 lakh from him. Naushat, 35, a resident of Farm Colony in Ghousianagar of the city, is the one who is arrested. Acting on a tip off, the CCB sleuths rounded up Naushat when he was trying to sell…
Unidentified body found
August 31, 2019Mysuru: The body of an unidentified elderly man aged about 70-80 years was found in a Railway Coach at the City Railway Station recently. The man is 5 ft. in height, brownish in complexion, oval faced and lean built. The kith and kin, if any, can contact Mysuru Railway Police on Ph: 0821-2516579.
PM to visit State on Sept.7
August 31, 2019Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the State on Sept.7, according to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. Speaking after paying tributes to the portrait of Hockey legend Dhyanchand as part of ‘Fit India’ campaign programme held in front of Vidhana Soudha on Thursday, Yediyurappa said that he will seek funds for flood relief from the…
Employment-emolument equation
August 31, 2019Payment for work in cash or kind and employment with salary are written about copiously by cognoscenti viewing the connect between work and compensation through the prism of justice to both employer fraternity and employee. Government as the employer and babudom as employee are engaging one another in an unending interaction, the former pretending to…















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