Mysuru/Bengaluru: Following the revelation of VIP treatment enjoyed by murder accused Sandalwood actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, that came to be known after the photo of the actor chilling with rowdy-sheeters in the precincts of Parappana Agrahara Jail went viral, the Magistrate of 24th Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Court gave approval on Tuesday, for the application…
PM performs yoga in Srinagar, CM in Ballari
June 21, 2024New Delhi/Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the 10th International Day of Yoga (IDY) celebrations at Srinagar. The event, which was scheduled to start at 6.30 am at Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) on the banks of the Dal Lake in Srinagar, was disrupted due to heavy rain. The arrangements were later shifted indoors. This…
Mass funeral held at Ballari
May 30, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Mass funeral of all nine tourists from Ballari, who were killed in the head-on collision between a cab and private bus near Kurbur village on T. Narasipur in the district yesterday, was performed at their native Sangankal village in Ballari district this afternoon. The bodies of the deceased were taken to Sangankal in four…
Iron Ore Mining: 1,000 acres of Forest to be cleared in Ballari
April 22, 2021By Ashvini Ranjan The recent news about one thousand acres of virgin forest in Sandur, Ballari District, being opened up for mining Iron and Manganese Ore by Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. (KIOCL) is shocking to say the least. In all, 99,330 trees are proposed to be felled much against the advice by the Forest…
Kodagu-born IAS Officer appointed as Private Secretary to Union Finance Minister
December 18, 2020Madikeri: The Union Government yesterday approved the appointment of IAS Officer S.S. Nakul as Private Secretary to the Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MoCA) at the level of Deputy Secretary. Incidentally, Nirmala Sitharaman is a Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka. According to an order from the…
446 kilometres on foot: Labourers trudge from Mysuru to Ballari
March 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following the 21-day lockdown, over 50 casual labourers from Ballari have started leaving Mysuru district on foot. These people were working as security guards, daily wage labourers, and construction workers and were involved in other menial jobs since the past three to four months ago in the district. The lockdown, which was imposed all…
Mysuru to get cancer care centre and geriatric unit
February 5, 2020Bengaluru: Cancer treatment Centres will be established in five districts including Mysuru to provide treatment to patients in their own districts. The other districts are Ballari, Shivamogga, Bengaluru and Hubballi. These Centres will be managed by Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology (KMIO), Bengaluru, a Regional Cancer Centre. It is a recognised exclusive tertiary Cancer care…
Bypolls tomorrow for 3 MP and 2 MLA seats
November 2, 2018Mysuru: With the by-election to Mandya, Shivamogga and Ballari (ST) Lok Sabha (LS) seats and Ramanagara and Jamkhandi Assembly seats scheduled to take place tomorrow (Nov. 3), political parties are making last ditch efforts to woo the voters by going on a door-to-door campaign today. The public campaigning ended yesterday. The bypoll to Mandya LS…
City Corporators on study tour in Hubballi, Ballari
August 10, 2017Mysuru: A team of 15 Corporators, representing Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), are on a tour to study other Corporations. They have left the city on Aug. 8 along with Govindappa, a development officer. The Corporators are on a tour to three City Corporations — Hubballi-Dharwad, Vijayapura and Ballari — to witness the best practices followed…
Atta-e-Rasool Conference in Ballari on Mar. 30
March 26, 2017Al Karnataka Meelad-o-Juloos-Rehamath-ul-Alameen Committee, Ballari Branch, Ballari, has organised Attha-e-Rasool Conference at Ranga Mandira, near New Bus Stand, Ballari, on Mar. 30 at 9 pm. Sufi Saint Hazarath Syed Mahamood Ashraf Ashrafi Jeelani, Sajjad-e-Nasheen Khan-e-Kha, Hussaniya, Sarkar-e-Kala Kachucha Shariff Ahmed Abad State & Taj-ul-Ulma, Hazarath Moulana Sha, Syed Mohd. Noorani Miyan Ashrafi Jeelani hailing from…
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