Celebration to be called ‘Mahishotsava’ instead of ‘Mahisha Dasara’, says Urilinga Peddi Mutt Seer Mysore/Mysuru: Even as Chief Minister Siddharamaiah clarified that the State Government has never officially celebrated ‘Mahisha Dasara’ and it is at the discretion of the District Administration to allow or cancel its celebration, a delegation from the BJP met City Police…
Increase Karnataka’s forest cover to 33%: CM
October 8, 202369th Wildlife Week concludes, people striving to save green cover felicitated Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah urged the Forest Department to take measures to increase the forest cover from the current 22 percent to the recommended 33 percent. He emphasised that conserving forest areas and wildlife is a collective responsibility, and the Forest Department plays a…
CM inaugurates Basava Jayanti
October 7, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah inaugurated the two-day Basava Jayanti celebrations at Kalamandira in city this morning by offering floral tributes to the bust of Lord Basaveshwara. Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji graced the occasion. Mysuru District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre, MLAs Tanveer Sait, T.S. Srivatsa, H.M. Ganesh Prasad and Darshan…
State demands Rs. 4,860 cr. from Centre for drought relief
October 7, 2023Govt. never celebrated Mahisha Dasara: CM Mysore/Mysuru: With the State reeling under drought due to failure of monsoon rains, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah said that the State has sought Rs. 4,860 crore as drought relief under NDRF norms from the Centre. Speaking to press persons after arriving from Bengaluru by a special flight at Mysore Airport…
CM to inaugurate Basava Jayanti in city tomorrow
October 6, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: “Basava Jayanti will be celebrated on Oct. 7and 8 at Kalamandira in city, under the joint aegis of Akhila Bharata Veerashaiva – Lingayat Mahasabha, Veerashaiva-Lingayat Associations and Organisations and Federation of Basava Balaga, ” said Basava Jayanti Programme Committee President M. Chandrashekar. Addressing media persons at Patrakarthara Bhavan in city yesterday, Chandrashekar said that…
CM assures old age pension hike in next budget
October 3, 2023Bengaluru: In some good news for elderly persons, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah said that old age pension will be hiked in the next budget. He was speaking at the Senior Citizens Day celebration organised jointly by Women and Child Development Department and the Department for Empowerment of Differently abled and Senior Citizens at Ravindra Kalakshetra in…
Chamarajanagar oxygen tragedy | Family members of COVID victims to get Government job: CM
September 30, 2023Chamarajanagar: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has assured of Government job to a family member of each of the 36 COVID patients, who allegedly died for want of oxygen at Chamarajanagar District Hospital in May 2021 after considering it as a special case. The CM gave this assurance at the progress review meeting held at the ZP…
Scrapping of NEP will hurt children of poor and middle class families: Ravindra Reshme
September 29, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The scrapping of the National Education Policy-2020 (NEP-2020) by the State Government is going to badly affect children from poor and middle class families, senior Journalist and Critic Ravindra Reshme said here yesterday. Alluding to Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s statement that he would not accept the NEP-2020, Ravindra Reshme said that Siddharamaiah was one who…
Act tough against fake news on social media: CM
September 27, 2023Passing Out Parade of 37th batch of Probationary Dy.SPs held at KPA, Mysuru; Sneha Raj receives Overall Best Probationer trophy Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has categorically instructed the Police to act tough against those spreading fake news on social media. The CM addressed the gathering, after receiving the guard of honour, during the Passing Out…
CM seeks God’s blessings for rains
September 27, 2023Chamarajanagar: Holding mass prayers for good rains is nothing new in India. People have done everything from frog weddings to dog weddings to please rain gods. Experiencing drought-like conditions across the State and at the same time forced to comply with the orders of the Courts and water regulatory authorities to release Cauvery water to…
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