Madikeri: Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman’s release from Pakistan’s custody has once again rekindled the hopes of the families of Indian Prisoners of War (POW) who are still languishing in various Pakistan jails. Among the prisoners is P. Yashwanth from Gonikoppal in Kodagu, who has been confined at Lahore Central Jail. Yashwanth is the son of…
Bengaluru/Mysuru: The High Court on Thursday ordered that emergent notice be issued to Higher Education and Mysuru District Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD) in a case related to delay in election to the officer-bearers of the Mysore and Chamarajanagar District Co-operative Wholesale Traders’ Association. Hearing a writ petition by S. Chandrashekhar and N. Manjunath of Mysuru,…
Bengaluru: The Centre yesterday told the Karnataka High Court that there is no proposal to build a Railway network from Thalassery to Mysuru via Kodagu. A two-Judge Bench headed by acting Chief Justice L. Narayanaswamy and Justice Dinesh Kumar was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filled by Coorg Wild Life Society challenging the Railway…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has stayed the widening of Irwin Road in Mysuru. The stay was issued this morning by Justice Dr. Siddappa Sunil Dutt Yadav. Speaking to Star of Mysore this morning from Bengaluru, Taj Mohammad Khan of Irwin Road Ulisi Horata Samithi said that three Writ Petitions were filed in the High…
Belagavi: The Union Home Department has rejected a request by Karnataka government for use of Kannada language in the High Court and similar requests from some other States had also been rejected, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Krishna Byregowda said. During question hour in the Legislative Council, he said other States like Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court yesterday upheld the imposition of Wealth Tax on 28 acres of land known as ‘Bangalore Palace and its appurtenant lands’ for assessment years 1999-2000 to 2004-05. The assessing authority had fixed Rs. 183.3 crore as Wealth Tax for the land at the rate of Rs. 1,500 per sq. ft. based…
Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday acquitted former Corporator C. Mahadesh alias Avva Madesha and seven of his accomplices in a double murder that took place at Hunsur ten years ago. While four of them are in the prison, four others are on bail. Mahadesh and seven others, including his brother Manju, had allegedly…
Government has to either say Yes or No to the project or it must say that the project is under consideration or underway NOTE: The Railway Ministry’s ‘advice’ to the Kerala government to ‘seek specific approval’ from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to carry out a survey for the proposed Thalassery-Mysuru…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court, on July 6, stayed an order by the Deputy Commissioner of Kodagu preventing river rafting activities in Kodagu. The petition was filed by a rafting licence holder. The District Administration and several licence holders are engaged in legal battles over the issue for the last several months and the Madikeri…
Mysuru: A person from Mysuru has filed a petition in the High Court seeking cancellation of the Deputy Chief Minister’s post on the grounds that there was no such provision in the Constitution. Shehkar S. Iyer, a resident of Mathura Nagar in city in his PIL (Public Interest Litigation), questioned the legality of Dr. G….
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