Bengaluru: Senior Forest Department officers from Kerala are meeting their counterparts in Bengaluru today to discuss the opening of night traffic from Mysuru to Kerala via Bandipur. They are also discussing the proposal to construct an underground tunnel on the stretch to facilitate the movement of traffic. The meeting began at 11.30 am at Aranya…
Kozhikode/Madikeri: Even as the concerned people and Green Groups of Kodagu are vehemently opposing the two Railway Lines (Thalassery-Mysuru via South Kodagu and Hunsur-Periyapatna-Kushalnagar-Madikeri-Mangaluru) cutting across the ecologically sensitive district, the Railway line to Thalassery seems to become a reality soon with the Union Government according in-principle approval to the long-pending Thalassery-Mysuru rail line project…
Mysuru: The phrase “caught between the devil and the deep sea” can best explain the situation of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) which on one hand is trying to get recognition from the University Grants Commission (UGC) and on the other has to compensate students for the loss of their academic years. As if the…
By Kambeyanda Sunil Biddappa, Retired Senior Vice-President, ITC Ltd., Mysuru The proposed Railway line from Thalassery to Mysuru, cutting across South Kodagu, is not only an ecological disaster but also profoundly impacts the socio-economic and the cultural landscape of Kodagu and its people. Kerala, with its burgeoning population, has facilitated the migration of lakhs of…
Thiruvananthapuram: The CPI(M)-led Kerala government yesterday decided to raise the minimum age for consuming liquor from 21 to 23. The government will make suitable amendments to the existing liquor policy and bring an ordinance for this. When the government came to power in 2016, it had diluted the liquor policy of the previous Congress-led regime…
Mattanur (Kerala): With over 85% of the works of the Kannur International Airport at Mattanur in Kerala bordering Kodagu district being completed, the works of passenger terminal building is under progress and is expected to be completed by the end of January 2018. Flight services are likely to commence from September 2018. The new airport…
Kozhikode/Bengaluru: After prolonged difference of opinion on the proposed Thalassery-Mysuru railway line, the Kerala and Karnataka governments have agreed to conduct a survey before preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) on the revised Thalassery-Mysuru line via Manandavadi in Kerala. The railway line will pass through Koothuparamba, Manandavadi, Kutta, Kanoor, Balele, and Thithimathi to reach Mysuru….
By T.J.S. George These are unusual days no doubt. But how unusual can unusualness get? Can the murder of Mahatma Gandhi be enacted again to show that he was not killed by the man who killed him? Can a propaganda war, however elaborate, really convince anyone that mass killings of migrant workers are taking place…
By Pavan Murthy Though there are many government policies preventing middlemen from exploiting farmers, they have remained in paper without making any difference in local markets. They continue to fleece farmers and pocket most of the profits while farmers return almost empty handed though they toil year-round in their fields. A silent revolution is happening…
Mysuru: To promote tourism and create awareness among people of city on various tourist spots in Kerala, the Department of Tourism, Government of Kerala, had organised a press meet at J.P. Fortune Palace in Nazarbad here this morning. Briefing the press persons, Kerala Tourism Information Officer Shine said that similar programmes have been held at…
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