Dr. N. Chandrashekar (pic. left) of Aadithya Hospital, Gokulam, is seen greeting Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman after handing over a cheque for Rs. one crore towards the Army’s Rehabilitation and Welfare Fund at Hotel Pai Vista in city yesterday. Picture right shows Brahmara Trust’s Madhuri Thathachari handing over a cheque for Rs. five lakh towards…
Mega Meet of BJP Shakti Kendra Pramukhs
March 6, 2019Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to address Mysuru: Blowing the conch ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, over 2,000 BJP activists from Mysuru-Kodagu, Hassan, Mandya and Chamarajanagar LS Constituencies are taking part in the day-long ‘Shakti Kendra Pramukhs’ Meet at JK Grounds in city this morning. Senior BJP leaders V. Sreenivasa Prasad and B.L. Santosh…
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arriving in city tomorrow
March 5, 2019Mysuru: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who will be in Mysuru tomorrow, will address the intellectuals and later interact with them at a programme to be held at Hotel Southern Star on Vinobha Road here at 4 pm. Prior to this, she will release the book “Facets of Terrorism in India” by Mysuru-based author R.N. Kulkarni,…
Nirmala Sitharaman to release former IB Officer’s book in city on Mar.6
March 1, 2019Mysuru: Manthana, Mysuru (Intellectuals Forum), has organised a function on Mar.6 at Hotel Pai Vista in city to release the book “Facets of Terrorism in India” by Mysuru-based author R.N. Kulkarni, Retired Intelligence Bureau (IB) Officer, Government of India. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will release the book at 3 pm while Dr. Sudhendra Hanumanta Rao,…
Kodagu MLAs unhappy with Defence Minister’s attitude
September 3, 2018Talking to Retd. Army Officers on environment instead of discussing devastation Madikeri: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited the flood-affected Kodagu District recently and held a meeting with the environmentalists. However, this meeting led to a confrontation between her and the people’s representatives including District in-Charge Minister S.R. Mahesh, Legislators K.G. Bopaiah, Appachu Ranjan and Sunil…
Ego & Political Blindness
September 1, 2018Our Defence Minister visited Kodagu district to take stock of the situation and see how the Defence personnel were performing. Unfortunately, her visit became more about her ego than about Kodagu disaster. By now we all know about Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s outburst at the press conference. But what caused this? It seems, when the…
Defence Ministry slams S.R. Mahesh for ‘lowering dignity’ of Rajya Sabha
August 26, 2018New Delhi: A day after Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s spat with Karnataka Minister S.R. Mahesh in Kodagu, the Defence Ministry yesterday said that it was unfortunate the way he behaved and described some of his subsequent personal remarks against her are in bad taste. Sitharaman, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka, was…
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visits Kodagu
August 24, 2018Madikeri: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman visited the flood-and-landslide affected areas of Kodagu, especially Madapura and took stock of the measures taken by the Armed Forces in mitigating the sufferings of people. She also visited some relief camps and interacted with flood victims. At a relief camp at Mythri Police Bhavan in Madikeri, she squatted on…
Defence Minister to visit Kodagu tomorrow
August 23, 2018Madikeri: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will visit flood-ravaged Kodagu district tomorrow (Aug. 24) to take stock of the situation. Sitharaman, who is scheduled to arrive at Harangi helipad at 9 am, will visit flood affected Sai Layout and Kuvempu Layout in Kushalnagar town, following which she will inspect landslides at Madapura at 10.15 am and…
Nirmala Sitharaman 2nd woman Defence Minister after Indira Gandhi
September 3, 2017New Delhi: Nirmala Sitharaman, who earlier held the independent charge of the commerce and industry Ministry, has become the first independent woman Defence Minister of India after Indira Gandhi. It is for the first time in 35 years, that the crucial ministry has been given to a woman minister. Before this, then Prime Minister Indira…
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