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…
Piyush Goyal-H.D. Deve Gowda meeting raises speculations on BJP-JD(S) tie up
December 30, 2017Bengaluru: The recent meeting between Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and former PM & JD(S) supremo H.D. Deve Gowda, has given rise to speculations of a possible tie up between the BJP and the JD(S) in case of a hung Assembly in the 2018 polls. H.D. Deve Gowda had sought an appointment with the Union…
Thalassery-Kodagu-Mysuru Railway Line: No decision yet on project, Minister tells Lok Sabha
December 28, 2017New Delhi: The Centre has clarified that no decision has been taken till date on the new Railway line that will connect Thalassery and Mysuru, cutting through the reserve forests and protected areas of Kodagu and Mysuru districts. Making a submission in the Lok Sabha on this project that has generated widespread resentment and agitation…
Piyush Goyal to flag off electric train between Mysuru and Bengaluru ?
December 21, 2017Mysuru: Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal will flag off the electric trains between Bengaluru and Mysuru on Dec. 26. The date for the inauguration of electric trains had been decided following the completion of track electrification work by the Central Organisation for Rail Electrification (CORE), Allahabad, according to reports. However, when Star of Mysore contacted…
In BJP, positions are decided on merit, not on surname: Piyush Goyal
August 29, 2017Are the winds of change blowing across the country? Every time when a young Union Minister visits our city, Mysuru, this thought gets reinforced. Each one of them is Prime Minister Modi’s acolyte and a potential PM material. The charming, erudite, scholarly, intelligent, down-to-earth Piyush Goyal, Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal,…
Piyush Goyal invokes Sir MV’s name to connect with Mysureans
August 19, 2017Mysuru: Invoking the name of Engineer-Statesman Sir M. Visvesvaraya (MV), who was the first architect of modern India and strongly believed in skill India and a developed country, Union Minister of State for Energy, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines (with Independent Charge), Piyush Goyal, instantly connected with the intellectuals of the city. He…
City girl wins Minister’s heart
August 19, 2017Mysuru: The moment Union Minister Piyush Goyal came to know that a city girl had built two toilets for girls in a school in the outskirts of city, he sought her out and felicitated her at the interaction session here yesterday. Singling out Megha Kochar for her contribution to Swachh Bharat Mission, he said that…
Piyush Goyal visits Palace
August 19, 2017Mysuru: Union Minister Piyush Goyal, who was in city on a one-day tour, visited the Mysore Palace last evening. He was received by Palace Board Deputy Director Dr. T.S. Subramanya, who also felicitated him with a shawl, garland and Mysuru Peta. The Minister spent about an hour at the Palace and expressed his happiness over…
“Make a pledge to regain ‘Clean City top spot’ for Mysuru”
August 19, 2017Mysuru: Union Minister of State for Energy, Piyush Goel asked the citizens of Mysuru to work hard to regain the top spot as the cleanest city in the country, which it had lost this year. He was speaking after visiting Basavanagudi in Hebbal Colony and interacting with the residents of the Dalit Colony and taking…
Piyush Predicts New India in 2022
August 18, 2017Mysuru: Union Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines Piyush Goyal arrived in city for the first time this morning and in his message to the public, he said that a New India would emerge in 2022 under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Piyush Goyal,…
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