Mysuru: The Government-constituted Selection Committee seems to have goofed up on the Rajyotsava Awardees list as the city’s renowned folk scholar Dr. P.K. Rajashekar has been selected for the honour for the second time under the same category. Dr. Rajashekar had bagged the Kannada Rajyotsava Award for the first time in 2005 under folklore category….
Rajyotsava: Dist. Minister to unfurl Kannada Flag
October 31, 2017Mysuru: The District Administration will be celebrating Kannada Rajyotsava tomorrow on a grand scale. Puja will be offered to Goddess Bhuvaneshwari at the temple in Palace premises at 8.30 am. The Kannada Flag will be hoisted by District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa in front of Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple, Palace North Gate, at 9 am. The…
‘Real Star’ Upendra launches new political party
October 31, 2017Bengaluru: Even as two top actors from Tamil Nadu — Kamal Hasan and Rajinikanth — are keeping people guessing on whether they will enter politics, Kannada’s “Real Star” Upendra took a real plunge into politics with the launch of ‘Karnataka Prajnavantha Janata Paksha’ (KPJP) in Bengaluru this morning. KPJP was launched today amidst cheers from…
Kurubarahalli Sy. No. 4 and Alanahalli Sy. No. 41: With no help from CM, residents to seek help from the Law Court
October 31, 2017If this is a responsible Government, a Government with a human face, should the citizens go to a Court of Law for Justice? Mysuru: The assurances of the State Government regarding the exclusion of ‘B-Kharab’ (Government land) classification from Kurubarahalli Survey No. 4 and Alanahalli Survey No. 41 is full of hypocrisy, alleged B.P. Manjunath,…
Codava National Council to take out ‘Delhi Chalo’ tomorrow
October 31, 2017Mysuru: Codava National Council (CNC) is organising a ‘Delhi Chalo’ march tomorrow (Nov.1) urging for a separate ‘Codava land’, Constitutional amendment and other demands, said its President N.U. Nachappa. He was addressing a press conference at Pathrakartara Bhavan here yesterday. CNC has been organising Delhi Chalo for the last 21 years pressing implementation of their…
Houses built on govt., private lands in hamlets to be regularised
October 31, 2017Bengaluru: The State Government has decided to regularise the houses built on Government and private lands in hamlets including Gollarahatti, Lambani Thanda, Kurubarahatti, Nayakarahatti and residential lines inside plantations. A Govt. order has been issued in this regard and rules have been framed in such a way that they provide vesting of land ownership to…
Police get clue of Gauri Lankesh killers?
October 31, 2017Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is investigating the murder of Journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead in front of her house at Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bengaluru on Sept.5, is said to have got some clue of the killers. The murderers are said to be professional killers, who are involved in over 25 killings,…
State gets first woman Police Chief
October 31, 2017Bengaluru: The State Government this afternoon appointed Senior IPS Officer Neelamani N. Raju as the Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP). She is the first woman IPS officer to occupy the top Police post in Karnataka. A 1983-batch officer, Neelamani has served in Central Intelligence agencies. The officer was on Central deputation for…
Addl. Chief Secretary directs Officers to complete pending works before Dec.
October 31, 2017Mysuru: Additional Chief Secretary M. Lakshminarayana has directed the officials of all departments to achieve physical and financial targets set to complete work by December-end as the election code of conduct could be imposed early next year. He directed the officials to see to it that all those pending works that are at present moving…
China rises to new heights as Xi decimates his rivals and keeps people under extensive surveillance
October 31, 2017By T.J.S. George Faster than expected, China’s dominant duo became a trio with Xi Jinping promoting himself to the rank of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping. Mao kept China in “continuous revolution” complete with upheavals, violence and famine. Deng transformed the nation with the modernising touch of capitalism, which he camouflaged as “socialism with Chinese…
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