Mysore: Zilla Panchayat President M Mahadevu presented a budget worth Rs 920.05 crore, here, on Tuesday. As per the budget for the year 2014-15, a lion’s share of the funds has been kept aside to improve educational facilities in the district. Apart from it, funds have been allotted to improve sanitation, agriculture, irrigation and health […]
Mysore: The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) here will embark on a mega project to document nearly 500 endangered languages in the country, each spoken by less than 10,000 people. It has been approved in principle by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. The CIIL will collaborate with universities and institutes. Speaking to The […]
Mysore: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday said the Congress’ candidates for the Lok Sabha elections would be announced in the first week of March. “The names of a couple of Ministers have been recommended to the high command after they expressed interest to contest the polls,” Mr. Siddaramaiah said. Asked if MLAs and MLCs too […]
Mysore: The foundation stone for the first phase of the Chikmagalur-Sakleshpur (47 km) new broad-gauge rail line, in the Mysore Division of the South Western Railway, will be laid on Sunday. This is a step closer to the completion of the Chikmagalur-Belur-Sakleshpur rail line project sanctioned during 1996–97. While the first phase of the work, […]
Mysore: The authorities monitoring water distribution in Mysore do not foresee a water crisis in the city this summer, as both the Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS) and Kabini reservoirs, the two main sources of drinking water for the region, have sufficient storage. For several decades, Mysore’s drinking water came from the Cauvery via KRS reservoir. The […]
Mysore: A tigress was found dead five kilometers outside the Nagarahole tiger reserve on Saturday. It is suspected to have died due to blood poisoning owing to bullet wound it had suffered some time back. The death of the six years old tigress exposes the threat the big cats are facing on the forest fringes. […]
Mysore: BJP leader and former Minister S.A. Ramdas has sought a high-level inquiry into the allegations made by a woman against him. In a letter to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, dated February 14, copies of which were released to the media here on Sunday, Mr. Ramdas said, “Her charges were politically motivated.” He added that her […]
Mysore: ID cards having the rate charts for the service offered will be soon issued to the porters in the city railway station, said, Chairman of Railway Passengers Amenities Committee Chalavadi T Narayan Swamy, here on Thursday. Addressing the media after inspecting the facilities at the station, Narayan Swamy said that there were 57 porters in […]
Mysore: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday clarified that his government has no plans to take over religious maths or interfere in their affairs. Speaking after inaugurating a guesthouse at Sri Suttur Kshetra near here, Mr. Siddaramaiah denied reports that his government was contemplating taking control of some prominent maths and appoint administrative officers for them. […]
Mysore : Upa Lokayukta (II) Justice Subhash B Adi on Friday took to task the officials of Revenue department for being errant in discharging their duties. This follows a series of such cases that came up for hearing at the public complaints and disposal meeting held at Police Bhavan in the city. In a case, the […]
