Mysuru: Demanding action against the security supervisor and holding him responsible for the death of a security guard, members of the Karnataka United Security Workers’ Union, Mysuru District Committee, protested near the main gate of Crawford Hall, the administrative block of the University of Mysore, on Wednesday.According to the protesters, Sanjay, a security guard working…
Chikkamagaluru: With a wild elephant trampling two persons to death in Kerekatte, within the Kudremukh National Park area in Sringeri taluk, MLA TD Rajegowda has urged forest minister Eshwar B Khandre to review the govt order issued in 2005 regarding the resettlement and compensation of residents in the Karkala area of the national park.The MLA…
Mysuru: Several villages in Hanur taluk, Chamarajanagar district, are facing acute drinking water scarcity due to a prolonged dry spell and poor monsoon. Most lakes and tanks remain dry, and groundwater levels have depleted. The majority of the residents in this region are farmers who depend on cattle for agriculture and dairy farming for their…
Madikeri: The KSRTC bus depot under construction at Kushalnagar town is nearing completion. The Rs 8-crore project is expected to be completed by the end of this year. Although the construction work started on a 4-acre plot at Basavanahalli nearly 2 years ago, technical issues, bad weather conditions, and delays in issuing permission to axe…
Mandya: Deputy commissioner Kumara Wednesday announced that Rs 70 lakh has been provided to civic bodies across Mandya district to address the stray dog menace.Chairing the District Urban Local Bodies Progress Review Meeting, Kumara said Rs 60 lakh had been released to the City Municipal Council and Rs 10 lakh to various Town Municipal Councils…
Mysuru: Police represent discipline and protection. Just as soldiers protect us outside the country, it is the police who protect us within the country, said national-level kho kho player B Chaitra.Speaking at the inaugural of the annual sports meet of Mysuru district police, at DAR parade grounds in Jyothi Nagar, Chaitra said for public life…
Mysuru: Hunsur territorial forest authorities rescued an eight-month-old tiger cub near the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve. It was relocated to Bannerghatta Rehabilitation Centre in Bengaluru.ACF (Hunsur) M Mahadevaiah said that for the past eight days, an operation was conducted in coordination with the elephant and leopard task force personnel. On Tuesday, a male tiger cub was…
Madikeri: One student drowned in Harangi backwaters on Wednesday evening, while another went missing. Chashwin, 19, died due to drowning, while Tarun, 19, went missing, according to police.The two of them, with another friend, Ponnappa, visited the backwater near Harangi. They parked their car near the backwaters, and Chashwin and Tarun entered the water for…
Shivamogga: Former minister and BJP state unit vice-president Haratalu Halappa from Sagar on Wednesday criticised environmentalist Ananth Hegde Ashisara for seeking to hand over land used by farmers to the forest department.Ashisara, former chairman of the Karnataka Biodiversity Board and president of Vruksha Laksha Andolan, submitted a memorandum to CM Siddaramaiah and forest minister Eshwar…
Mysuru: Traditional celebrations of tribal communities is the essence of their identity and it needs to be preserved, said Dr BR Ambedkar University of Economics vice-chancellor Vishwanatha on Tuesday.He was speaking at the inauguration of a two-day national seminar on ‘Traditional Practices of Karnataka’s Tribal Communities’ held at the Karnataka State Tribal Research Institute. He…
