Mysuru: Food and civil supplies minister KH Muniyappa on Friday directed the department officials to complete e-KYC of all ration card beneficiaries within a month.He spoke after reviewing the progress meeting with Mysuru divisional level officers of the food, civil supplies, legal metrology, and consumer affairs department held at the office of the deputy commissioner…
Chikkamagaluru: At a time when one of India’s prime institutions, the Central Coffee Research Institute (CCRI), Balehonnur, is preparing for its centenary celebration, it adopted the motto India’s Coffee Surge from Seven Seeds to Seven Lakh Tons. The centenary ceremony will be celebrated in Nov.The centenary celebration logo and theme were unveiled on Friday. Speaking…
Mysuru: CM’s wife, Parvathi, on Friday visited Sri Chamundeshwari Temple atop the Chamundi Hills and offered puja to mark Aashada Friday celebrations.Accompanied by family members, she arrived at the religious site in a car and was at the temple for about 30 minutes. Her supporters kept the media at bay while she was at the…
Mysuru: Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) plans to produce 172.8 megawatts (MW) of solar power to power irrigation pumpsets in Mysuru district. The power corporation has taken up this project as part of the solarisation of the agriculture feeder line in the district under the PM Kusum scheme and to promote green energy.CESC plans to…
Mysuru: Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday urged Youth Congress members to protect socialist and secular values enshrined in the Constitution.Congratulating the new officebearers of Youth Congress during the oath-taking ceremony at Indira Gandhi Congress Bhavan here, Siddaramaiah said Sangh Parivar is posing a danger to secularism and socialism of the country. “BJP has been against…
Mysuru: In a sharp rebuttal to chief minister Siddaramaiah‘s suggestion on making a Dalit leader the BJP state chief, Karnataka BJP president BY Vijayendra Friday hit back at the Congress leader, saying that the BJP has given a lot of respect to Dalit leaders across the nation. “BJP elevated Dalit leaders like Ram Nath Kovind…
Mysuru: Chief minister Siddaramaiah Friday said the govt will take a decision on setting up a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the alleged mass burial at Dharmasthala.“We cannot establish an SIT merely based on someone’s statement. A person, who had been missing for 10 years, has now come forward voluntarily, claiming he was forced…
Mysuru: Three weeks after performing puja to River Cauvery at the KRS dam, chief minister Siddaramaiah will offer bagina to Kapila River at Kabini dam in HD Kote taluk on Sunday.He will be accompanied by DCM DK Shivakumar, who holds the water resources portfolio. Mysuru district minister HC Mahadevappa will attend, and local MLA C…
Mysuru: Former minister and BJP MLC AH Vishwanath criticised chief minister Siddaramaiah, accusing him of sycophancy and neglecting the interests of backward communities in the state on Thursday.Speaking to reporters, Vishwanath condemned the proposed move to confer a “Nyay Yodha” (Justice Warrior) award on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. “Siddaramaiah, who claims to champion the cause…
Madikeri: Tahsildars in Kodagu received over 5,000 applications to get encroached govt land on lease for plantation purposes. The applications need to be verified for further action in this regard.The state govt announced plans to lease plantations developed on encroached revenue land before 2005, and applications from growers were invited for the same. The deadline…
