Mysuru: “The term Varna or class division is a vedic concept that did not exist earlier. There was no religion or caste classification before the Vedic period,” said Sri Basavalinga Murthy Swamiji of Rammanahalli Basava Dhyana Mandira Bhavaikya Peetha. He was delivering the keynote address at the Dalita Vachanakara Jayanti, jointly organised by the District…
Mysuru: Demanding revival of Srirama Sugar Factory at Chunchanakatte in K.R. Nagar taluk, about 30 members of the JD(S) youth wing staged a demonstration in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s bust opposite City Law Courts Complex here yesterday morning. Claiming that the Congress Government had turned a deaf ear to numerous pleas of K.R. Nagar MLA…
Bengaluru: JD(S) MLA S. R. Mahesh yesterday agreed to withdraw his resignation as member of the House after Chief Minister Siddharamaiah assured him that he will convene a meeting soon to revive the Srirama Sugar Factory in his constituency K.R. Nagar, in Mysuru district. Mahesh had submitted his resignation to Deputy Speaker N.H. Shivashankar Reddy…
Having annexed the distinction as the country’s cleanest city for two consecutive years, unarguably by default, the civic body of Mysuru, after sliding to fifth place in the current ranking of cities across the land for cleanliness, its functionaries must have realised that maintaining cleanliness and securing top spot in the rankings is not a…
London: British PM Theresa May-led Conservative Party lost the majority in the UK Parliament as Britons delivered a hung verdict. With over 640 of the 650 seats counted, Tories had 312 seats and Labour had 260. The Scottish National Party has 34 and the Liberal Democrats 12. May, who will be forced to resign, would…
Sir, Children are back to school with new vigour and joy. Parents are happy with renewed excitement and at the same time, are also worried about the safety of their kids while travelling to and from the school as well as during their stay at school. Most of the year, children spend their time more…
Mysuru: ‘Haadu Haleyadadarenu’, a musical nite based on late Director Puttanna Kanagal’s hit songs, will be held under the aegis of D.T.S Foundation at Kalamandira at 5 pm tomorrow (June 10). Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, Foundation President D.T Prakash said that the musical nite has been organised in memory of D.T.S…
Mysuru: A First Division Assistant (FDA) at Hunsur Taluk office has been accused of cheating the Government by submitting two different Encumbrance Certificates of family members for availing benefits. Puttarangaswamy, a resident of the city, in his complaint to the DC alleged that FDA Sanjeeva Murthy, had used the death Certificate of his mother Eramma…
Sri Lanka pulled off the biggest upset of the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy as they beat India by 7 wickets at the Oval yesterday. The result threw Group B wide open as now all four teams are on 2 points and the last two matches, (India vs South Africa and Pakistan vs Sri Lanka), will…
Mysuru: Of the 62 security agencies functioning in Mysuru, 24 are unauthorised as they have not obtained licences. Internal Security Inspector Gopalakrishna has yesterday filed complaints against two such security agencies that are operating from the city illegally. The complaint has been registered against Surya Security Agency (Kuvempunagar) proprietor Satish Kumar and A1 Security Agency…
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