By T.J.S. George In political and strategic terms, the BJP leadership staged the equivalent of a coup d’etat when it nominated Ram Nath Kovind for President. The choice killed three birds with one stone. Bird No.1: The Opposition parties’ unity against the ruling dispensation. Not only did Bihar’s Nitish Kumar break rank to support the…
Ponnampet (Kodagu District): A gang that used to extort money by honey-trapping gullible businessmen has been arrested in Kodagu district. Then five-member gang used to target businessmen and the Police have seized Rs. 96 lakh cash from them. In this case, a resident of Kerala was honey-trapped by the accused who hailed from Kodagu, Dakshina…
Mysuru: A man committed suicide by jumping off the fourth floor of Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research building inside K.R. Hospital campus yesterday. He has been identified as 36-year-old Manjunath, a resident of Udayagiri. Manjunath worked as a daily wager at a fruit shop at Udayagiri and had known a woman in…
Somwarpet: Three persons were injured in a clash between rowdy-sheeters on Somwarpet Main Road on Sunday. They have been identified as Veekshit of Janata Colony, Ajan and Noushad of Bajegundi village. In his complaint, Veekshit told the Police that Karim Baig, Asim Baig and Sameer from Janata Colony assaulted them with lethal weapons in front…
Mysuru: Beef-eating marked the opening of a conference, here on Sunday. Litterateur and thinker Prof. K.S. Bhagawan (who also tasted beef) has criticised the Centre for imposing restrictions on eating habits of the people. Terming it unconstitutional, he said that the Government cannot come in the way of what people should eat and not eat….
Mysuru: Charvaka Social and Cultural Trust that had organised a conference at Maneyangala in Kalamandira premises has been blacklisted and steps will be taken to see that such incidents are not repeated, said Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep. The conference was inaugurated by the organisers by consuming beef. This had led to a huge controversy questioning…
Mysuru: The scrutiny of records of candidates, who had applied for the post of Cooks, Kitchen Assistants and Security Guards in the recruitment drive being carried out by the Backward Classes Welfare Department (BCWD) and Social Welfare Department (SWD) began at Babu Jagjivan Ram Bhavan in Paduvarahalli (Vinayakanagar) here yesterday. Both the Departments together had…
Mysuru: MYRA School of Business held its 4th Annual Graduation Day at its campus in Yelwal here recently. Santosh Desai, MD & CEO- Futurebrands India, was the chief guest. Dr. Ramasastry Ambarish and former Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, members of the Governing Board, MYRA were present. MYRAcles, the graduating students, were presented with their respective…
An initative of ‘Arivu’ Mysuru: Marking the 527th Jayanti of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, Arivu Samsthe had organised a programme in front of Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple here yesterday to present Kempegowda Seva Bhishma awards to 10 achievers in various fields. The awards were presented to Dr. P.M. Shivanna (Medicine); Omkarappa (Police); D.T. Prakash (Co-operation); Belagola Subramanya (Farmer’s…
Mysuru/Bengaluru: Taking strong objection to the spectacle of eating beef in public view at a function held in a government building to protest against the Central Government’s decision against beef- eating in public, by a group of people led by University of Mysore Professor Mahesh Chandra Guru, retired Professor K.S. Bhagawan and others, MP Shobha…
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