Mysuru: Hopes for gaining recognition of distance education courses offered by the Karnataka State Open University was renewed with the visit of its Vice-Chancellor to New Delhi where he is expected to meet top University Grants Commission (UGC) officials. KSOU VC Prof. D. Shivalingaiah will leave for New Delhi tomorrow to attend the All India…
One rowdy-sheeter is a sitting member of Gram Panchayat whose second wife is a GP President Mysuru: Two persons from Mysuru district who have been indulging in anti-social activities and rowdyism have been arrested and banished from Nanjangud and Bylakuppe. The arrests were made based on the direction from Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep and one…
Mysuru: The Horticulture Department has organised a Sapling Santhe (Fair) at the Curzon Park from July 6 to 12. The week-long Santhe includes the exhibition and sale of saplings. As the amount of rainfall is decreasing over the years, the Department decided to sell the high quality saplings that are available with the Horticulture Department…
For a while now I have been wary of consuming fruits and vegetables. Why? Well, come April, I have a friend who goes mango crazy. In fact, his children say two months in a year their father turns into a ‘mangoose,’ a play on words, to say their dad feasts on mangoes. This year Mr….
Mysuru: The monthly public meeting of Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) to be held on Sunday (July 9) at 4 pm at its office on Vivekananda Road, Yadavagiri, will focus on issues connected with Mysuru City Corporation(MCC): Property tax, building bye-law violations, food adulteration, ward committees, etc. MCC Commissioner G. Jagadeesha will interact with the public….
Mysuru: The Samyukta Karnataka Autorickshaw Drivers and Owners Welfare Association has alleged that the transport authorities are collecting fine for Fitness Certificate (FC) renewal delay in violation of the High Court’s (HC) order, which has stayed collection of fine for four weeks. In a press release, the Association said that the High Court (HC) had…
Former Vice-Chancellor of University of Mysore and KSOU Prof. K.S. Rangappa will join the JD(S) at a party convention to take place at Sa.Ra. Convention Hall in Dattagalli at 4pm on July 10. Prof. Rangappa, a close relative of JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda, has been a resident of Chamaraja Assembly segment in the city…
Victim had made motorcyclists cough up fine for killing a hen at Bore Anandur village Mysuru: In a revenge attack, one person was assaulted with a machete at Bore Anandur near Yelwal yesterday. The man was attacked for intervening in an incident where a motorcycle hit a hen, killing it and where the persons who…
By S.N. Venkatnag Sobers The trend of tourists thronging water landscapes in and around Mysuru has just started with the slow arrival of annual rains. As the monsoon picks up, tourist visits to such spots reaches its peak. Mysuru and its neighbourhood are home to many such sight-seeing places which are considered to be ideal…
Mysuru: Close on the heels of six elephants dying due to electrocution near Virajpet in Kodagu recently, another incident of an elephant being electrocuted was reported from Bommanahalli in Gundlupet coming under Kundakere Forest Range of Bandipur, this morning. The Forest officials, who conducted mahazar, said that the male elephant, which came in search of…
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