Bengaluru: Expelled AIADMK leader V.K. Sasikala was today granted a five-day parole by Karnataka jail authorities. Sasikala had sought parole to attend to her ailing husband M. Natarajan. Interestingly, the parole comes just two days after authorities rejected her plea on “technical grounds.” She will walk out of Parappana Agrahara Prison in Bengaluru today, nearly…
Lightning kills six in Periyapatna
October 6, 2017Periyapatna: The six were all from the same village—Hunaswadi in Periyapatna taluk—aged between 16 and 60. However, their final destiny was inexplicably linked. All of them died in one stroke as lightning struck them yesterday afternoon when they were taking shelter in a temple following heavy rains. The six unfortunate victims are Suvarnamma (40), wife…
Roads turn to rivers as heavy rains lash city
October 6, 2017Mysuru: Even as some parts of the city experienced cloudy weather and a light drizzle, rains lashed the Central Business District and a few other parts turning roads into rivers and throwing normal life out of gear yesterday. Heavy rains were predicted even during the last two days of Dasara celebrations. However, the rain gods…
Ex-MP demolishes Siddharamaiah’s claim as sole leader of Kurubas
October 6, 2017Mysuru: Former MP and JD(S) leader Adagooru H. Vishwanath lashed out at Chief Minister Siddharamaiah and questioned, “Who is Siddharamaiah to issue orders to Kuruba community voters not to support me? He is not a genuine Kuruba leader and he has no right to comment on a community as he has done nothing worthwhile though…
Will former MP Vijayashankar quit BJP to rejoin Congress?
October 6, 2017Mysuru: Former Minister and MP C.H. Vijayashankar has hinted at quitting the BJP, the party he has been associated with for over two decades. He is likely to return to Congress which he had quit in 1990. If he calls it quits, it will be a blow to the BJP and would strengthen the hands…
MLA GTD takes dig at CM Siddu
October 6, 2017Mysuru: “There is no question of my ever joining Congress party. There is absolutely no truth in the reports that ahead of the ensuing 2018 Assembly elections I would join Congress party. It is an utter lie and a tendentious, mischievous report spread by the Congress afraid of my strength in Chamundeshwari Constituency,” said MLA…
Four medicos killed
October 6, 2017Mandya: Four medical college students including two women were killed on the spot when a speeding truck hit their car on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway this morning. All the students hailed from Rajarajeshwari Medical College, Ramanagaram and were returning to their college after a brief holiday in Mysuru. The accident occurred on B.M. Road near Sangabasavanadoddi…
When our Mahouts stumped intl. audience at Indonesia
October 6, 2017By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Two Mahouts, one each from Mysuru and Kodagu, have left an ever-lasting impression in Indonesia with their elephantine knowledge about elephants, their behaviour and overall well-being. The Mahouts were sent by the Forest Department to Indonesia after being requested by Indonesian Mahout Communications Forum, FOKMAS. FOKMAS bore their air fare and…
Natl. Workshop on Multidisciplinary Research inaugurated
October 6, 2017Mysuru: Prof. H. M. Maheswaraiah, Vice-Chancellor, Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga, said that Interdisciplinary Research or multidisciplinary and Transdisciplinary research is a mode of research, which involves more than one academic disciplines. He was speaking after inaugurating the National Workshop on ‘Multidisciplinary Research,’ organised by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Bahadur Institute of Management…
Woman dies mysteriously; parents allege dowry harassment
October 6, 2017Mysuru: A housewife from Rangaianakoppalu near Mysuru died under mysterious circumstances this morning. She was married eleven months ago and her parents have alleged that she has been murdered by her husband for dowry. A case has been registered at Jayalakshmipuram Police Station. The housewife has been identified as Thejaswini from H.D. Kote Taluk and…
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