Mysuru: Urging various Kannada groups and organisations to bury the hatchet and come together for the 83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana to take place in city from Nov. 24 to 26, District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa has appealed all Kannada groups and organisations to set aside their differences and come together to make the…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Double track: SWR begins trial runs
November 19, 2017Mysuru: The railway double track between Mysuru and Bengaluru will be fully operational from the last week of November or the first week of December, according to South Western Railway (SWR) Sources. Sources said that minor works between Paschimavaahini and River Cauvery Railway Bridge and a few electrification works were being carried out and once…
Karnataka tops the list in Panchayat Raj System: MP
November 19, 2017Mysuru: Maintaining that Karnataka tops the list in devolution of power through Panchayat Raj system, Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan has said that the State has been bagging the award for the same for the past three years. He was speaking after inaugurating a two-day National Seminar on ‘The role of Panchayat Raj institutions in small…
Congress to finalise poll candidates by January end, says CM Siddharamaiah
November 19, 2017Davangere: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has said that the Congress leadership would finalise the party candidates for the election by January end. Speaking to press persons at Channagiri in the district on Saturday, Siddharamaiah said the party would contest all the 224 seats in the 2018 Assembly polls. Pointing out that the polls are likely to…
Variety entertainment for specially-abled children
November 19, 2017Mysuru: It was a really special day for over 370 specially abled children yesterday as they were treated to a variety of fun and entertainment at a programme organised under the joint aegis of Mysuru Heritage Round Table – 109 (MHRT) and Mysuru Heritage Ladies Circle – 109 (MHLC) as part of Kannada Rajyotsava and…
‘AMBICON-2017’ commemorative volume released
November 19, 2017Mysuru: The three-day 25th annual conference of Medical Bio-chemists AMBICON-2017, organised by the Association of Medical Bio-chemists of India (AMBI) commenced at Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel here on Nov.17. Inaugurating the conference, Dr. C.N. Manjunath, Director of Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru, said that a doctor’s profession was a very stressful job…
Taxidermist Van Ingen case: SC asks CID to complete probe by March 31
November 19, 2017New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Karnataka’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) time till March 2018 to complete its probe into usurpation of the properties of world-renowned Mysuru-based taxidermist Edwin Joubert Van Ingen allegedly by a man, who claimed to be his adopted son. A three-judge bench presided over by Justice Ranjan Gogoi…
Burglars decamp with cash, gold ornaments from Yadavagiri house
November 19, 2017Mysuru: Burglars, who broke into a house by breaking the rear door of the house in Yadavagiri 2nd Main Road here yesterday, have decamped with Rs. 3 lakh cash and gold ornaments weighing about 50 grams. The burglary took place in the house of one S. Vasanth Ramalinga, a retired employee of J.K. Tyres, who…
Kannada Meet to have foreigner’s book stall
November 19, 2017Mysuru: The three-day 83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana will feature a book stall run by a foreigner. Hendrik Hardeman, a 52-year-old Dane who has learnt Kannada staying at Gokulam in city for over five years, is all out to create a history of sorts by booking a stall at the Meet. Hendrik, whose mother…
Indira Gandhi birth centenary celebrated
November 19, 2017Mysuru: Hailing late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as a statesman and a great human activist, District In-charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa said that it was important to spread Indira Gandhi’s message on the country’s unity and integrity to the younger generation of today. He was speaking after inaugurating Indira Gandhi Birth Centenary celebration organised by…
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