Mysuru: Senior MLC and former Minister Basavaraj Horatti, who is also the President of Swatantra Lingayat Dharma Vedike, has asserted that there was no political motive behind the demand for separate Lingayat religion tag. Speaking after inaugurating the Lingayat Cultural Committee at Nataraja Sabhabhavan, Hosamutt, Agrahara in city yesterday, Horatti said that one should not…
Moily calls upon Congressmen to gear up for Assembly polls
December 26, 2017Mysuru: Exhorting Congress activists to gear up for the forth coming Assembly polls, KPCC Poll Manifesto Committee President and former Chief Minister Veerappa Moily, who is also a Current Lok Sabha MP, has expressed the hope that the Congress would retain power in the State, despite campaigns launched by the opposition BJP. Moily was addressing…
Tigress found dead in Bandipur
December 26, 2017Gundlupet: The Forest Department personnel have found a carcass of an eight-year-old tigress at Moolehole Forest Range coming under Bandipur Reserve Forest yesterday. Ruling out the possibility of poaching, Bandipur Project Tiger Director Ambadi Madhav said that the tigress had died about three days ago due to infighting and added that the post mortem reports…
Kodagu-based Merchant Navy Ship Captain dies in road accident
December 26, 2017Madikeri: Allaranda Achal Bopanna (35), Captain of a Merchant Navy Ship and son of late Allaranda Ganapathy and a native of Bollumadu, who had come to his native place on a vacation, was killed in a road accident near Badaga village last evening. He leaves behind his wife Spoorthi, four-month-old baby boy and a host…
Abuse of Law against our own meek people and Intelligence Agencies
December 26, 2017Tale of two typical cases “The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog’ — Mark Twain Reading daily newspapers and watching TV channels, specially TV9, I get a feeling that a violent and greedy minority in our society is not going to change despite there being a Police Force, Law Courts…
Mandya MP C.S Puttaraj to lodge complaint against RTI activist
December 26, 2017Mysuru: Accusing RTI activist K.R. Ravindra of making baseless charges against him in connection with alleged illegal stone quarrying, Mandya MP C.S Puttaraju has alleged that Ravindra was making all attempts to tarnish his image. Speaking to press persons here yesterday, Puttaraju claimed that Ravindra was a Congress agent and was acting as per the…
Mysuru Winter Festival: Good response for Makkala Habba
December 26, 2017Mysuru: The Children’s Festival, popularly known as Makala Habba, received good response from the kids and their parents at the ongoing Mysuru Winter Festival-2017. The Children’s Fest was a three-day programme that concluded yesterday at the Palace premises. Kids from various age groups actively took part in art and crafts demonstration, painting, pottery, yoga, spinning…
Mysuru Winter Festival: Vehicle parking facility for Food & Cake Festival from Dec. 27 to 29 at N.R. Choultry
December 26, 2017Mysuru: As part of the ongoing Mysuru Winter Festival, a three-day Food and Cake Festival has been organised from Dec. 27 to 29 at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry on Vinoba Road in city. The City Police have made vehicle parking arrangements at J.K Grounds, Maharani’s Arts and Commerce College premises and on JLB Road for visitors…
Thunderous lessons from Gujarat
December 26, 2017By TJS George The reactions to the Gujarat election results were as boastful as the campaign rhetoric was hypocritical, proving yet again that politicians never learn anything. The BJP’s leaders were full of exaggerated claims. Congress voices were similar though the exaggerations were more modest. The khachra parties that should not have been in the…
Mysuru Winter Festival: Lull in tourist flow after long weekend, likely to pick up for New Year
December 26, 2017Mysuru: The three-day weekend holiday rush that had gripped the city is slowly returning to normalcy, which is likely to pick up again as tourists from other parts of the State and country will descend in droves to ring in the new year. Mysuru Zoo, one of the major attractions is open today though it…
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