Mysuru: Nearly 10 wholesale fruit shops in the APMC Sub Yard, just off New Sayyaji Rao Road, close to the old Regulated Market (RMC) bus stand, were gutted and nearly Rs.8 lakh cash and fruits worth more than Rs.30 lakh destroyed in an accidental fire here last night. Four cats too were charred to death….
Election Commission asks Kempaiah to leave office
April 7, 2018Bengaluru: Former IPS officer Kempaiah, Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s close associate and political advisor to the Home Minister, has been asked to leave office by Election Commission for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct. The Chief Election Officer of Karnataka Sanjeev Kumar wrote to the Election Commission of India stating that CM Siddharamaiah’s close associate…
MUDA Chairman livid after his name removed from Office Chamber
April 7, 2018Mysuru: Following the Election Commission directive that Chairmen of Boards and Corporations can no longer function in their offices and use official vehicles as the Model Code of Conduct is in place for the May 12 Assembly elections, the office of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Chairman D. Dhruvakumar has been vacated and the name…
Parents throng Rangayana to get Chinnara Mela applications
April 7, 2018Mysuru: Hundreds of parents have been thronging Rangayana to catch hold of an application form for the annual Chinnara Mela, one of the most popular summer camps for children between the age group of 7 and 14. So much was the demand that several parents had camped outside Rangayana since last night, complete with blankets,…
Fast-track voter registration drive at all polling booths tomorrow
April 7, 2018Mysuru: A fast-track voter registration drive “Matadarara Minchina Nondani Karyakrama” will be launched at all polling booths across the city tomorrow. Voters who have completed 18 years of age as on cut off date 1.1.2018 can enrol themselves in the voters list at their respective booths near the place of their residence. The last date…
Has Siddharamaiah-Mahadevappa friendship turned sour?
April 7, 2018Mysuru: Where is Public Works Department Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa? This is the question that is being asked by Congress workers in Mysuru as Mahadevappa, who usually follows his boss Chief Minister Siddharamaiah like a shadow, is missing from action since a couple of days. Soon after Congress President Rahul Gandhi left Mysuru after a…
Fish found dead in Kukkarahalli Lake
April 7, 2018Mysuru: Apprehension was writ large on the faces of regular walkers and environmentalists, who frequent Kukkarahalli Lake as a sizeable number of dead fish was found floating this morning on the water in the lake especially the stretch abutting Hunsur Road. It is feared that contaminated water was responsible for the death of fish. Environmentalists…
Miss World Manushi Chhillar is Malabar Brand Ambassador
April 7, 2018Mumbai: The Haryana-born beauty queen, who brought home the world crown after 17 years, has signed an agreement to be the Brand Ambassador of Malabar Gold & Diamonds, which has 214 showrooms spread across nine countries. Twenty-one-year-old Manushi Chhillar, then a medical student, was crowned Miss World 2017 in November, trumping participants from 108 countries….
Dance school inaugurated in city
April 7, 2018Mysuru: Mumbai-based Bollywood choreographer Karishma Chavan recently launched Roma’s Dance School at Vani Vilas Mohalla near Kalidasa Road here. Karishma, who has made Bollywood actors and actresses move to her tunes, taught choreography based on fusion between western dance forms and Bollywood moves to aspiring dancers and professionals at the dance school. Karishma has been…
VIDYUTH-2018 cultural extravaganza begins
April 7, 2018Over 250 students, public participate in marathon today Mysuru: Nearly 250 runners participated in the Marathon organised by Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE), as part of its three-day cultural extravaganza, VIDYUTH-2018, this morning. The marathon was flagged off by Deputy Commissioner K.B. Sivakumar at 7 am from the college premises in 3rd Stage, Gokulam and…
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