Mysuru: The Codava National Council (CNC) has demanded the government to accord Living Entity status to River Cauvery to protect it from further destruction. The CNC has begun a ‘Vehicle Jatha’ or ‘Cauvery Yatra’ from Talacauvery, the birthplace of River Cauvery in Kodagu, on May 24 and the jatha will reach Poompuhar in Tamil Nadu….
Pada puja marks Swamiji’s 76th birthday
May 26, 2018Mysuru: Goa Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho, who presented an idol of Ganapathy to Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji on his 76th birthday celebrations here at the Ashrama premises on Nanjangud-Ooty Road this morning, described the Swamiji as the best human being in the world. Godinho, who had come all the way from Goa to seek the…
Cauvery activist from Mandya gets jail for contempt
May 26, 2018Karnataka HC convicts him for contempt for filing criminal complaint against Supreme Court judges who passed Cauvery verdict Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court yesterday convicted a man for contempt of court after he had made reckless allegations against sitting and former judges of the Supreme Court. The Bench of Justices R.B. Budihal and K.S. Mudgal…
MLA Ramdas to be feted tomorrow
May 26, 2018Mysuru: Akhila Karnataka Brahmana Mahasabha (AKBMS), Mysuru City, District Brahmana Sangha and Brahmana Sanghagala Okkuta together have organised a function tomorrow at 4 pm at Krishna Dhama in Saraswathipuram to felicitate the newly-elected KR MLA S.A. Ramdas. Dr. Vidyahamsabharathi Maharaj of Pandavapura will grace the occasion. AKBMS President K.N. Venkatanarayana will preside. Singer Shashidhar Kote…
MP Pratap Simha joins #HumFitTohIndiaFit challenge
May 26, 2018Mysuru: Mysuru – Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has joined #HumFitTohIndiaFit challenge launched by Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Twitter. The MP’s photos are trending on twitter. The MP has uploaded his pictures showing his physical fitness on his Twitter account. Pratap Simha has also mentioned that he ‘Will post videos soon, now sharing…
Foundation Day at Institution of Engineers this evening
May 26, 2018Mysuru: The Foundation Day of the Institution of Engineers-India (IEI) will be held today (May 26) at 6pm at its premises on JLB Road in city. Announcing this at a press meet at Pathrakarthara Bhavan in city, IEI Mysuru Chairman M. Chinnaswamy said that IEI Chairman Sisir Kumar Banerjee and former Chairman IEI Naveenchandra B….
First-aid training for Industrial workers and supervisors
May 26, 2018Mysuru: Nanjangud Industries Association (NIA) in association with Department of Factories and Boilers, Government of Karnataka, Mysuru Division, St.John’s Ambulance Association, Mysuru, have jointly organised a one-day training programme on first-aid for Industrial workers and supervisors on May 29. The programme will be held from 9 am to 5 pm at Hotel Shree Guru Residency,…
Two bike-lifters arrested; four bikes seized
May 26, 2018Mysuru: Devaraja Police have arrested two bike-lifters and have seized four bikes worth about Rs. 3.5 lakh. The accused are Mohammed Salman Raja, 23, of Rajivnagar and Zameer Pasha, 38, of Shanthinagar. The accused were said to be moving suspiciously on a bike on B.N. Road yesterday and were nabbed by the Police. On interrogation,…
Two girls killed as tipper rams into scooter
May 26, 2018Mysuru: Two girls were killed when a tipper came from behind and rammed into the scooter they were riding near the Toll Gate, close to Columbia Asia Hospital, here yesterday. The two unfortunate victims are Neha (19), daughter of Chandrashekar, resident of Krishnamurthypuram, who died yesterday and Prakriti (21), daughter of Jnaneshwar, who succumbed early…
Murder attempt, accused sentenced
May 26, 2018Mysuru: The First Additional District and Sessions Judge S. Sudheendranath has sentenced B.L. Chandru, 47, of Basavapura in KR Nagar taluk, for four years imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs. 10,000 for his attempt to murder Virupaksha on Sept. 16, 2012 colluding with his friends. For lack of evidence, the friends of the accused…
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