Mysuru: The villagers of Hootagalli have warned of launching an agitation if the quality of road works taken up by the Public Works Department (PWD) from Hootagalli Signal to KRS Road is not met. The 1,900 metre four-lane road work from Hootagalli Signal and the 300 metre two-lane road work passing through Basappa Road and…
Lyrics of renowned poets being used improperly: Writer
July 10, 2018Mysuru: Regretting that lyrics of renowned poets are being used improperly in cinema songs, Writer Dr. Gubbigoodu Ramesh has bemoaned the deteriorating standard of Kannada film songs. Speaking at ‘G.P. Rajaratnam Kavi Kavya Namana’ programme organised by Mysuru District Kannada Sahitya Parishat at Vijaya Vittala College premises in Saraswathipuram here yesterday, he said that sorrowful…
Former Higher Education Minister B.A. Moideen passes away
July 10, 2018Mangaluru: Former Karnataka Higher Education Minister B.A. Moideen passed away at a hospital in Bengaluru yesterday. He was 81. Born to Abdul Khader and Haleema at Pejawar in Bajpe village in May 1938, Moideen joined Congress in 1969 and held various positions in the party before getting elected to Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1978 from…
Ex-Speaker warns of more distress for farmers
July 10, 2018Mysuru: Regretting the decline in service mindedness among youth and students, former Assembly Speaker Krishna has observed that the current generation needs proper guidance on social service and human values. He was speaking at ‘Attiguppe Geleyara Balaga’ inaugural function organised at Vidyaranyapuram Vokkaligara Sangha here on Sunday. Bemoaning that money has overtaken any other things…
Former MLA’s SUV stolen
July 10, 2018Mysuru: The new Toyota Innova SUV of former MLA M.K. Somashekar, which was given to service at a showroom in Koorgalli on KRS Road in city has been stolen about a week ago. Somashekar had purchased the new Toyota Innova (Top end model) about 15 days ago in the name of his wife Kusuma. As…
Garbha Dance at Gujarat Utsav
July 10, 2018Mysuru: The artistes who have come for Gujarat Utsav, which is going on at JSS Urban Haat since July 6, will be presenting traditional Gujarat dance ‘Garbha’ on July 11 between 6.30 pm and 8.30 pm. Garbha or Garbo is Gujarati dance commonly performed at festivals and on other special occasions. It is a joyful…
Seizure of commercial complex by Bank officials
July 10, 2018Tenants approach High Court Mysuru: The tenants of a commercial complex at a junction on Vishwamanava Double Road in Saraswathipuram here, which was seized on July 4 by the officials of Vijaya Bank, Kuvempunagar Branch, following the order by the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) in Bengaluru, have approached the High Court to allow them to…
Vinyas Innovative Technologies staff stage stir over transfers
July 10, 2018Mysuru: Nearly 100 employees of Vinyas Innovative Technologies in Koorgalli Industrial area staged a night-long protest demanding withdrawal of illegal transfers of the staff to the Tirupati plant. Speaking to SOM over phone this morning, Joint Secretary of the Union Girish said that the company has transferred some of the employees including women to Tirupati….
Roll back Zoo entry fee hike: Hoteliers Association
July 10, 2018Mysuru: The Mysuru Hotel Owners Association has strongly condemned the Mysuru Zoo entry fee hike. Addressing a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here this morning, the Association President C. Narayana Gowda said that the huge hike in entry fee, on weekends and public holidays, has been a burden on the visitors and tourists. Also, there…
Engineering student dies in road accident
July 10, 2018Mysuru: A 22-year-old Engineering student of a college in city, was killed on the spot, when a lorry ran over him on Mysuru-Hunsur Road near Yelwal on Monday. The deceased student is Yashwanth Kumar, son of Mahadevu and a resident of Nilangala village near Bettadapura in Periyapatna taluk. Yashwanth, who had been to his native…
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