Nanjangud: Three days after the ever-busy Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway (NH-766) was shut for vehicular traffic due to severe water-logging on a stretch of the road near Mallanamoole Mutt where Kapila river overflowed due to incessant rainfall in Kerala, the Highway was re-opened for traffic this morning, thus bringing relief to thousands of motorists. The Highway was…
Heavy rains pound Kodagu
August 13, 2018Madikeri: With no respite from incessant rains, the Kodagu district administration has declared high alert across the district to monitor rain havoc and floods. Even as rain continued to lash the district, the district administration has declared a holiday for schools and colleges today and will take a call on declaring a holiday tomorrow also…
Overflowing rivers, streams : Villagers going through harrowing time even to perform last rites of dear ones
August 13, 2018Madikeri: While good rain has brought cheers to some, it has added misery to many as continuous rainfall has resulted in the rivers and streams flowing above danger mark and many bridges flooded, which is giving a harrowing time especially to the villagers of First Monnangeri, about six kilometers from Madikeri not only to move…
AIISH gets new Director
August 13, 2018Mysuru: Dr. M. Pushpavathi, Professor, Department of Speech Language Pathology and Head, Department of Special Education, All India Institute of Speech & Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru, has been appointed as the new Director of the Institute by the Department of Personnel and Training, New Delhi, after approval by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), according…
Drizzle does not deter final Independence Day rehearsals
August 13, 2018Mysuru: The continuous drizzle this morning did not deter the enthusiasm of the 29 platoons, including both armed and unarmed divisions, which took part in the second and final rehearsals for the Independence Day (I-Day) celebrations to be held at the Torchlight Parade Grounds in Bannimantap on Wednesday (Aug.15). At the rehearsals that began at…
Former LS Speaker Somnath Chatterjee passes away
August 13, 2018Kolkata: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee passed away at 8.15 am today at a private hospital in South Kolkata. He was 89. Ten-time MP as a CPI(M) leader and the first Bengali Speaker in Lok Sabha, Somnath Chatterjee suffered a massive cardiac arrest on Sunday while undergoing treatment and was put on life support…
Regional parties play crucial role in Lok Sabha polls: A.H. Vishwanath
August 13, 2018Mysuru: Claiming that regional parties of the country will play a key role in next year’s Lok Sabha polls, State JD(S) President and MLA A.H. Vishwanath has asserted that the JD(S) as a regional party in Karnataka has made an indelible mark in the minds of the people, through its commitment for the welfare of…
BJP receives 160 applications for 19 Wards in Chamaraja Assembly segment
August 13, 2018Mysuru: With the Chamaraja Assembly Constituency having elected BJP MLA L. Nagendra in the May Assembly polls, there has been a great demand for the party tickets in all the 19 MCC Wards falling under the Constituency. Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra on Sunday received 160 applications for 19 Wards falling under the Assembly segment. The…
Parties struggling to pick candidates for MCC polls
August 13, 2018Mysuru: With the State Election Commission announcing the MCC polls schedule, the three main political parties are faced with the challenge of selecting the right candidate for the polls. The election for electing Corporators to 65 Wards of the city will take place on Aug. 31 and the counting of votes will be taken up…
Second Mysuru Literary Fest concludes
August 13, 2018Mysuru: Even as writer, diplomat and politician Pavan Varma’s lucid exposition of Adi Shankaracharya ended with very many insights into one of Hinduism’s greatest thinkers and how relevant is his thoughts in today’s world, the next panellist Prof. G. N. Devy, a writer and a critic, bounced a lot of ideas about the current scenario…
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