Bengaluru: The long wait for the appointment of District in-Charge Ministers ended with Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) releasing the list last evening. The appointments were completed well ahead of the Independence Day as the in-Charge Ministers have to hoist the National Flag in their respective districts on Aug.15. As Kumaraswamy’s Ministry has just 27…
Mysuru: The cry for a separate Statehood for North Karnataka and dividing the State is not correct. Instead, as North Karnataka has remained backward, the Government should give it a lot of importance, said the erstwhile Mysuru royal family member Pramoda Devi Wadiyar. Interacting with the media persons here yesterday, she said that earlier the…
Mysuru: Bigg Boss fame Niveditha Gowda has become a target of the netizens as she has performed the dangerous Kiki dance. The Kiki challenge, inspired by American rapper Drake’s latest song, has gone viral among citizens, which has forced even the Mumbai Police to warn of the dangers of this dance to the public and…
Mysuru: The City Police, who have arrested Hemavathi alias Sanjana, on charges of indulging in flesh trade racket in the name of beauty parlour, have continued their interrogation. The Police teams, on July 28 had raided two beauty parlours at Vijayanagar and Hootagalli simultaneously and had arrested Hemavathi and two of her accomplices. The Cops…
Mysuru: “Otters are indicative species which are always giving us messages on the level of pollution and pesticides in river,” said Gopakumar Menon, Executive Director and Co-Founder of Nityata River Otter Conservancy. He was speaking on the subject ‘Why Otters Matter’ at the 19th Conservation Talk at Mysuru Zoo here yesterday. Delivering his talk on…
The above photograph of Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius Monachus) was shot at Kabini backwaters recently by an avid SOM reader. Usually solitary, the bird has been sighted at Kabini looking for its prey. According to Ragoo Rao, a Mysuru-based ethologist, Cinereous Vultures are mountain birds and are not commonly sighted in below Deccan Plateau areas. It is…
Mysuru: The coming third Ashada Shukravara (Friday) on Aug.3 at the historic Chamundeshwari Temple atop the iconic Chamundi Hill will be a special one as the Chamundeshwari Vardhanti (birthday of the Goddess) will also be celebrated on that day. Thousands of devotees are expected to throng the Hill shrine for the auspicious occasions. On that…
Mysuru: “The contributions of the rulers of Mysore to environment are enormous and I am proud to be a part of this legacy of the Wadiyars,” said Pramoda Devi Wadiyar of the erstwhile royal family. She was speaking after inaugurating the exhibition and planting rare saplings at the Oriental Research Institute (ORI) near Crawford Hall,…
Mysuru: MLC V.S. Ugrappa, the Chairman of Expert Committee on Preventing Sexual Violence Against Women and Children, visited the Women’s Nursing Hostel of K.R. Hospital and Cheluvamba Hospital run by Mysore Medical College and Research Institute yesterday and was appalled at the conditions there. He warned the authorities that if things were not set right,…
Mysuru: The Non-Resident Kannadigas from United States of America and other parts of the world are organising for the first time the two-day ‘Navakotsava’ in city on Aug.4 and 5 at Kalamandira. The love for the mother tongue and the land has drawn the Kanndigas from around the world to come to the city and…
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