Mysuru: Tense atmosphere prevailed last night at Gandhinagar where local residents and members of different political parties claimed that Electronic Voter Machines (EVMs) that stored the votes cast for Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) yesterday were hijacked from the Polling Booths instead of being carried into Strong Rooms. The residents and party activists alleged that EVMs…
Dhananjaya makes it to first batch of elephants
September 1, 2018Mysuru: The three main elephants Balarama, Abhimanyu and Drona are not part of the first batch of six elephants to arrive as part of Gajapayana to Mysuru on Sept.2. The three elephants have been sent on an operation to catch wild elephants attacking people in Ramanagaram and its surrounding areas. In the light of this,…
Raja Mantapa near Srirangapatna found destroyed
September 1, 2018Mandya: Many people are aware of vested interests encroaching upon properties belonging to Mysuru Maharajas. An attempt to grab such a property at Kirangur near Srirangapatna has come to light now. Everyone is aware that Mysuru Maharajas used to celebrate Dasara Festival in Srirangapatna. As a testimony to that, the Dasara Mantapa used then is…
Rs.34 lakh insurance for 12 Dasara jumbos
September 1, 2018Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration has decided to insure the 12 elephants, Mahouts and Kavadis participating in Dasara celebrations. Besides, it has also decided to insure public and public property if the elephants damage them. Deputy Commissioner and Dasara Special Officer Abhiram G. Sankar has written a letter to the New India Assurance Company Divisional…
Crafts Bazaar begins
September 1, 2018Mysuru: The ten-day Crafts Bazaar organised by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) under the sponsorship of Ministry of Textiles, New Delhi, began at JSS Urban Haat on Hebbal Ring Road yesterday. Karnataka Police Academy Director Vipul Kumar inaugurated the Bazaar. The artisans who have come from different parts of the country are trying…
Pramoda Devi Wadiyar opens Fun Fest at Vani Vilas Urs college
September 1, 2018Mysuru: Jayachamaraja Urs Education Trust had organised Sri Vani Fun Fest at the premises of Sri Vani Vilas Urs Girls PU and Degree College in Nazarbad this morning. The students of the college had set up 40 stalls with lot of intelligent games and food joints. A cultural programme was also held along with a…
New AC coach for Tirupati Express
September 1, 2018Mysuru: The South Western Railway is introducing one 3-AC compartment in Train No. 16219 Chamarajanagar-Tirupati Daily Express from Sept.3. In the return direction, the 3-AC service will be available from Sept.4. The fares from Chamarajanagar to Tirupati costs Rs 845 for adults, Rs.525 for senior citizen (male) and Rs.445 for senior citizen (female). The fare…
Medal winners in wrestling
September 1, 2018Mysuru: B. Chethan of TTL Independent PU College has secured 1st place in under 60 KG category at the Mysuru City Inter-Collegiate Wrestling Competition (2018 -19) conducted at Gymnasium Hall, University of Mysore, Mysuru, recently. The following students of TTL College of Business Management, Saraswathipuram, have also secured prizes in the Wrestling competition: M. Mahendra…
Kannada Research Scholars undergo 5-day training
September 1, 2018Mysuru: A five-day training-cum-workshop on Testing & Evaluation and Item writing for the Kannada Research Scholars of Karnataka, was held at National Testing Service-India (NTS-I) of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru from Aug.27. Pankaj Dwivedi, Officer In-charge of NTS-I, in his presidential remark emphasised on the importance of practice in item writing in…
INS condemns arrest of Rajasthan journalist by Bihar Police
September 1, 2018New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) is concerned at reports of the arrest of a journalist of Rajasthan’s Barmer district by Bihar Police earlier this month, purportedly on trumped up charges. The journalist, Durg Singh Rajpurohit, has alleged that his arrest took place at the instance of influential politicians who were miffed with his…
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