Pratap Simha flags off extended Vishwamanava Express from Ashokapuram Chennai Express scheduled to start from Mysuru tomorrow at 4.45 am Mysuru: For Mysureans, this Sankranti Gift will be a gift to remember. While the extension of Chennai-Mysuru-Chennai Express to Mysuru and Hubballi-Mysuru-Hubballi Vishwamanava Express to Ashokapuram came as good news for thousands of train travellers,…
Crisis deepens as Congress, BJP lure MLAs holed up at hotels
January 16, 2019Bengaluru / New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be making all-out efforts to topple the coalition Government in Karnataka by wooing disgruntled Congress MLAs. Though it will be difficult for the BJP to mop up the required numbers to form a Government, the party wants to prove that the coalition experiment in…
In a first, Sulwadi tragedy trial through video-conferencing
January 16, 2019Chamarajanagar: In a first, Chamarajanagar District and Principal Sessions Court Judge B. Basavaraja conducted the Hanur Sulwadi Temple tragedy case through video-conferencing due to security reasons at the District Court Complex in city this morning. Over 17 persons were killed and more than 120 fell ill after consuming prasadam laced with pesticide on Dec.14, 2018…
Encroachment clearance drive at Doddakere
January 16, 2019Tahsildar’s action illegal, says Residents Association Mysuru: The Doddakere Tank Bund Site Owners Welfare and Development Association has flayed the Mysuru District Administration’s move of ‘trespassing’ the Association’s land despite Court orders that had favoured the Association. On Jan.10, armed with earth movers, Mysuru Tahsildar had cleared the ‘encroached’ land at Survey Number 1 near…
Young Scientist ‘Drone’ Pratap felicitated
January 16, 2019Mysuru: Kadamba Ranga Vedike had organised a function at Pathrakartara Bhavan here recently to felicitate city’s young scientist N.M. Pratap, known as ‘Drone’ Pratap after his invention. Speaking after felicitating Pratap, writer Prof. Kalegowda Nagavara urged the government and society to identify and honour achievers with poor background. He commended the scientific skills of Pratap,…
Efforts on to bring back three tribals from Pakshirajapura stuck in Mozambique
January 16, 2019Mysuru: The Indian High Commission at Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, is in regular touch with Mozambique’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for the repatriation of three tribals belonging to Hakki-Pikki Community from Pakshirajapura near Hunsur who have been stuck at Nampula in Mozambique since July 2008. They are banned from leaving Mozambique. The tribals are Saiju,…
‘Sangeetha Vidwan’ Award conferred on Sarod Maestro Pt. Rajeev Taranath
January 16, 2019Mysuru: District Minister G.T. Devegowda conferred the State Government’s ‘Sangeetha Vidwan’ Award on Sarod Maestro Pandit Rajeev Taranath at a programme organised amidst Bahuroopi National Theatre Festival at Rangayana premises here on Monday. Speaking after receiving the award, Rajeev Taranath said he dedicates the award to his Guru Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Noting that his…
Fake site documents: Couple allegedly cheats kin of Rs. 70 lakh
January 16, 2019Mysuru: A couple from city have allegedly cheated their kin of Rs. 70 lakh by selling a site after creating fake documents and the victim, after coming to know that he has been cheated has lodged a complaint at Udayagiri Police Station in this regard. While the victim is identified as R. Manjunath of Bengaluru,…
Home Stay Rave Party: All five accused get bail
January 16, 2019Madikeri: All the five accused persons in the Kodagu Rave Party incident, where a huge quantity of ganja (marijuana) and other banned substances were seized at a Home Stay, have been released on bail. The bail was granted on Jan. 13. The accused are M.A. Appanna, the owner of the Home Stay, Jude Pereira of…
Police Transfers
January 16, 2019Bengaluru: Even as the alliance partners — JD(S) and Congress — are busy in thwarting the efforts of the Opposition BJP to pull down the Coalition Government, the State Government on Monday transferred 15 Dy.SPs and 46 Police Inspectors across the State. In Mysuru, K. Santosh has been posted as Vidyaranyapuram Police Inspector, while V.V….
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