In a major boost for junior golf in the country, the U.S. Kids Golf, the biggest Junior Golf Foundation in the world, is making its maiden foray in India via a full U.S. Kids Golf India Tour after it was successfully held at Gurgaon and Kolkata. The championship is coming to Bengaluru and will be…
Galen S. Christian
January 4, 2019Galen. S. Christian (84), a retired employee of the Railway Hospital and a resident of Railway Layout in Vijayanagar passed away yesterday in city. He leaves behind his wife Mary Helen, daughter Beena S. Kumar, son Pradhan Shekar and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral service was held at St. Bartholomew’s Church at 4…
Ratna Srinivasan
January 4, 2019Ratna Srinivasan (83), Founder of Institute of Mother and Deaf Child, Bogadi and daughter of late Janardhana Iyengar, passed away on Jan.1 in USA. Married to late Wg.Cdr. K.K. Srinivasan, she leaves behind two sons, daughter-in-law and a host of relatives and friends. She along with her husband, had founded the Institute of Mother and…
Stars Raided
January 3, 2019Income Tax Sleuths raid houses of Sandalwood actors Shiva Rajkumar, Puneeth Rajkumar, Sudeep, Yash; Producers Rockline Venkatesh, Vijay Kiragandur Bengaluru: Kannada film industry woke up to raids by Income Tax (I-T) sleuths at the residences of film actors and producers this morning in Bengaluru. According to reports, raids are underway at 25 places including residences…
No buses to Kerala; Ayyappa devotees stranded in Nanjangud
January 3, 2019Mysuru: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) this morning suspended services to Kerala in the view of a 6 am to 6 pm strike called by various organisations over the entry of women in Sabarimala Ayyappa Swamy Temple. KSRTC officials said two buses from Mangaluru division were vandalised by the protesters in Kerala. Operations from…
Honey trapping: Hassan Police arrest five including woman
January 3, 2019Hassan: The Hassan District Police on Wednesday arrested five persons including a 22-year-old woman on charges of honey trapping youth. The arrested have been identified as Pavan Yadav 25, Arpitha 22, both of Chikkabanavara in Bengaluru, Kiran 23, an Ola cab driver of Dasarahalli in Bengaluru, Dore 19, of Turuvekere in Tumkur District and H.K….
Mysuru witnesses huge rise in liquor sale on Dec. 31
January 3, 2019Mysuru: Even as the New Year celebrations passed peacefully without any untoward incidents, the city witnessed a sharp rise in sale of liquor on Dec.31, 2018, the last day of the year. The city recorded sales of 2,16,000 litres of liquor, including 47,000 litres of Beer on a single day on Dec.31. Taking into account,…
Sabiramala Temple Issue: ‘Pros and cons debate is not a healthy development’
January 3, 2019Mysuru: The debate on the pros and cons of women entering the Sabarimala Ayyappa Swamy Temple in Kerala is not taking a proper turn at all. The discussion on matters related to religious issues is not a healthy development, said Karnataka State Women’s Commission Chairman Nagalakshmi Bai, expressing her concern. She was addressing a press…
Ravaged Ranganathittu gets a fresh lease of life
January 3, 2019Mysuru: A fresh lease of life is being given to Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary which was extensively damaged and submerged following heavy rain in July, August and September last year along Cauvery Basin and the release of more than 1.20 lakh cusecs of water from the Krishna Raja Sagar Dam. The Forest Department has come forward…
State Women’s Panel Chief rescues 87-year-old widow
January 3, 2019Mysuru: The Karnataka State Women’s Commission Chairperson Nagalakshmi Bai who was in the city yesterday has come to the rescue of an 87-year-old widow, who was allegedly confined to the house and tortured by her son and grandson at Bogadi. The neighbours it is said complained to the Women’s Commission that Mangala Gowramma, was being…
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