Victim caught by his nape; dragged into the forest Mysuru: – A person, who strolled out of his house after waking up, was killed by a tiger in H.D. Kote this morning. He was dragged into the forest and the feline had eaten some of his body parts. This is the second such incident at…
Young farmer Shashi Kumar wins Bigg Boss Kannada 6
January 28, 2019Singer Naveen Sajju first runner-up Bengaluru: Shashi Kumar, a young farmer from Chikkaballapura district, won the Bigg Boss Kannada Season 6 title. In the glittering finals held yesterday, Kichcha Sudeep announced the winner. Singer Naveen Sajju of Lucia fame is the first runner-up followed by Kavita Gowda, who is the second runner-up. An M.Sc graduate…
Newly-enrolled voters get ID cards
January 28, 2019Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and the District Administration had organised a programme marking National Voters Day at Town Hall here on Friday. Inaugurating the programme, Principal District and Sessions Court Judge S.K. Vontigodi asked youths above 18 years to consider voting as a right to strengthen the democracy. He contended that a good leader…
VC must always be alert: Minister S.R. Mahesh
January 28, 2019Mysuru: Apprehending that certain groups may target the University of Mysore (UoM) Vice-Chancellor on administrative and academic fronts as part of a larger conspiracy, Tourism and Sericulture Minister S.R. Mahesh advised VC Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar to be wary of such groups. He was speaking after felicitating VC Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar at the felicitation…
Bank Colony residents submit pre-Budget proposal to MCC
January 28, 2019Mysuru: The Mysore Bank Colony Residents Cultural and Welfare Association submitted a list of priority works pending to be attended to by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) with estimated amounts for each work, in SBM Colony with a total sum of Rs.3.40 crore. This was in response to a call from MCC requesting the residents of…
1,473 persons undergo health check-up under ‘Arogya Mysuru’
January 28, 2019Free spectacles, medicines distributed Mysuru: About 1,473 persons, residing in MCC Ward Nos. 49, 50 and 51 coming under K.R. Constituency, underwent free health check up under ‘Arogya Mysuru’ scheme, organised by MLA S.A. Ramdas at Nataraja Educational Institution premises here yesterday. The health check up was conducted by specialist doctors of various departments from…
Mysureans seek ‘Bharat Ratna’ for Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa
January 28, 2019Mysuru: Kodandera Madappa Cariappa is a man known for many firsts, but he is best remembered as the legend who made the Indian Army truly Indian. Perhaps this is why people feel the time has come to honour the late Field Marshal with the ‘Bharat Ratna.’ This morning too, the demand for ‘Bharat Ratna’ was…
Elected as Board of Directors
January 28, 2019Mysuru: The following were elected as the Board of Directors to three different Co-operative Banks in city at the elections held yesterday. The Graduates Co-operative Bank Election to seven posts of Director (General Category) was held at Maharaja PU College on JLB road here yesterday. R. Anantaramu came first by securing 2,222 votes, followed by…
No KFD outbreak in District: DHO
January 28, 2019Mysuru: Maintaining that no case of Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD), commonly known as monkey fever, has been reported from anywhere in the district, District Health Officer (DHO) Dr. B. Basavaraj has said there is no cause of worry in this regard. Addressing a press conference at the DC’s Office here this morning, Dr. Basavaraj said…
‘Degree courses have become marketing commodities’
January 28, 2019Sarod Maestro Pandit Rajeev Taranath regrets Mysuru: The present day education system is in such a mess that Degree courses have become marketing commodities and degrees are being acquired by paying money, regretted Sarod Maestro Pandit Rajeev Taranath. He was delivering a talk on ‘Music-Teaching and Learning’ as part of Special Lecture series, organised jointly…
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