Mysuru: Demand for combo ticket to view Mysuru Zoo and Karnaji Lake is increasing day by day. Nearly 35 tourists are making use of this offer to walk through the Connecting Path to enter Karnaji Lake. Even though Karanji Lake is in the jurisdiction of the Zoo, still people had to buy two separate…
SC/ST promotion: Top Court upholds validity of Karnataka law
May 10, 2019New Delhi: The Supreme Court this morning upheld the validity of a 2018 Karnataka law, granting reservation in promotion to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) employees in the State. A Bench of Justices U.U. Lalit and D.Y. Chandrachud pointed out that the Karnataka government collected necessary data and cured the deficiencies noted in…
MLA bats for celebration of Acharya Trio along with Shankara Jayanti
May 10, 2019Mysuru: MLA L. Nagendra has urged for the celebration of Acharya Trio-Shankaracharya, Ramanujacharya and Madhvacharya Jayantis along with Shankara Jayanti. He was speaking at Shankaracharya, Ramanujacharya and Madhvacharya Jayanti celebration organised jointly by Ramanuja Sahasramanotsava Samithi and Mysuru City Brahmins Association at Venugopalaswamy temple on Thyagaraja Road here yesterday. Pointing out that the Jayanti was…
Shankaracharya revived Hinduism: Palace Board Dy. Director
May 10, 2019Mysuru: Palace Board Deputy Director T.S. Subramanya has said that Shankaracharya was the first among the Acharya-trio who spread the Country’s Sanatana culture to the entire world. He was speaking at the Shankaracharya Jayanti celebration, organized by the Mysore Palace Board at its office here yesterday. Pointing out that Shankaracharya rejuvenated Sanatana Hindu Dharma, which…
Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka takes oath as Chief Justice of Karnataka HC
May 10, 2019Bengaluru: Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka took oath as Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court here this morning. At a ceremony held at the Glass House of Raj Bhavan in city, Governor Vajubhai Vala administered the oath to Justice Oka. CM H.D. Kumaraswamy, Deputy CM Dr.G. Parameshwar, Chief Secretary T.M. Vijay Bhaskar, DG&IGP Neelamani N….
Publisher T.S. Chayapathi deserves Rajyotsava Award: Prof. Nisar Ahmed
May 10, 2019Mysuru: Maintaining that the city’s well-known Book Publisher T.S. Chayapathi very much deserves Rajyotsava Award, renowned poet Padma Shri Prof. K.S. Nisar Ahmed has said that governments must recognise personalities like Chayapathi while announcing State Awards. He was speaking after inaugurating the 75th birthday celebration of Chayapathi at a function organised by Mysuru District Kannada…
Close shave for couple in tusker attack
May 10, 2019Madikeri: A couple saved life from an angry elephant when the wild tusker attacked a car and tried to crush it on the fringes of Nagarahole National Park. This spine-chilling incident happened at Kutta in South Kodagu when a wild elephant suddenly came out from a coffee estate and charged at the car and tried…
Elephant charges at car in Bandipur
May 10, 2019Gundlupet: While a wild tusker entered human habitation and attacked a car at Kutta, in Bandipur, another tusker attacked a car inside the forest area. Here too, the occupants of the car had a providential escape. This incident occurred last evening when Vinod, a resident of Bengaluru was proceeding towards Ooty along with two of…
Woman’s death in Temple area: No rituals at Srikanteshwara Temple in Nanjangud for two days
May 10, 2019Nanjangud: Hundreds of devotees have been put to a lot of inconvenience at the historical Srikanteshwara Swamy Temple at Nanjangud as the Temple has been closed for all kinds of sevas and rituals owing to the death of a woman in the Temple premises. Devotees can only have darshan and they cannot perform any kind…
Tiger kills cattle: Villagers stage protest at Kanur
May 10, 2019Gonicoppa: A cow was killed in a tiger attack at Mallangere near Kanur in Virajpet taluk on Thursday, causing a scare among the villages. After the incident, angry villagers of Kanur under the banner of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) staged a demonstration in front of the Forest Department Office at Ponnampet urging the Department…
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