Former Dy.CM let off after being quizzed for an hour Bengaluru: The first day’s questioning of former Deputy Chief Minister (Dy.CM) Dr. G. Parameshwara by the Income-Tax Department (I-T) officials went on for about a hour before the Koratagere MLA was let off, this morning. Speaking to the media persons later, Dr. Parameshwara said that…
Alleged suicide attempt: Srirangapatna Dy.SP claims he fell in bathroom and injured self
October 15, 2019Srirangapatna: Following reports that Srirangapatna Dy.SP Yogendranath had allegedly attempted suicide by slashing his wrist with a blade and admitted to a private hospital in Mysuru, the Dy.SP in a video message has claimed that he fell in the bathroom and had injured himself. In the video message, Dy.SP Yogendranath has stated that his Blood…
Buddhist Studies Centre to be set in Mysore Varsity soon: VC
October 15, 2019Mysuru: University of Mysore (UoM) Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar has said that Buddhist Studies Centre will be set up in the University soon. He was speaking after inaugurating a special lecture series on ‘Buddha Guruvinatta Payana – Samskrutika Tallanagalu’ (The march towards Buddha and its cultural fallout) organised as part of the 63rd anniversary…
Karnataka Sena Pade opposes formation of Hunsur district
October 15, 2019Mysuru: Members of Karnataka Sena Pade staged a protest in front of the DC’s office here this morning opposing any move to carve a new Hunsur district. The members alleged that former Minister A.H. Vishwanath was only coming out with unreasonable and irrational points to defend the formation of a new Hunsur district only to…
Couple killed as car crashes into bike from behind
October 15, 2019Gundlupet: A couple travelling on a bike on NH-766 was killed on the spot when a car rammed into the bike from behind near Raghavapura Gate yesterday. The deceased are Papanna (57) and his wife Puttasiddamma (48), residents of Raghavapura village in the taluk. They were proceeding towards Gundlupet on bike when a Kerala-registered car…
Miraculous escape for Assistant Commissioner as vehicle rams into container truck
October 15, 2019Mandya: Mandya Assistant Commissioner (AC) and his driver had a miraculous escape, when the official vehicle in which he was travelling rammed into a container truck from behind near Hosa Boodanur yesterday afternoon. AC Suraj was travelling in his official vehicle (KA-11 G-0639) with his driver behind the wheels on some official work. As an…
Prizes distributed to winners of Dasara-2019 Tableaux
October 15, 2019Mysuru: Outstanding tableaux, which participated during this year’s Mysuru Dasara, received prizes and mementos during the prize distribution ceremony held at Zilla Panchayat Auditorium in the city yesterday. The Chamarajanagar tableau, a huge tiger with the slogan ‘Samrudhi Sampathina Naduve Huliya Santrupta Thana’ won the first prize. Kadamba-Banavasi tableau of Uttara Kannada and ‘Walking God’…
Leftists condemn economic policy of the Centre
October 15, 2019Mysuru: Members of Joint Committee of Left Parties staged a protest at Gandhi Square here yesterday alleging that the unscientific decisions of the Union Government had driven the country to a state of economic crisis. The members alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had failed to implement pro-people schemes over the last five-and-a-half-years. They alleged…
‘Labour policy slackened by amendments to IBC-2016 Act’
October 15, 2019Mysuru: “The amendments to IBC (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code)-2016 Act has slackened the country’s labour policy,” opined Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) leader L.M. Peshwa. He was speaking on ‘IBC-2016: Effect on industry and economy’ at a programme organised by CITU at Rotary Hall on JLB Road here yesterday. Peshwa contended that as per…
Awards conferred on achievers at ‘Kavya Dasara’
October 15, 2019Mysuru: Hoysala Kannada Sangha and Savigannada Pathrika Balaga in association with Sri Mahajana Sabha had organised ‘Kavya Dasara’, a poets meet and awards presentation ceremony recently at Sri Rama Mandira in Krishnamurthypuram here. Inaugurating the programme, Natyacharya Prof. K. Ramamurthy Rao advised poets not to write poems sitting in ivory tower but instead get into…















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