Mysore/Mysuru: Miscreants, on Tuesday night, have allegedly torched the name board of Nellur Shed Layout at Ashokapuram, which was recently changed as ‘Buddha Nagar.’ The name board had the name ‘Nellur Shed Layout’ earlier, which was changed to ‘Buddha Nagar’ on Oct. 12. The name board had the portraits of Buddha, Basavanna, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar…
Chopped body parts of teenage girl found in gunny bag near K.R. Pet
November 19, 2020K.R. Pet: An incident of a teenage girl being allegedly murdered, body chopped into pieces and dumped in a gunny bag has come to light lately in K.R. Pet taluk. The gunny bag, with body parts inside it, was found by the public near the main gate of Trishul Power Pvt. Ltd, a hydroelectric power…
Former SJCE Principal passes away
November 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. M. Shanthakumar (75), retired Principal of Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE), passed away in the wee hours of yesterday in Bengaluru. He leaves behind his wife Vasundhara S. Kumar, a writer, one son, one daughter and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed in Bengaluru yesterday, according to sources….
Former DG&IGP and former IPS Officer no more
November 19, 2020Bengaluru: T. Srinivasulu (80), former Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP) of Karnataka, passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru early this morning following brief illness. Srinivasulu, a 1964 batch IPS Officer, was a native of Kurnool in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. He had served as Karnataka DG&IGP in thelate nineties. His last…
What Mistakes Should be avoided by the Bitcoin Buyers?
November 19, 2020In today’s period, many people are involved in dealing with bitcoins as it helps them earn more profits than their actual currencies. It also helps people have a great future ahead with fewer losses and leads to a successful life with huge earnings. Usually, people don’t pay attention to all the aspects of the bitcoin…
Rambling thoughts on Arnab Goswami’s arrest, release and our legal system
November 19, 2020In my recent memory, no arrest of a journalist had roused as much disturbing feelings as when Arnab Goswami, the Chief of the Republic TV, was arrested on Nov. 4, 2020. For me, as a student of law and a journalist, it was most intriguing because he was NOT arrested for reasons of any violation…
Axe of Parasurama
November 19, 2020By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Parasurama is the sixth avatar of Vishnu, also one of the most controversial ones. This is why we do not see many temples dedicated to him. If we do, we find them along the Konkan coast and Karnataka, as a subsidiary shrine, in temples related to…
Plea to open Venugopalaswamy Temple at Hosa Kannambadi
November 19, 2020Sir, Recently I went to Hosa Kannambadi to visit the Venugopalaswamy temple in KRS backwaters. Looks like the temple is closed since covid-induced lockdown. Even though other temples are opened for devotees, this temple is still shut. Just 2 kms before reaching the temple there is a board which says the ‘Temple is closed for…
It’s official…DKS’ daughter gets engaged to Coffee Day Founder’s son
November 19, 2020The engagement ceremony of Aishwarya, daughter of former Minister and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President D.K. Shivakumar, with Amartya Hegde, son of Cafe Coffee Day Founder late V.G. Siddhartha, was held at a private hotel in Bengaluru this morning. The formalities of ‘gatti maatu’ (loosely translated as ‘confirming a marriage’) was held at Shivakumar’s…
Newly elected to Vidyavardhaka Sangha
November 19, 2020Vidyavardhaka Sangha (V.V. Sangha) recently held elections to the Board of Management for a five-year term. Picture shows the new team members (sitting from left) Abdul Jameel, Secretary P. Viswanath, President Gundappa Gowda, Vice-President B. Shivalingappa, Treasurer Sreeshaila Ramannavar and Swamilingappa; (standing from left) Shivalingaiah, MSM Sharma, Gopal Reddy, T. Nagaraju, Thammana and Chandrashekar.















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