Srirangapatna: A fortnight after a rowdy-sheeter was brutally hacked to death by a group of miscreants near Ranganathittu Cross on Srirangapatna-Belagola Road, the Police have cracked the murder with the arrest of six culprits on Friday. The arrested have been identified as Sathyanarayana alias RX, a resident of Gosegowda Street in Srirangapatna town, Bharath Kumar…
Land grabbing and encroachments: MUDA to form Task Force
November 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In an attempt to stop illegal acts such as land grabbing and encroachments, the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), at its Council Meeting held yesterday, decided to constitute a Task Force to safeguard all its properties and land holdings. MUDA Chairman H.V. Rajeev said that it has been found that MUDA lands have been…
Home Minister moots formation of exclusive SDRF Unit for Mysuru-Kodagu districts
November 7, 2020Madikeri: Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that as Mysuru and Kodagu districts are repeatedly facing natural calamities over the past few years, it has been decided to form a SDRF (State Disaster Response Force) unit that is specific to the two districts. He was speaking to press persons after holding a meeting at Kodagu SP…
Senior Journalist ends life at Chamarajanagar
November 7, 2020Chamarajanagar: Reportedly depressed over his failing health, a 52-year-old senior journalist ended his life by consuming pesticide here yesterday. Suresh (52), who was working for a private TV Channel as Chamarajanagar district reporter and was residing at Doddarayapete in the taluk, is the deceased. Suresh was said to be suffering from chronic lung ailments and…
Valedictory of KSOU online coaching classes on Nov. 9
November 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The valedictory of the 50-day online coaching classes for competitive exams conducted by the Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) Competitive Exams Coaching Centre, Mysuru, will take place at 11 am on Nov. 9. City Police Commissioner Dr. Chandragupta will be the guest of honour. KSOU Vice-Chancellor Prof. S. Vidyashankar will release ‘Mukta Bhandara’, a…
‘Noorondu Geethe’: 101 singers to perform at Kalamandira on Monday
November 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A ‘Geetha Namana’ programme titled ‘101 Kalavidara Noorondu Geethegalu’ has been organised at Kalamandira in city on Nov. 9 (Monday) from 8 am to 8.30 pm, in memory of late singer Dr. S.P. Balasubrahmanyam (SPB) and music director Rajan. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, Singer Ravi Santosh said that Kannada Sahitya…
Jan Aushadhi Kendras to sell Ayurvedic medicines soon
November 7, 2020Bengaluru: Ruling out permission to sell branded medicines at Jan Aushadhi Kendras (Generic Medical Shops), Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertiliser D.V. Sadananda Gowda (DVS) said ayurvedic medicines will be sold across the counter at very nominal rates in the coming days. Speaking after virtual inauguration of Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Regional Office in Hubballi,…
Deteriorating civic amenities in Vijayanagar 2nd Stage
November 7, 2020Sir, Most of the main roads in Vijayanagar 2nd Stage (in and around) are in pathetic conditions. While few interior roads were asphalted recently, the main roads (High Tension road, Kannada Sahitya Parishat road, Water Tank road, and other main roads) are unmotorable. These roads provide main connectivity to many other areas and the traffic…
SRH eliminates RCB to take on DC in Qualifier-2
November 7, 2020Jason Holder enjoyed a fine outing with the ball and bat while Kane Williamson scored a fine 50* as Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) set up a Qualifier-2 clash with Delhi Capitals (DC) after beating Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by six wickets in Eliminator of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 in Abu Dhabi yesterday. Kane Williamson…
Trailblazers beat Velocity
November 7, 2020Sophie Ecclestone, Jhulan Goswami and Rajeshwari Gayakwad shared the spoils as Trailblazers beat Velocity in the second match of the Women’s T20 Challenge in Sharjah on Thursday. Velocity, who were coming into this match on the back of their five-wicket win against Supernovas, elected to bat against Trailblazers. Trailblazers came all out all guns blazing…
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