Mysore/Mysuru: The row over parking of Mysore New Goods Terminal (MNGT) lorries in Taluk Agricultural Produce Cooperative Marketing Society (TAPCMS) premises has temporarily come to an end with Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri instructing the TAPCMS on Jodi Tenginamara Road in Bannimantap to allow lorries to park for three more months. The TAPCMS had locked up…
Man allegedly kills girlfriend, commits suicide later
February 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A 40-year-old man allegedly killed his girlfriend and later committed suicide at a lodge in Hebbal Police limits here yesterday. The deceased are Lokesh, a Class-1 Civil Contractor of Nagamangala and Amulya (22), a M.Sc student. Lokesh is said to have strangled Amulya with a rope and later hanged himself. A native of Hombalekoppal…
President’s visit on Feb. 6: Madikeri gets quick facelift
February 4, 2021Environmentalists irked over chopping of trees along Madikeri-Bhagamandala-Talacauvery Road Madikeri: Preparations are in full swing for the visit of President Ram Nath Kovind to the hilly district on Feb. 6 where he will inaugurate ‘Sunny Side’, a museum dedicated to celebrated General, Chief of Armed Forces and War Hero General Kodandera S. Thimayya. The museum,…
MLC raises plight of coffee growers in Legislative Council
February 4, 2021Madikeri: Unseasonal rains in the coffee growing district of Kodagu have affected harvest and post-harvest activities. The early rains have affected coffee quality and output as well. The district has received heavy rainfall and cloudy weather persisted in the crucial coffee season, affecting coffee drying. Growers have harvested the crop and have left them in…
Denial of Central Civil Family Pension for 20 years to 85-year-old widow of World War-II Veteran
February 4, 2021Mysuru-based VeKare Ex-Servicemen Trust writes to President of India, the Supreme Commander of Indian Armed Forces Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-based VeKare Ex-Servicemen Trust has sought the intervention of the President of India, who is also the Supreme Commander of Indian Armed Forces, towards the denial of Central Civil Family Pension for 20-long-years to 85-year-old Kaveriamma alias Rani…
Retired DGP R.P. Sharma passes away
February 4, 2021Bengaluru: Retired Director General of Police (DGP) R.P. Sharma (60) passed away yesterday evening at a private hospital here after a brief illness. He had retired from service in Dec. 2020. He was admitted to hospital where he breathed his last due to multi-organ failure, sources close to the family said. He is survived by…
Workshop for enhancing stage performing skills
February 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Vivekananda Institute of Indian Studies, (VIIS), a unit of Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement, Mysuru (SVYM) and Swaralayam Arts Forum, Houston, USA, have organised a one day workshop on honing performing skills on the occasion of 12th Annual Sulochana Pattabhiram Utsavam. The workshop, facilitated by renowned musicians Vidwan Manasa Nayana and Vidwan A. Radhesh, will…
Yuva Sangeetha Sambhrama: Online vocal concert on Feb.6 by Prithvi Bhaskar
February 4, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Sri Thyagaraja Sangeetha Sabha Charitable Trust, Mysuru, will present an online vocal concert by Prithvi Bhaskar at 5 pm on Saturday (Feb. 6), as the concluding episode of their “Yuva Sangeetha Sambhrama” series, which will be premiered on the YouTube channel of the Sabha. Hailing from a family of eminent musicians, Prithvi Bhaskar, known…
No action on licenced miners: CM
February 4, 2021Bengaluru: CM B.S. Yediyurappa has reiterated that licenced miners and stone-crushing units in the State would not be affected by the crackdown on illegal mining. “I have directed the officers not to take any action on licenced miners and those who have valid permits. Such miners do not have to fear the law,” he told…
State to have Mining Varsity soon
February 4, 2021Belagavi: Karnataka Minister for Mines and Geology Murugesh Nirani said that the State Government is contemplating to establish a Mining University and have research and development established to impart scientific mining. Speaking to the media, he said, “Our government will give more priority to scientific and safe mining and has decided to establish Mining University…
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