City sculptor Arun Yogiraj to restore 50-year-old statue Madikeri: The damaged bronze statue of General Kodandera S. Thimayya that was uprooted from its position at the entrance of Madikeri town (Toll Gate) has been shifted to Mysuru for repairs and restoration. On Aug. 21, a speeding KSRTC bus collided with it. The statue fell onto…
Snake Shyam urges CM to provide compensation for fellow rescuers
August 30, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Noted snake rescuer Balasubramanya (Snake Shyam) has urged Chief Minister Siddharamaiah to provide compensation to fellow snake rescuers who lose their lives due to snake bites during their courageous rescue operations. In an appeal conveyed through a letter handed over to CM Siddharamaiah at Suttur Mutt yesterday, Snake Shyam highlighted his own extensive experience…
Nanjangud Srikanteshwara temple records Rs.1.68 cr. hundi collection
August 30, 2023Nanjangud: The famed Srikanteshwaraswamy temple in Nanjangud has recorded a hundi collection of Rs. 1.68 crore. The counting of all the 34 hundis of the temple was taken up in the temple premises on Tuesday, during which Rs. 1,68,75,992 in cash, 88 grams of gold jewellery, 4.45 kg of silver jewellery and 67 foreign currencies…
Pourakarmika accident case: Accused car driver was sleepy when he hit civic worker on duty
August 30, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The accused car driver, who had rammed into a Pourakarmika, who was busy cleaning D. Devaraj Urs Road in the early hours of Aug. 27, resulting in the Pourakarmika losing his leg and badly damaging another leg, was listening to a discourse (Harikatha) the entire previous night. He was said to be sleepy when…
Deputy Range Forest Officer commits suicide in Madikeri
August 30, 2023Madikeri: G.C. Rashmi (27), a Deputy Range Forest Officer (DRFO) working at the Research Division of the Forest Department, committed suicide by hanging self at the Forest Department quarters in Madikeri yesterday night and the incident came to light this morning. A native of Mandya, Rashmi was serving in Kodagu since two years and the…
Bar Association fetes Siddu with silver mace
August 30, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah was warmly felicitated by Mysuru Bar Association at a programme held in the Mysuru City and District Courts Complex here yesterday. Addressing the legal fraternity on the occasion, Siddharamaiah said that politics is not for pleasure and entertainment and instead is a field for bringing about a change for better in…
Civic Workers Association demands compensation, job for injured Pourakarmika’s wife
August 30, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation Permanent and Contract Civic Workers Association Hon. President M. Vadivelu, has demanded compensation and a job for injured Pourakarmika Mahadeva’s wife. Mahadeva lost one of his legs and his other leg has been badly damaged when a car rammed into him while he was collecting garbage on Devaraj Urs Road on…
MCCI office-bearers meet counterparts from Raichur
August 30, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) had organised a meeting with the Raichur District Chamber of Commerce and Industry team on Aug. 21 at the MCCI office in Mysuru. Trivikram Joshi, Immediate Past President of the Raichur Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Ramanagouda B. Danappagoudar, Past President of the Gadag District…
Karnataka Ursu Mahamandali Charitable Trust remembers D. Devaraj Urs
August 30, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Ursu Mahamandali Charitable (KUMC) Trust, Mysuru and Sri D. Devaraj Urs Endowment, Mysuru, had organised a programme on Aug. 27 to celebrate the birth anniversary of former Chief Minister late D. Devaraj Urs at Sri Venugopalaswamy Temple premises on Thyagaraj road in city. On the occasion, the book ‘Hena Horuvavana Vruttanta’ (Kannada translation)…
Lions Club of Mysore Indiranagar installed
August 30, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The installation ceremony of new office-bearers of Lions Club of Mysore Indiranagar was held at a private hotel in the city recently. Lions First District Governor N. Subramanya administered the oath of office to the new office-bearers. Krishnaraja Assistant Commissioner of Police Gangadharaswamy was the chief guest on the occasion. Ln. Dr. T.M. Prashanth,…
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