Mysore/Mysuru: As Makara Sankranti, the first major festival of the New Year, approaches for celebration tomorrow, Jan. 15, people are enthusiastically flocking to various shops across the city to purchase essential items for the occasion. The festival, dedicated to the Sun God (Surya), is traditionally celebrated on Jan. 14, but this year it will be…
Mysore/Mysuru: In a sequence of separate incidents, 8 individuals have fallen prey to online fraud, collectively losing a substantial amount totalling Rs. 53,47,609 in the city. In the first case, S. Karan, a 21-year-old student residing in J.T.K. Layout, Kuvempunagar, was enticed by online miscreants through Telegram App. They convinced him to invest Rs. 3.54…
Counterfeit soaps worth Rs. 2 crore seized; two arrested by Malakpet Police on charges of forgery Bengaluru: In a significant operation, the Malakpet Police in Hyderabad busted a network engaged in the illicit manufacturing and distribution of counterfeit Mysore sandal soap — a popular product endorsed by the Karnataka government. Two persons have been arrested. …
Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-based writer and Padma Bhushan awardee, Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa and former Kuvempu Bhasha Bharathi Chairman Prof. Pradhan Gurudatta visited Sri Ram Mandir in Ayodhya yesterday. Dr. Bhyrappa and Prof. Pradhan Gurudatta were in Lucknow to attend a seminar hosted by Rajbhasha Karyanvayan Samiti and the Reserve Bank of India Lucknow unit at Indira Gandhi…
Mysore/Mysuru: A team of researchers unearthed 16th century inscription stone with “MANTRA-TANTRA” at Machalaghatta in Nagamangala taluk, Mandya district recently. It is a small hamlet, where stands Malleshwara Temple of Hoysala period and on the eastern side of the temple was found this half-hidden inscription. The research was conducted after obtaining permission from Dr. Shailendra…
Mysore/Mysuru: Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra, which is being organised across the country to create awareness about various pro-people programmes of the Central Government, has successfully completed its journey in Mysuru district. During the Yatra, which is being undertaken to ensure no one is deprived of the benefits under the various programmes, awareness was created about…
Theatre in Mysuru is open to new experiments which is mind-blowing, says theatre, film director B. Suresh Mysore/Mysuru: The five-day Mysuru Sankranti Ranga Habba (Theatre Fest), organised by Zilla Havyasi Rangakarmigala Vedike (Mysuru District Amateur Theatre Artistes Forum) began at Bhoomigeeta, Rangayana, in city yesterday. Theatre and film director B. Suresh, who inaugurated the fest…
Mysore/Mysuru: Kannada Kriya Samiti has submitted a memorandum to the Joint Director of Tourism Department urging to change ‘Mysuru Fest’ to ‘Mysuru Habba’ and give prominence to Kannada. Samiti office-bearers, who met Tourism Joint Director M.K. Savitha, who is also the Manager of ‘Mysuru Fest’ on Friday, submitted a memorandum and demanded prominence be given…
Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simmha emphasised the potential use of funds held by the Chamundi Temple Management Committee to revitalise heritage temples facing dilapidation. He regretted that the State Govt. has not taken any step so far to renovate and rejuvenate heritage temples that need urgent restoration. The MP was speaking to reporters during the…
Mysore/Mysuru: The building of the MCC Zone-1 Office near Agrahara has been demolished on Tuesday and a park will come up in the land where the building stood. A building to be used as a library was built in 1994 in the place that was meant for park, at Thyagaraja 5th cross coming under MCC…
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