Mysuru: Sri Nimishamba Dance Promoters, Mysuru, has organised ‘Hejje-Gejje,’ the 27th Annual National Dance Festival at Kalamandira in city tomorrow (Jan. 12) at 5 pm. On the occasion, around 200 artistes will present ‘Shiva Tandava Nrityotsava.’ ‘Kannada Ratna’ award will be conferred on Actress Girija Lokesh and Guru Mysore B. Nagaraj of Articulate Trust for…
Three arrested for blackmailing woman; search on for 3 more
January 11, 2025Mysuru: The Hebbal Police have registered a case against six individuals for allegedly blackmailing a woman and attempting to extort money by falsely accusing her of operating a brothel. Three of the accused — Hanchya Ravi, Manjunath and K.H. Hanumantharaju — have been arrested, while the remaining three accused — Yogesh, Doreswamy and Suryavardhan —…
MGP meeting tomorrow: Preparations to celebrate World Consumer Rights Day-2025
January 11, 2025Mysuru: The theme of World Consumer Rights Day-2025 is “A just transition to sustainable lifestyles” along with “Greater protection and empowerment for consumers.” For Mysureans, the latter theme is urgent considering the near absence of Consumer Movement. One telling example is the complete absence of any celebration of National Consumer Day last year on Dec….
UoM Ph.D awardees
January 11, 2025Mysuru: A.V. Sathish Kumar has been awarded Ph.D in Political Science by the University of Mysore (UoM) for his thesis ‘Karnatakadalli Alpasankyathara Sabalikaranakke Congress Pakshada Koduge: Ondu Adhyayana’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. G.T. Ramachandrappa. M.K. Pavithra has been awarded Ph.D in Economics by the University of Mysore for her thesis titled ‘An Economic…
Man sentenced to life for murdering wife
January 11, 2025Mysuru: City’s Third Additional District and Sessions Judge K. Bhagya has sentenced Sunderraj, a resident of Karigowda Layout, Hootagalli, to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife, Shanthala. Sunderraj, originally from Toravalli village, H.D. Kote taluk, had been married to Shanthala, the daughter of Narayanashetty from Chamanahalli village. The couple, who had a daughter,…
Man missing
January 11, 2025Mysuru: A 35-year-old man has gone missing since Jan. 8 from Mysuru South Police limits. The missing man is Tanveer Ahmed alias Tannu. He is 6 ft. tall, normal built, oval faced, light brown complexioned, has a mole near the right side of his neck and was wearing a red and black coloured readymade shirt…
Sandalwood thieves nabbed
January 11, 2025Mysuru: Two persons, who had stolen sandalwood from a residence in city, have been arrested by Kuvempunagar Police. Kiran, aged 32, a resident of Krishnagiri taluk in Tamil Nadu and Suri, aged 27, of Malavalli taluk of Mandya, are the arrested persons. During investigation, they admitted that they had stolen sandalwood from a residence on…
Elected as new office-bearers
January 11, 2025Mysuru: Following have been elected unanimously as the Directors of Mysuru-Chamarajanagar District Government Employees Credit Cooperative Society (2025-2030): Dr. C.B. Arunkumar, D. Anand, J. Govindaraju, S. Raghu, S.L. Krishnaswamy, S.A. Harish, S.N. Manjunath, A.C. Manjegowda, C. Ramesh Kumar, Meenakshi, E. Komala, T. Balarama, N.K. Ganesh, C.S. Ramesh Kumar and H.J. Lokesh. The election scheduled to…
Events tomorrow – Jan. 12: Rangayana
January 11, 2025Staging of play ‘My Family,’ directed by Ganesh Mandarti, Bhoomigeeta auditorium, Rangayana premises, 6.30 pm.
The Wave Organ: Sings the song of the Sea
January 11, 2025By Girija Madhavan Before I left San Francisco last year to return to Mysuru, I went for a walk on a promontory in the bay of San Francisco to the jetty that protects the Small Boat harbour in the Marina District. It was a lovely day, pelicans and other water birds were on the wing…














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