Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Asthi visarjan’ is a ritual performed after the cremation of a deceased person. Asthi refers to the ashes remaining after cremation. Due to the sanctity associated with Cauvery River, there is high demand for performing this ritual at Srirangapatna, with bookings often made even before the person’s demise. During Upa Lokayukta Justice B. Veerappa’s…
Mysore/Mysuru: Hectic preparations are on for the 11th International Day of Yoga (IDY) event organised by District AYUSH Department in association with the District Administration at Mysore Palace premises tomorrow (June 21) from 6 am to 8 am. The theme for IDY-2025 is “Yoga for One Earth, One Health”. An estimated 15,000 yoga enthusiasts are…
Mysore/Mysuru: Antararashtriya Hindu Parishad (AHP) President Dr. Pravin Togadia has said that the primary goal of the Hindu Parishad is to ensure that every Hindu in the country lives safely, prosperously and with dignity. He was speaking at the ‘Hindu Chintana Sabhe’ organised this morning at Alamma Choultry on Vinoba Road in Shivarampet, under the…
Mysore/Mysuru: With preparations in full swing across the State, country and the world for International Day of Yoga, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has urged the Union Government to revise the Goods and Services Tax (GST) levied on Yoga training institutions. The MP met Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently, requesting a reduction in…
Mysore/Mysuru: The footpath and road along an one kilo-metre stretch from 101 Ganapathy Circle in Agrahara to M.V. Srinivasan Circle (Five Lights Circle) near Seth Mohandas Tulsidas (SMT) Maternity Hospital in city has turned into a chock-a-block, with rampant footpath and road encroachments, leaving the motorists and pedestrians fuming throughout the day. The very stretch…
Mysore/Mysuru: Following hoax bomb threats reported in schools across Bengaluru, Hassan and Udupi districts, several schools in Mysuru have now received similar fake bomb threat emails. One such threat was sent to Rotary Ideal Jawa School on JLB Road yesterday. After Jnanasarovara International School on Bannur Road received a bomb threat email around 12 noon…
Gundlupet: A tribal woman, who was tending to a flock of sheep at a field bordering Bandipur Tiger Reserve, was mauled to death by a tiger yesterday. The deceased is Puttamma (44), a resident of Deshipura Colony. She had lost her husband recently and was living with her two children Sharath and Abbayi. Yesterday afternoon,…
Mysore/Mysuru: With the scrutiny of nomination papers of candidates for the MCDCC (Mysuru-Chamarajanagar District Co-operative Central) Bank polls having taken place yesterday, the nomination paper of one candidate has been rejected. The candidature of Shivanna who had filed nomination as a delegate of Hebbalaguppe Agricultural Credit Co-operative Society in H.D. Kote taluk, has been rejected,…
Hunsur: Parents of children studying in Morarji Desai Residential School, near Dharmapura Social Forest at Bilikere Hobli in the taluk are a feared lot after a CCTV camera installed in the school has captured movement of a tiger near the school. About 15 days ago, information was given to the Forest Department after a tiger…
Nanjangud: Yatra has been organised as part of Hanuma Jayanti celebrations by Sri Veeranjaneya Dharma Jagruti Balaga in the town tomorrow (June 21). Krishna Jois, a leader associated with the Balaga, addressed media persons here yesterday and gave details of the Yatra. MLA Darshan Dhruvanarayan, Chennabasava Swamiji, High Court Advocate Arun Shyam and former MLA…
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