Bengaluru: Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has directed Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh to conduct an inquiry into the incident in which several Ministers and elected representatives were prevented by the Police from entering the Nandi Dhwaja Puja enclosure at the Mysore Palace during the Jumboo Savari procession yesterday. Shivakumar said officials had acted in a high-handed…

5-year-old child injured after Police constable’s lathi strikes his head Mysuru: A five-year-old boy suffered serious head injuries after a Police constable’s lathi struck him while he was watching the Dasara Jumboo Savari procession with his parents at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Circle (Highway Circle) yesterday. The boy, Shishir, was watching the procession with his…

Sugreeva is the heaviest at 6,105 kgs Mysuru: All 13 Dasara elephants underwent weight checks this morning, a day after completing the Jumboo Savari procession. The elephants were led from the Mysore Palace to the Sairam & Co. weighbridge on Dhanvanthri Road for the checks. The first batch of nine elephants was weighed on Aug….

Mysuru: The artistes, who added colour to the ‘Vijayadashami – Jumboo Savari’ procession, were seen resting on the road between Bal Bhavan and KSRTC Depot (the road connecting Nelson Mandela Road to Hanumanthanagar)  in the dark. By the time procession was completed it was late in the evening and the said road had no functional…

Journalists stage flash protest; MDJA, MLC seek action against errant Cops Mysuru: The Mysuru District Journalists’ Association (MDJA) has condemned the alleged high-handed behaviour of Police personnel who prevented journalists from entering the Mysore Palace premises to cover Jumboo Savari, despite their carrying official media passes. The Association demanded disciplinary action against the officers who…

Mysuru: Though several foreign ambassadors and other diplomats attended Jumboo Savari upon State Government’s  invitation on Wednesday, the event failed to attract foreign tourists on expected lines, much to the disappointment of the Government. The Karnataka Government had invited diplomats of 160 countries, out of which ambassadors and diplomats of some countries took part in…

Mysuru: In yet another display of his simplicity, Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda travelled in an autorickshaw as a common man  to have a glimpse of Dasara grandeur in the city on Tuesday. Krishna Byre Gowda, accompanied by his wife, travelled in a train from Bengaluru to Mysuru on Tuesday evening. Upon alighting at…

Mysuru: The following five cyclists from Mysuru will be going on a cycling expedition from Kashmir (Srinagar) to Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu) between Oct. 23 and Nov. 15: Prof. Dr. Chandrakanth Hungund Veeranna, Professor and HoD, Forensic Sciences, JSS Academy of Higher Education, Mysuru; Muthukumaran, Business Entrepreneur, Mysuru; Veda Murthy, General Manager, Retd., Coal India Ltd….