Bengaluru: Prof. Sharath Ananthamurthy, currently serving as a Physics faculty at University of Hyderabad, has been appointed as the new Vice-Chancellor of Kuvempu University, Shivamogga. He is the son of Jnanpith awardee and noted writer late Prof. U.R. Ananthamurthy.. Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, in a notification issued on Tuesday, stated that Prof. Sharath Ananthamurthy, serving at…
Mahashivarathri celebrations at Suttur Srikshetra
March 6, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: As part of Mahashivarathri festival, special programmes have been organised at Suttur Srikshetra on Mar. 8. Special pujas will be held from 6 pm to 6 am at Adi Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Shivayogi Gaddige. Special pujas will also be held at Sri Mahadeshwara, Sri Someshwara, Sri Veerabhadreshwara, Sri Nanjundeshwara and Sri Narayanaswamy Temples. Shivadeeksha…
Mahashivarathri events at Ganapathy Ashram
March 6, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The following programmes will be conducted on the occasion of Mahashivarathri celebrations at Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashram on Nanjangud Road in Dattanagar, Mysuru, from Mar. 7 to 9: Mar. 7 — 9 am: Sri Chakra Puja; 10 am: Girija Kalyanam; 6 pm: Sri Venkatamakhin Memorial and Tyagaraja Swamy Aradhana, mass singing of Tyagaraja Pancharatna…
Vehicular traffic banned on Dhanvanthri Road for UGD works
March 6, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Due to underground drainage works taken up by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), vehicular movement on the stretch from Dasappa Circle to Sangeetha Vidwan Devendrappa Circle on Dhanvanthri road in the heart of the city, has been banned for some days. The vehicular traffic ban has been enforced for enabling laying of UGD pipeline…
Temporary non-teaching staff of Sir MV PG Centre in a fix
March 6, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Temporary employees of Sir M. Visvesvaraya Post-Graduate (PG) Centre, Tubinakere, Mandya district are in a fix, following the change in guard from University of Mysore to Mandya University. The PG Centre was earlier functioning under the jurisdiction of Mysore Varsity, but following the decision of the State Government to establish Universities at every district,…
Two-wheeler lifters held
March 6, 2024Nine vehicles worth Rs. 6 lakh recovered Mysore/Mysuru: Metagalli Police, on Feb. 25, took two persons who were riding two-wheelers without registration number plate near Varuna Canal Bridge into custody and interrogated them. Based on the information provided by the two riders, the Police took two more persons into custody and questioned them during which…
Life-time Achievement Award for film Director M.S. Sathyu
March 6, 2024Bengaluru: Noted film Director and theatre personality M.S. Sathyu has been selected for the prestigious ‘Life-time Achievement Award’ given by the State Government during the ongoing 15th Bengaluru International Film festival. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in a message on X (formerly Twitter), stated that the State Government has selected renowned cine Director Mysuru Srinivas Sathyu (M.S….
Man on video call with wife run over by train
March 6, 2024Nanjangud: A man, who was talking to his wife on video call and crossing the railway track, was run over by a train at Doddakavalande village in the taluk yesterday morning. The deceased has been identified as Manusami (30), a native of Bihar who was working as a carpenter at the village. Yesterday morning, Manusami,…
Unidentified body found
March 6, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Nazarbad Police, on Feb. 27, have found a body of an unidentified man in front of Maharaja Complex on B.N. Road and have shifted the body to MMC&RI mortuary besides registering a case. The deceased is aged between 40 and 45 years, 5.4 ft. tall, normal built, round faced, dark complexioned and was wearing…
3 landslides and two-and-a-half years later… Chamundi Hill retaining wall still INCOMPLETE
March 5, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Nearly two-and-a-half years after the first major landslide occurred atop the Chamundi Hill between View Point and Nandi Statue Road in October 2021, the retaining wall to prevent further damage is still incomplete. Consequently, the 400-metre road has remained closed to traffic since then. As of now, only 70 percent of the planned 50-ft…
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