Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. R. Purnima (72), Director of Children’s Literary Club, formerly Professor of English at Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) and a resident of 3rd Main Road in V.V. Mohalla, passed away in the early hours of today in city. Daughter of late M. Ramarao and late Jayalakshmi, she leaves behind her sisters R. Prathiba…
Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. B. Nirmala, an Associate Professor, Head of Department of Hindi (retd.), Writer, Poet, Social Activist, Senior NSS Officer, Cricketer and Motivational Speaker of Mysuru city, was honoured with ‘Vishva Hindi Setu Sammaan’ award at the 3-day International Conference and Poets Meet held at Mauritius, on the occasion of World Hindi Day celebrations from…
Project cost Rs. 120 crore; To ease bottlenecks at Kempegowda Circle Mysore/Mysuru: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has begun construction of a grade separator on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway at Kempegowda Circle (Manipal Hospital Junction). The grade separator is being built at a cost of Rs. 120 crore and forms part of a larger…
Mysore/Mysuru: There is no proposal before the Government to increase the existing speed limit on the Mysuru-Bengaluru National Highway-275, Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi clarified in the Legislative Council on Jan. 28. Replying to a question raised by MLC K. Shivakumar, the Minister said that as per the Concessionaire Agreement, the access-controlled road has been…
Narcotics worth Rs. 10 crore, 500-kg chemicals seized; four arrested Mysuru/Ahmedabad: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted an inter-State drug network and arrested four persons, including the kingpin from Gujarat, seizing narcotics valued at about Rs. 10 crore in the local market. In the operation, carried out under Union Government’s Nasha Mukt Bharat (Drug-Free…
Factory sealed for forensic investigation Mysuru/Ahmedabad: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has sealed the drug manufacturing factory in Hebbal for a detailed forensic investigation. The unit, ‘Tuk-Tuk Household Chemicals Production Solution Manufacturing’ located in Hebbal Industrial Area, was a fully functional clandestine laboratory equipped with sophisticated instruments used for drug manufacturing. To evade suspicion, the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Taking strong exception to statements made by Mysuru City Police Commissioner Seema Latkar and Home Minister Dr. G. Parameshwar that only ‘phenyl’ was found at the ‘Tuk-Tuk Household Chemicals Production Solution Manufacturing’ unit in the Hebbal Industrial Area, which was recently raided by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar…
Mysore/Mysuru: Tiger Balaji (67), a traditional wrestler and a resident of Sunnadakeri in K.R. Mohalla, passed away following brief illness at a private hospital in city yesterday. Son of late M.R. Sudarshan, an Olympic champion in weight-lifting, Balaji leaves behind one son, five brothers, three sisters and a host of relatives and friends. His wife…
Bengaluru: Renowned realtor C.J. Roy (57), the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Confident Group, allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his licenced gun, at his office here yesterday, hours after the Income Tax (IT) Department officials conducted raids at his company offices over the allegations of tax evasion. According to the reports available, Roy…
Mysore/Mysuru: In all 41,206 candidates received various degrees at the 21st annual convocation of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) held at the Convocation Bhavan in the city this morning. Among the total number of candidates, 10,691 candidates, belonged to 2021-22 January to 2023-24 cycle and 30,515 candidates belonged to 2013-14 and 2014-15 cycle. Of the…
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