Mumbai: Actor Dinesh Phadnis (57), well known for playing the role of Fredericks in television’s most popular serial CID, passed away yesterday. He is survived by his wife. The actor was receiving treatment at Mumbai’s Tunga Hospital. His CID co-actor Dayanand Shetty, who played the role of Daya in the serial said, “Dinesh breathed his…
Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government today announced to set up a Special Court to hear the high-profile murder cases of prominent Kannada researcher Prof. M.M. Kalburgi and journalist Gauri Lankesh, This follows a letter by Kavitha Lankesh, sister of Gauri Lankesh, expressing concern about the prolonged delay in trial and to appoint a full-time Judge and…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Physical Education (DPE) of University of Mysore (UoM) will be conducting three-day 94th Inter-Collegiate Athletics Meet from Dec. 7 to 9 at Oval Grounds here. More than 800 sportspersons (men and women) from colleges affiliated to the University will be taking part in the Meet. UoM Vice-Chancellor Prof. N.K. Lokanath will…
Mysore/Mysuru: The All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) has organised 2nd AIISH International Audiology Conference (AIISH-IAC) on Dec. 7 and 8 at its campus in Mysuru. It serves as a crucial platform for the convergence of students, experts, researchers and practitioners in the field of audiology. This year’s conference is centred around the…
Hassan/Bengaluru: The last rites of 64-year-old elephant Arjuna began with puja rituals at 12 noon today. The pachyderm will be eventually buried with full State honours and Forest Department honours. The eight-time Golden Howdah carrier of Mysuru Dasara festivities was gored to death yesterday following a confrontation with a wild elephant in the Yeslur range…
Mysore/Mysuru: Dasara elephant Arjuna, who carried the Golden Howdah (Ambari) for 8 successive years between 2012 and 2019, was paid tributes at a condolence meeting held at the Mysore Palace Board here this morning. Elephant Arjuna, aged about 60 years, died during a wild elephant taming operation at Sakleshpur taluk of Hassan district yesterday. In…
Giant tusker that attacked Arjuna from nowhere was unidentified, says forest official Hassan: Arjuna, the 64-year-old elephant that carried the 750-kg Golden Howdah eight times during Mysuru Dasara, passed away yesterday following a confrontation with a wild elephant in Yeslur range forest, Sakleshpur taluk in Hassan district. The incident occurred during an operation to capture…
Day-long workshop on ‘Prevention of Human Trafficking’ Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that human trafficking in not only a national problem but a global menace and as well as a societal evil, Mysuru Principal District and Sessions Court Judge Prabhavathi M. Hiremath observed that the problem needs to be tackled with collective, co-ordinated and continued efforts between all…
Alleging cover-up after negligence, wildlife activists call for detailed investigation Hassan: Conflicting accounts have emerged from the incident where Arjuna succumbed to the injuries inflicted by a wild tusker. According to the Forest Department’s press release, the team involved in the wild elephant capture at Yeslur was unable to administer the tranquilliser dart to the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Following a complaint of owning assets disproportionate to known sources of income, Lokayukta Police raided the house and various other property linked to a Government First Grade College lecturer in the city early this morning. Mahadeva Swamy, a lecturer at Government First Grade College, Nanjangud and resident of Gurukula Layout near J.P. Nagar Outer…
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