Praises South movies for giving a great boost to India’s culture, identity Bengaluru; Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Kannada actors Yash and Rishab Shetty along with a few social media influencers at Bengaluru’s Raj Bhavan on Sunday evening. Late actor Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar’s wife Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar and ‘Kantara’ producer Vijay Kirgandoor of Hombale Films…
Casteist skit at college fest: Bengaluru’s Jain Varsity Dean, seven students arrested
February 14, 2023Bengaluru: The Bengaluru Police arrested the Dean, Programme Co-ordinator and seven students of Jain (Deemed-to-be-University) over a controversial skit on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. Dinesh Nilkant, Dean, Faculty of Management and Director (Admissions), Prateek, Programme Coordinator and seven students have been arrested, said P. Krishnakant, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South). Police declined to give details about…
Organisations demand withdrawal of recognition
February 14, 2023Mysuru: Strongly condemning the skit enacted at Bengaluru’s Jain University where Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Dalits were reportedly mocked, members of the University of Mysore Researchers Association and Dalit Vidyarthi Okkoota staged a demonstration in front of Kuvempu Statue at the entrance of Manasagangothri campus here yesterday. Raising slogans against Jain University, the protesters accused…
Wedding gifts stolen from Kalyana Mantap
February 14, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A bag containing gold ornaments and cash, which were given as gifts to the groom, has been lifted from the wedding reception stage at a Kalyana Mantap in city. According to the complaint lodged by H. Pradeep, the wedding of his brother H.C. Pramod of Kirijaji village in Hunsur taluk was held at Sa.Ra….
Two chain-snatchers arrested
February 14, 2023230 grams gold chains worth Rs. 14 lakh recovered Mysuru; Jayalakshmipuram Police have arrested two chain-snatchers and have recovered gold chains worth Rs. 14 lakh from them. The Cops arrested the chain-snatchers on Feb. 6 and during interrogation, the accused are said to have confessed of snatching gold chains from women in Mysuru city and…
Wins bronze at Inter-University Karate
February 14, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: State No.1 Karate Kata Champ Deia S. Urs, a PG student in Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Mysore, Mysuru, secured bronze medal in All India Inter-University Karate Championships 2022-2023 held at the Indoor Stadium of Atal Bihari Vajpayee University, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, from Jan. 17 to 22. More than 2,000 karatekas from 174 Universities…
‘Dr. RaGow-80’ event tomorrow
February 14, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Dr. RaGow-80’, a programme to honour former Kannada faculty Dr. Ramegowda (popularly known as Dr.RaGow) marking his 80th birthday, will take place at Rani Bahadur auditorium on Hunsur road here at 5 pm tomorrow. Prof. V. Rangaswamy of Dr.RaGow Shishyaru-Abhimaanigala Balaga said that the event is organised under the aegis of Karnataka Sangha, Mandya,…
Mysore Art Gallery fetes achiever Neelambika
February 14, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: As part of its monthly programme ‘Sadhakarondige Samvaada,’ the Mysore Art Gallery felicitated M.A. Neelambika, lecturer at JSS Educational Institutions, at a programme held at its premises on Ramanuja Road in city on Saturday last. Neelambika, daughter of Nataka Kalaratna C. Ankappa, is serving as a Kannada lecturer at JSS for the past three…
Election Commission holds meeting with top officials in Bengaluru
February 14, 2023Bengaluru: The Election Commission, which has begun preparations for the forthcoming Karnataka Assembly polls, started zonal-wise preparations by holding a meeting with Deputy Commissioners, top Police Officers and other top officials at Bengaluru recently. The Election Commission of India (ECI) Officers, who have held first round meeting at Mysuru and Kalaburagi, conducted a similar meeting…
CPI stages protest against Budget
February 14, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Terming the Budget (2023-24) presented by the Centre as Anti-people and Anti-poor, members of the Communist Party of India (CPI) staged a demonstration near the Deputy Commissioner’s office here yesterday. Demanding that the Centre should order a fair probe into the deals of Adani Group of companies which is under the dock for alleged …















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