Mysore/Mysuru: A three-day camp for JSS Pharmacy and Life Sciences students, organised under the joint aegis of Suttur Mutt, Sri Shivarathreeshwara Endowment and JSS Mahavidyapeetha, began at Suttur in Nanjangud taluk this morning. During the camp, Swami Mahamedananda will speak on the topic ‘Achieving double success in life’, while S. Praveen Kumar will speak on…
Former Minister B.A. Jeevijaya quits Congress
May 3, 2023Madikeri: Miffed over being sidelined by the party, veteran leader and former Minister B.A. Jeevijaya quit the Congress on Tuesday. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, Jeevijaya, who hit national headlines when he defeated the then Congress Chief Minister R. Gundurao from Somwarpet Assembly segment in the Jan. 1983 Assembly polls, said that…
Farmer killed in elephant attack
May 3, 2023Gonikoppal: A farmer was killed when a wild elephant attacked him at Nokya village in Ponnampet taluk on Monday morning. The deceased farmer has been identified as Mallangada Sunny Changappa (62), a resident of the village. He was tying the cow in his field on Monday morning, when the wild elephant attacked and trampled him…
Congress expels 24 rebel candidates
May 3, 2023Bengaluru: With the May10 Assembly polls just a week away, the Congress on Tuesday expelled 24 party leaders including three former MLAs from the primary membership of the party for 6 years, for having revolted against the party and contesting the polls as rebel candidates. Those expelled are: former MLAs Ramakrishna Doddamani (Shirahatti), B.B. Ramaswamy…
Bid to sell star tortoise, deer antlers: Two arrested
May 3, 2023Kollegal: In separate cases, the Kollegal CID Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested two persons who were trying to sell a live star tortoise and deer antlers and have seized the tortoise and antlers from them. In the first case, the CID Mobile Squad personnel, who raided a spot near Saragur Bus Stand, arrested 36-year-old…
Woman goes missing
May 3, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A 35-year-old woman, who was staying in Room No. 3 of Mysore University Women’s Hostel, who left the room at about 11.30 am on Apr. 19 has since gone missing. The missing woman is T.P. Chaitra, a teacher at the Higher Primary School in Manasagangothri campus. She is 5.2 ft. tall, normal built, oily…
Unidentified body found
May 3, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The body of an unidentified middle aged man (50-55 years) has been found in the lake along the Ring Road in Hebbal Police Station limits on Apr. 26. The man is 5.5 ft. tall, medium built, wheatish in complexion and oval faced. A tattoo mark featuring Goddess Chamundeshwari sitting on a tiger, with letters…
Battle for Varuna: Amit Shah in Siddharamaiah’s home turf
May 2, 2023Mysuru: Union Home Minister Amit Shah campaigned at the high-voltage Varuna Assembly Constituency this morning in favour of senior BJP leader and State Minister V. Somanna who is pitted against former CM Siddharamaiah. Amit Shah’s chopper landed at the Suttur helipad in Varuna at 12.30 pm and he headed to Hosakote to address a public…
Sharad Pawar resigns as NCP Chief
May 2, 2023Committee to be formed to decide on successor Mumbai: In a move that came as a surprise to many, veteran politician and a stalwart of Maharashtra politics, Sharad Pawar today stepped down as the Chief of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which he floated two decades ago. Pawar, who helmed the party since its inception…
NR candidates vouch for infrastructure development in Constituency
May 2, 2023Mysuru: Taking a differing view on the development of NR Constituency, candidates of the three major political parties — sitting MLA Tanveer Sait of the Congress, S. Satish (Sandesh Swamy) of the BJP and Abdul Khader of the JD(S) — have vouched for infrastructure development in the Constituency in their own ways, if elected in…













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