PM to arrive in city on June 20; leave after Mass Yoga No decision yet on temporary shifting of City Bus Stand Mysore/Mysuru: With just 20 days left for International Day of Yoga event on June 21 where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to lead the mass yoga demonstration inside the ramparts of the…
Brijesh Kalappa resigns from Congress party
June 1, 2022Cites lack of passion after 25 years New Delhi: In another jolt to the Congress in Karnataka, senior leader and Supreme Court Advocate Brijesh Kalappa has resigned from the primary membership of the party. Kalappa, who joined the Congress in 1997, said his decision stemmed from the fact that he has been “lacking in passion”…
Free infertility screening camp begins in city
June 1, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A free infertility screening camp for childless couples where reputed obstetricians and gynaecologists from the city are screening the couples till June 4 was inaugurated at Santasa Fertility Centre in Lakshmipuram this morning. The camp has been organised by the Mysore Obstetric and Gynaecological Society (MOGS) in association with fertility specialists of Mysuru as…
City sculptor Arun Yogiraj gets work order for Netaji Statue
June 1, 2022Black jade granite stone brought from Telangana for 30-ft statue to be installed at India Gate in New Delhi Mysore/Mysuru: It’s official. City-based sculptor Arun Yogiraj will carve the 30-feet statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose which will be installed at India Gate under the grand canopy behind the erstwhile Amar Jawan Jyoti. It may…
Curtains drawn on ten-day 80th birthday celebrations of Sri Ganapathy Swamiji
June 1, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The ten-day-long 80th birthday celebrations of Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji, which were held with great enthusiasm at Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashram’s Nada Mantapa on Nanjangud Road, concluded last evening. On May 22, the inauguration of various programmes organised as part of Swamiji’s 80th birthday, Swamiji’s mother Jayalakshmi Mata’s 100th birth anniversary and 24th anniversary…
Mundanda Rajesh Ponnappa secures 222nd rank in UPSC exams
June 1, 2022An advocate by profession, he guides candidates appearing for competitive exams Mysore/Mysuru: Mundanda Rajesh Ponnappa has cleared IAS by securing 222nd rank in UPSC exams, the results of which were announced on May 30. Rajesh Ponnappa is the son of Jaya Poovaiah and Sudha (Thamane – Sadera). Hailing from Nelaji in Kodagu, they are now…
RS polls: Tight race for fourth seat
June 1, 2022Bengaluru: With six candidates filing their nomination papers for four seats to the Rajya Sabha (RS) from the State, the three main political parties are working out their gameplans to ensure the success of their candidates in the polls to take place on June 10. With their numerical strength in the State Assembly, the ruling…
Bollywood playback singer KK dies after performing in concert at Kolkata
June 1, 2022Kolkata: Bollywood playback singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, who was in Kolkata for a concert, died yesterday (May 31). He was 53. The singer collapsed at the hotel where he was staying after the concert in Kolkata’s Nazrul Mancha auditorium. Doctors at Calcutta Medical Research Institute (CMRI) Hospital said the singer was brought…
Chain snatched in Vijayanagar
June 1, 2022Movement of chain snatchers captured on CCTV camera Mysore/Mysuru: Bike borne chain snatchers have managed to snatch a part of the gold chain from an elderly woman, who was on her evening walk in Vijayanagar here yesterday. The elderly woman who lost a part of her gold chain is 56-year-old Shashikala, a resident of Vijayanagar…
Deep Contractor shares her Antarctica experience
June 1, 202223rd Conservation Speak series held at Zoo Mysore/Mysuru: Deep J. Contractor, who is the first woman forest officer and the third forest officer to reach Antarctica, delivered a talk on her Antarctica expedition at the 23rd Conservation Speak that has been revived now by Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, popular as Mysuru Zoo. The talk, ‘My…















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