PM to hold video-conference with party workers tomorrow Bengaluru: Marking the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Foundation Day tomorrow (Apr. 6), Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP National President J.P. Nadda will hold a video-conference with party workers tomorrow, according to BJP National Secretary Arun Singh, who is also Karnataka BJP in-charge. The programme will be…
D.V. Halabhavi Awardee
April 5, 2021Mysuru: Well-known artist Eshwar N. Joshi of Hubballi has been selected for D.V. Halabhavi Award for the year 2020.The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 10,000, given by Dharwad-based Bellad Educational and Agricultural Foundation and a citation. A native of Hubballi, EshwarJoshi is among the renowned painters of the State. He is well-versed in…
Shivarathreeshwara Book Award
April 5, 2021Mysuru: Well-known writer from Kalaburagi Mahantappa Nandur has been selected for the prestigious ‘Sri Shivarathreeshwara Award’ for the year 2019, in recognition of his work titled ‘Arive Pramaanu – Akka Nagamma Jeevana Kavya.’ The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 25,000 and a citation. Hailing from Pattana village in Kalaburagi district, Mahantappa Nandur worked…
Water documentary by city teen wins global acclaim
April 5, 2021Selected for UN Ocean Decade Summit at Hawaii Mysuru: Fourteen-year-old girl Manavattira K. Yashmi Dechamma from Nelaji village in Kodagu, presently studying in ninth standard at Acharya Vidya Kula in city, has been chosen for the UN Ocean Decade Summit scheduled to be held in Hawaii soon. She bagged the opportunity following her documentary on…
Man dies after falling from second floor
April 5, 2021Mysuru: A man, who was reportedly drunk, died after slipping and falling from the second floor of the house at Medarakeri here on Saturday night. The deceased is K.V. Ravikumar (30), a fruit merchant. Ravikumar, who was allegedly addicted to liquor, used to come home drunk and on Saturday too, he had come drunk and…
Youth kills mother for refusing to give money
April 5, 2021T. Narasipur: A 26-year-old youth allegedly killed his mother for refusing to give him money for liquor. The incident took place at Kura Balanahundi village in Talakad hobli on Saturday. While the deceased has been identified as Gowramma (55), wife of Jogi Ramegowda, the accused is Shantharaju, a speech impaired youth. On Saturday, Shantharaju, who…
Two go missing from city, Nanjangud
April 5, 2021Mysuru/Nanjangud: In separate incidents, a woman and a girl have gone missing from Udayagiri and Hullahalli Police limits respectively. In the first incident, a 39-year-old woman, who left her house on Mar. 15 at about 4.30 pm, has since gone missing. The missing woman is Farzana, wife of Mohammed Ameer, a resident of Rajivnagar 1st…
Unidentified bodies found
April 5, 2021Mysuru: In separate cases, the Mysuru Railway Police and Devaraja Police, have found bodies of unidentified persons in their respective jurisdictions. In the first case, the Mysuru Railway Police have found a body of an unidentified man aged about 35 years near the Railway over bridge on Platform No. 3 of Mandya Railway Station and…
City students bag VTU Ranks
April 5, 2021Mysuru: H.R. Apoorva, a student of Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering, Mysuru, has secured first rank with six gold medals in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in 20th VTU Convocation. She is the daughter of Geetha and H.C. Ramesh. U. Thanuja from the same college has secured fourth rank in M. Tech in Computer…
No fresh registration of health workers for vaccination
April 5, 2021New Delhi: No fresh registrations for COVID vaccination will be allowed for healthcare and frontline workers, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has said. In a letter dated Apr. 3, Bhushan wrote to all State Chief Secretaries informing them that the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry had received inputs that some vaccination centres were violating…















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