In cases where the media representatives find that COVID-19 norms are ignored in mass functions, they can immediately call the COVID Control Room on Ph: 1077, 0821-2423800 or 2957711 or 2957811 or the Police Control Room on: 100 or 0821-2418339. Mysore/Mysuru: After months of creating awareness and educating public on wearing of face masks and…
Iron railing kills jumbo
November 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a tragic incident, a wild tusker died after it was caught in iron railing erected to prevent the elephants from straying out of wild in Nadaahadi Beat of Moleyur Range of Bandipur Tiger Reserve on Tuesday. According to information reaching here, the incident occurred when a jumbo, after grazing on the standing crops…
Elephant Bhima chases away riders clicking selfies in front of him
November 4, 2020Drags their bike and damages it Madikeri: A video of elephant Bhima of Mathigod Elephant Camp chasing away bike riders, who were clicking selfies in front of him and pushing away the bike of the riders who ran for safety leaving behind their two-wheeler, has gone viral on social media. The incident took place on…
Book on Nobel Prize winners in Medicine released at virtual event
November 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: University of Mysore (UoM) Visiting Faculty Prof. H.A. Ranganath released former Zoology Department faculty Dr. S.N. Hegde’s book “Nobel Prize Winners in Medicine-Volume 2” at a virtual programme organised at Vignana Bhavan in Manasagangothri here on Monday, marking the 101st birth anniversary of Zoology Department Founder Dr. M.R. Rajashekar Shetty. Speaking on the occasion,…
Annual inspection of Central Workshop at Ashokapuram
November 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Ajay Kumar Singh, General Manager (GM), South Western Railway (SWR), Hubballi, did annual inspection of the Central Workshop, Ashokapuram, on Oct. 23. Central Workshop – Ashokapuram of SWR was established in 1924 as a base Workshop of the erstwhile Mysore State Railway. The Workshop has started POH of BG coaches from 1994. With the…
Snake Shyam rescues Cobra at Hebbal Police Station
November 4, 2020Rescues three more snakes at Bannimantap, Belavatta and Hulikere Mysore/Mysuru: City’s well-known snake rescuer and wildlife conservationist Snake Shyam has rescued a Spectacled Cobra which had taken shelter between UPS batteries at Hebbal Police Station on Sunday night. Hebbal Police personnel, who saw the snake between the batteries, came out of the Police Station and…
BJP wins Nanjangud CMC Presidential Polls
November 4, 2020Nanjangud: As expected, BJP won the President and the Vice-President posts in Nanjangud City Municipal Council (CMC) in the elections held on Monday. This is the first time that the BJP has won both the posts on its own in the CMC. While H.S. Mahadevaswamy was elected as the President, Nagamani Shankarappa was elected as…
India secures right to buy enough quantity of vaccine
November 4, 2020New Delhi: In a major development, India and Brazil have secured the rights to buy enough quantities of COVID-19 vaccine to cover half the population of the respective nations as per data compiled by Duke Global Health Innovation Centre (DGHIC). As per DGHIC, India has worked out deals with Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII)…
Veteran actor Somashekar Rao passes away
November 4, 2020A gold medallist from Mysore University, he retired as Canara Bank AGM Bengaluru: Film and theatre actor H.G. Somashekar Rao passed away at a hospital here yesterday following a heart attack. He was 86. Son of freedom fighter Harihar Gundu Rao, he hailed from Chitradurga and was the elder brother of veteran actor H.G. Dattatreya…
Violinist T.N. Krishnan no more
November 4, 2020Chennai: Violin Maestro T.N. Krishnan (Tripunithura Narayanaiyer Krishnan) passed away here yesterday due to age-related ailments. He entered the music world as a child prodigy and performed till his last days. He was 92, and is survived by wife Kamala, son Sriram Krishnan and daughter Viji Krishnan, who often accompanied their father. Born on Oct….















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