Chamarajanagar: Renowned Folk artiste of the district and Rajyotsava and Janapada Shri awardee Puttamallegowda (95) passed away at his daughter’s residence at Ramasamudra in the taluk on Monday. He is survived by two daughters. His wife and son had predeceased him a few years ago. Puttamallegowda, a popular ‘Goravara Kunita’ artiste, had performed across the country…
Mysuru: Former District Congress President L.H. Balakrishna passed away at his daughter’s residence in Bengaluru on Monday. He was 87 and is survived by two sons, three daughters and a host of relatives and friends. Balakrishna, who was a resident of Vidyaranyapuram in city, had served as the District Congress President of the then undivided…
Gold chain missing during assault Mysuru: A gang of four persons allegedly assaulted and seriously injured a youth with lethal weapons, when he was sitting and talking at Hootagalli last night and the youth has lost his 23 grams gold chain during the assault. The assaulted youth, who is undergoing treatment at a private hospital…
Mysuru: A miscreant, in the guise of a hospital staff, has made away with a gold chain of a patient at a private hospital in city last evening. A woman, suffering from illness, was admitted to a private hospital in city and was undergoing treatment at an ICU during which the miscreant in hospital’s uniform…
Mysuru: Alleging that a private Finance Company was torturing them over unpaid loans, a man from Hunsur, along with his family, staged an unusual protest in front of the DC’s office here yesterday, demanding euthanasia for his family. H. Shekhar of Manuganahalli in Hunsur taluk, who runs a parota-making unit at Hunsur, said that he…
Mysuru: The District Administration in association with Kannada and Culture Department has decided to celebrate Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Jayanti in a grand manner on June 27. A decision to this effect was taken at the preliminary meeting convened to discuss the preparations under the Chairmanship of Assistant Commissioner Shivegowda at his Office on June 10. He…
Mysuru: Even as the cries by some quarters for preserving the heritage outlook of the city is getting shriller by the day, members of the District Heritage Committee inspected the dilapidated Government Kannada School building at Nazarbad yesterday. The Government Kannada School was functioning from a building constructed in 10 guntas of land belonging to…
Mysuru: MLA L. Nagendra inspected the Government Higher Primary School in Tilak Nagar here yesterday which is in a dilapidated condition crying for attention. Moved by the deplorable condition of the School, Nagendra assured the School authorities that he would discuss the matter with the Department officials and do the needful. Speaking to Star of…
Mysuru: In a major reshuffle of the Police establishment, 17 Sub-Inspectors serving in the city and district were transferred by IGP (Southern Range) Umesh Kumar on Monday. As per the transfer order, V.D. Mamata and Narendra Babu have been posted to V.V. Puram Traffic Police Station; A.C. Ashok as PSI at H.D. Kote; S.P. Sunil…
Pratibha Puraskar presented to Kannada medium students Mysuru: Kannada Development Authority (KDA) Chairman Prof. S.G. Siddaramaiah has regretted that although the Centre has taken off compulsory Hindi from its National Education Policy (NEP), the Union Government is plotting to foist Hindi on the people in non-Hindi speaking States. He was speaking at the Pratibha Puraskar…
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