All India Radio (AIR) has played a stellar role in nourishing India’s heritage and culture. Started way back in the year 1954, Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan has evolved as a strong brand name for AIR in the mind space of connoisseurs for over six decades. As part of this, AIR, Mysuru, had organised twin Karnatak classical…
A tribute to the great composer: Muthuswami Dikshitar
November 20, 2018Muthuswami Dikshitar is one of the musical trinity of Karnatak Music. He was a saint, poet, composer and musician of Bhakti tradition. As a vaaggeyakara, he has penned vast number of kritis, which are widely sung in music concerts. His kritis on various Hindu Gods describe them in detail with the richness of Sanskrit language…
Eid Meelad-un-Nabi celebration by Tanzeem Ahala Sunnath-wo-Jamath
November 20, 2018Mysuru: The Mysuru City (District) Central Tanzeem Ahala Sunnath-wo-Jamath, Mysuru, will be celebrating Eid Meelad-un-Nabi, the birthday of Prophet Mohammed at Meelad Bagh on Nov.22 at 8.15 pm. The celebrations will be held under the Chairmanship of Sir Khazi of Mysuru Moulana Mohammed Usman Shariff. Islamic cleric and scholar Sufi Saint Hazarath Moulana Raza-ul-Haq Aamir…
Four arrested for assault on housewife
November 20, 2018Mysuru: N.R. Police have arrested four persons for allegedly assaulting a housewife with lethal weapons at her house in N.R. Police limits. The accused were produced before a Court, which has remanded them to judicial custody. The accused — Mujeeb ur Rehman, Umar Khan, Siddiq Khan and Adil — had assaulted the wife of Mir…
Foreign student killed as car rams into road divider
November 20, 2018Mysuru: A 25-year-old foreign student from Iran was killed on-the-spot while another occupant of the car sustained severe injuries when the car in which they were travelling rammed into a road divider near St. Joseph’s College here on Sunday night. The deceased has been identified as Donia. She was pursuing her Dental course at Farooqia…
Occupants have a lucky escape as Ambulance catches fire
November 20, 2018Nanjangud: The occupants of an ‘108’ ambulance, including the patient, had a providential escape when the vehicle caught fire all of a sudden near Badanavalu in the taluk yesterday. The 108 ambulance attached to Chamarajanagar District Hospital was traveling towards Mysuru, carrying a patient in serious condition from Chamarajanagar Hospital to a private hospital in…
Green Revolt
November 19, 2018Bengaluru: Upset over the government’s apathy towards addressing burning agrarian issues, thousands of farmers from across Karnataka, including a large number of sugarcane growers, staged a demonstration at Freedom Park in Bengaluru this morning as a prelude to their plans of laying siege to Vidhana Soudha in the afternoon. The farmers are seeking fulfilment of…
Hinkal Flyover junction to be named after Atal Bihari Vajpayee
November 19, 2018Mysuru: Although the works on Hinkal Flyover is almost complete, it seems that its inauguration may be delayed further and this time the gala event will depend on the availability of VVIPs both from the State and the Centre. While local authorities including District Minister G.T. Devegowda want Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to open the…
Widening of NH 275 between Kushalnagar and Sampaje: Public opinion builds against Project
November 19, 2018Massive rally in Madikeri on Dec. 8 Mysuru/Madikeri: A massive public opinion is building in Kodagu district against the State Government’s proposal to widen National Highway (NH) 275 between Kushalnagar, Madikeri and Sampaje. At a public hearing held in Kushalnagar recently, the project was opposed as it will destroy the green environs in a land…
Inland Container Yard by Concor likely to come up soon at Kadakola between Mysuru and Nanjangud
November 19, 2018Mysuru: Works on the proposed greenfield project for an Inland Container Yard by Container Corporation of India Ltd. (Concor) at Kadakola, between Mysuru and Nanjangud, is expected to take off soon with tender process already being finalised. “Tenders were already finalised and the work was awarded to a private firm. The time frame for its…
Recent Comments