Bettadapura: A 20-year-old girl, pursuing her second year B.Sc course at a College in Hunsur has allegedly stabbed her fiancé as she wanted to continue her studies and her family members were not willing to postpone the marriage. The incident took place at Bettadapura on Monday night (Mar. 2). The seriously injured man is 31-year-old…
Nirbhaya convicts set to hang on Mar. 20
March 6, 2020Supreme Court to step in if convicts are not hanged on the set date New Delhi: A City Court, yesterday, set Mar. 20 as the date for executing the four convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. The Court noted there was no legal bar, but rather an obligation to set the…
Picture Perfect: Mysuru lensman’s Nishane Aane click wins Rs. 1 lakh Dasara Photography Award
March 6, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: G.S. Babu, a professional photographer from city, has won the Dasara photography competition organised for the first time by the Department of Tourism during Mysuru Dasara-2019. Babu has won a cash prize of Rs. 1 lakh. The Department had invited photographs from passionate photographers and as many as 164 photographs were submitted by 55…
Bringing R.K. Narayan’s Swami back to Life
March 6, 2020Bronze statues of three characters in ‘Swami and Friends’ to be installed at Yadavagiri Circle Mysuru/Mysore: The famed novelist R.K. Narayan’s iconic ‘Swami and Friends’ of ‘Malgudi Days’-fame will come alive at the popular Joy Ice-cream Circle in Yadavagiri. The bronze statuary will be installed at the sprawling Circle where five roads meet and which…
Former Corporator’s husband assaulted
March 6, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: A former Corporator’s husband has been assaulted at Yeraganahalli last night and the injured man has been admitted to a private hospital in city. He is now said to be out of danger. The injured is Annaiah, son of Siddegowda of Yeraganahalli and husband of former Corporator Rajini. Details: Yesterday night, drummers, who were…
EPF money to fetch lowest interest rate in over five years
March 6, 2020New Delhi: The Central Board of Trustees of Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has recommended interest rate of 8.5 percent — the lowest interest rate in over five years — on Provident Fund deposits to around six crore subscribers for the current financial year (2019-20). This is lower than the 8.65 percent interest rate given…
Kittur Rani Chennamma award for Anitha Cariappa
March 6, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Noted theatre personality Addanda Anitha Cariappa has been selected for the prestigious ‘Kittur Rani Chennamma’ award given by the Department of Women and Child Development in recognition of her services for overall development of women. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 25,000 and a citation. Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa will present the…
Stray dog menace continues in Nanjangud
March 6, 2020Pack of dogs bites toddler in front of her house Nanjangud: A pack of stray dogs attacked a two-year-old girl at Thyagaraja Colony here yesterday injuring the toddler seriously. The injured child is Sukrutha, daughter of Savitha, a resident of the Colony. The little girl was playing in front of her house when a pack…
Three-day State-level Para Games-2020 begins
March 6, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: The three-day State-level Para Games-2020, organised by Karnataka Sports Association for the Physically Handicapped, Bengaluru, began at Chamundi Vihar Stadium, Nazarbad in the city this morning. On the first-day today, the event was held for specially-abled children aged between 6 and 12 years of the district under four categories —Cerebral Palsy (CP), Deaf and…
National Integration Camp at JSS AHER
March 6, 2020Youth Exchange Programme Students from Kashmir attend Mysuru/Mysore: The NSS (National Service Scheme) Wing of JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research (JSS AHER), under the aegis of Youth Empowerment and Sports Department, Government of Karnataka, in association with Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK), Mysuru, had organised a ‘National Integration Camp’ under the theme ‘Ek Bharath…















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