The five-day event ended at the birthplace of River Cauvery where priests gave a host of instructions to preserve the sanctity of the holy place. The ritual also led to controversies where women criticised the priests for their suggestion to ban women between 10 and 50 years of age from climbing the Brahmagiri Hill. Women…
Madikeri: During the ‘Ashtamangala Prashne’ ritual, it was suggested to completely clean the Kannike River and the lake. Also, it was discovered that there are several undiscovered places of worship at Talacauvery and efforts must be undertaken to discover them and start the puja rituals. During the questioning ceremony, the priests suggested that one more…
Mysuru: A Policeman from Vijayanagar Police Station has been deployed near the ward in Apollo BGS Hospital since Friday morning where techie Prajwal has been admitted. The Police are guarding the ward 24×7. Prajwal had killed his wife Savitha (38) and daughter Sinchana (10) on May 23 before attempting suicide at his house in Vijayanagar…
Mysuru: Kautilya Vidyalaya has bagged the British Council’s prestigious International School Award (ISA), a benchmarking scheme that recognises successful completion of projects embedded with international dimension, in accordance with pre-defined parameters. Hence, the institution has been accredited for the period 2018-21. The outcome is owing to the co-ordinated efforts of teachers and students spread over…
Madikeri: The Home Department is learnt to have acquitted IPS officer Vartika Katiyar of the charge of failure to control communal violence that erupted during Tipu Jayanti on Nov. 10, 2015 in Madikeri. Following the clash, the then Congress Government had ordered a Magisterial probe into the violent incident. Consequently, the then SP Vartika Katiyar…
Mysuru: The Second Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment and has imposed a fine of Rs.5,000 for killing his friend. The convict has been identified as 32-year-old Shivu. Shivu had poured petrol to a room in which six of his friends from Nepal were sleeping and had set it…
Mysuru: Challenges for builders and developers and also for the government are just too many. Starting from land acquisition till completion, there are plenty of hurdles because of unorganised and unprepared approach which generally affects the coordination from so many stakeholders involved in the project – conception to completion. ‘Affordable Housing’ is an emerging concept…
Mysuru: A man, who was crossing the road, was killed when a KSRTC bus (KA-10 F-0110) knocked him down and ran over him near a dhaba on Mysuru-Nanjangud Road in Kadakola near here on May 24 night. Police said that the man suffered serious head injuries and died on the spot. The man is said…
Mysuru: The First Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a man and his brother to jail for attempting to murder their cousin over land dispute. The bothers who have been sentenced to jail are 24-year-old K.J. Nagesh and his brother 19-year-old Umesh, residents of Kempisiddanahundi village in Nanjangud taluk. While Umesh has been sentenced…
Mysuru: A day-long Women Entrepreneurs awareness programme, organised by Women in Industry and Business Empowerment (WIBE) will be held on May 30 from 10.30 am to 4 pm at District Industries Centre (DIC) on Sayyaji Rao Road in city. This programme will focus on the skills and information needed for women to start their own…
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