Land had caved in near Nandi Statue in October 2019 District Minister V. Somanna to inspect works tomorrow Mysore/Mysuru: The Public Works Department (PWD) has completed the construction of the retaining wall at the portion of caved in land between View Point and Nandi Statue atop the Chamundi Hill. The portion had collapsed due to…
BSY moves into ‘Cauvery’ on his 77th birthday
February 27, 2020Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa now has a new address. Yediyurappa, who is celebrating his 77th birthday today, moved into his official residence, ‘Cauvery’, this morning. The house was occupied by former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah for more than six years and he was reluctant to vacate the house. Till now, Yediyurappa was functioning from “Dhavalagiri’,…
Cop’s bike stolen in front of Traffic Police Station
February 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Beware! A parking area may not be safe enough to park your vehicle even if it is in front of a Police Station. A smart thief stole a bike from a parking lot right in front of the V.V. Puram Traffic Police Station in city. A complaint has been filed at the V.V. Puram…
Tigers maul cattle heads; Bisons raid coffee estates
February 27, 2020Man-animal conflict reaches peak in South Kodagu; Forest Department blamed for indifference Estate workers refuse to come to work even during peak coffee season fearing for their lives By Prasad Sampigekatte Madikeri: Farmers and coffee growers of Kodagu are spending sleepless nights guarding their crops as wild animals continue to raid and destroy farms and…
Guruvayur Temple loses its ‘Gajaratnam’
February 27, 2020Thrissur: An elephant credited with carrying the ‘Thidambu,’ the miniature of the presiding deity of Lord Krishna of Guruvayur Temple for several decades during temple rituals died on Wednesday at the age of 84, a Guruvayur Temple official said. The elephant named Guruvayur Padmanabhan, who gained the title of ‘Gajaratnam’ due to his attractive features…
Music Director Arjun Janya undergoes coronary angioplasty
February 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Arjun Janya, the famed music composer and singer from Kannada film industry, has been admitted to a Apollo BGS Hospitals in city and has undergone coronary angiogram and coronary angioplasty with medicated stent implantation. He is responding to the treatment well, said doctors attending to him. Janya was staying at his villa on Bogadi…
Industrialists demand good roads, industry-friendly KIADB policies
February 27, 2020MCCI submits memorandum to Minister Mysore/Mysuru: In an effort to give industrial growth in Mysuru a big boost, the Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) presented a memorandum to Large and Medium Scale Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar, who was in city to interact with members of various industrial bodies at the Government Guest House…
Remarks against H.S. Doreswamy echoes in MCC Council
February 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The alleged remarks made by Vijayapura BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal terming centenarian freedom fighter H.S. Doreswamy as a ‘fake freedom fighter’ and ‘an agent of Pakistan’, echoed in the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Council meeting which began at the MCC Hall here this morning. Although the meeting was scheduled to start at 11…
Giving shape to proposed War Memorial near DC Office
February 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar has instructed the officials to gear up for the construction of the proposed War Memorial in city. Addressing a meeting at his office on Feb.25, the DC said that the War Memorial would come up in a Park next to the DC Office at a cost of Rs. 1.41…
‘Kodavas are living like aliens in their own homeland’
February 27, 2020Rangayana Director Addanda Cariappa makes a fervent plea to save Kodava language, culture New Delhi: Kendra Sahitya Academy Member and Rangayana Mysuru Director Addanda C. Cariappa has urged the Union Government to give Kodavas geo-political autonomy over their ‘Codava Land’, by including Kodava language under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution and granting them the…















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