Corporators urge at MCC Council meeting Mysuru: People’s festival, Dasara, is fast approaching and tourists will be arriving in large numbers. But the pathetic conditions of the roads full of potholes and the defunct street lights plunging the city into darkness are something that needs urgent attention. Otherwise, celebrate Dasara in darkness… This was the…
Devastating Bandipur inferno: No action yet on guilty Forest Officers
September 8, 2019Mysuru: Despite a Forest Department-constituted committee recommending disciplinary action against senior and junior forest officials for the devastating forest fire that occurred in Bandipur National Park during February this year, no action has been taken so far. A top Department officer, however, has stated that they were waiting for a Vigilance Committee report to initiate…
Celebrate Life! Half Marathon held in city
September 8, 2019Mysuru, Sept.8 (RKB&VNS)- More than 2,000 Mysureans took part in the 1st edition of Celebrate Life! Mysuru Half Marathon, 10K & 6K Run/ Walk event organised by Raadiant Sports, this morning. The event was organised for both men and women under the age groups 18-25 years, 26-35 years, 36-45 years, 46-60 years and 61 years…
Eviction of shops atop Chamundi Hill
September 8, 2019Shop owners request for alternative arrangements Mysuru: Vendors atop Chamundi Hill have urged District Minister V. Somanna not to evict their shops until an alternative arrangement was provided by the authorities. In a meeting presided by Additional DC B.R. Poornima and ZP CEO K. Jyothi at the Dasoha Bhavan atop the Hill yesterday, the vendors…
Inner Wheel Milestone-2019: Sadhguru calls for eco-friendly initiatives to save River Cauvery
September 8, 2019Mysuru: People are more worried about economic condition of the country and not about conservation of environment and natural resources, said Isha Foundation Founder Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev here yesterday. He was speaking after inaugurating ‘Milestone,’ a two-day South Zone Meet 2019 of Association of Inner Wheel Clubs in India hosted by Inner Wheel District 318…
Madhavananda Dasa conferred Deshabandhu Award in Sri Lanka
September 8, 2019Mysuru: Madhavananda Dasa, Chairman and Founder of Bhaktivedanta Academy for Spiritual Education, has been awarded the prestigious award of ‘Deshabandhu’ at an illustrious event at Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Madhavananda Dasa has been conferred the award in recognition of his relentless work in the field of Spiritual and Religious…
NAAC Peer Committee visits Ooty Road JSS College
September 8, 2019Mysuru: NAAC Peer Committee visited JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Ooty Road, Mysuru, recently. The Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. Siba Prasad Adhikary, Ex-Vice-Chancellor, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, accompanied by Member Coordinator Dr. Shrawan K. Sharma, Department of English, Haridwar, Uttarkhand and Member Dr. Kumarasamy Ramamurthi, Principal, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, was warmly welcomed by…
Prize winners in Inter-Collegiate Contests
September 8, 2019Mysuru: The following students of Jnanodaya PU College won six prizes in Samartha Sadvidya Inter-Collegiate Competitions conducted by Sadvidya Composite Pre-University College recently: M.K. Pranav and S. Karthik (first prize in Quiz); M.N. Abhishek (first in Kannada Debate); L. Sagarika (third in Kannada Debate); Ruthvik C. Raj (first in Film Song, third in Bhavageete and…
Vehicle-lifer arrested: 12 two-wheelers recovered
September 8, 2019Mysuru: In a major haul, the CCB Police, who arrested a vehicle-lifter, have recovered 12 two-wheelers totally worth Rs.15 lakh, allegedly stolen by him. Kumar, 24, of Alanahalli near Gaddige in H.D. Kote taluk, is the one who is arrested. Acting on a tip-off, the CCB sleuths picked up Kumar when he was trying to…
Combing begins for trapping elusive tiger
September 8, 2019Hunsur: With a tiger devouring a cow at Taragan Estate at K.G. Hebbanakuppe village coming under Neralakuppe Gram Panchayat in Hunsur taluk, the Forest authorities have launched a combing operation to trap the elusive tiger, which is said to be on the prowl near the village for the past fewdays. Taragan Estate owner Thomas Taragan…















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