Mysuru: The counting of votes polled in the Hunsur by-poll held on Dec.5 will be taken up at D. Devaraj Urs Government First Grade College in Hunsur at 8am tomorrow (Dec.9). Addressing a press meet at his office here yesterday, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, who is also the District Electoral Officer, said that the…
Barefoot Marathon held in Kodagu
December 8, 2019Pollibetta (Kodagu): The 5th Edition of the Barefoot Marathon for the people of Kodagu, organised under the joint aegis of The Coorg Wellness Foundation and Milind Soman was held at Pollibetta in Kodagu this morning. The Barefoot Marathon, which was a fund-raiser event was held to create oneness with mother earth. Over 400 runners including…
BJP will win 10 of 15 seats, says MP Sreenivasa Prasad
December 8, 2019Mysuru: Chamarajanagar MP V.Sreenivasa Prasad inaugurated ‘Samaanathe Prakashana’, a new publication House that has come up on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Road in Krishnamurthypuram, here this morning. Renowned Publisher T.S. Chayapathi of Talukina Venkannaiah Smaraka Grantha maale, Prof.Neelagiri Talwar, Banthe Kalyanasiri Swamiji, Corporator Begum Pallavi, former district Kannada Sahitya Parishat president M. Chandrasekhar, Theatre personality Rajasekhar…
Hundreds of women participate in ‘Saree Walkathon’
December 8, 2019Mysuru: Inner Wheel Club of Mysore Central had organised a 2.5 km ‘Saree Walkathon’ this morning in city with two themes ‘Together We Can — Healthy Women, Happy Homes’ and ‘Encourage Orphans for an Orphan-free India’. The contest was held under two categories — below 50 and above 50 years. About 400 women all draped…
Onion price hits Rs.150 a kg
December 8, 2019Situation likely to continue for 15 days Mysuru: There seems to be no respite from the spiralling prices of onion with good variety touching Rs.150 a kg. Though onion is being imported from Turkey, the situation has not eased favourably. Mysuru city has a demand of 35 loads of onion per day but only 10…
Abhishek’s last rites performed in the US
December 8, 2019Mysuru: The last rites of Abhishek Sudhesh Bhat, a resident of Kuvempunagar in city, who was shot dead at a motel in San Bernardino, California, USA, on Nov.28, was performed at Bobbitt Memorial Chapel in San Bernardino on Friday morning. The body was earlier kept for public viewing where the Chairman, teachers and a large…
‘Karnataka Darshana tours to be extended to High School students’
December 8, 2019Bengaluru: Tourism Minister C.T. Ravi has said that Government High School students too will be covered under ‘Karnataka Darshana’ tours from the next academic year. Announcing this at a press meet to mark 100 days of his taking charge as the Minister here yesterday, C.T. Ravi said that hitherto the scheme covered only Eighth standard…
Vishnu Memorial works to begin by Sankranti, says actor’s son-in-law
December 8, 2019Mysuru: While expressing hopes that Vishnu Memorial construction work will begin by Sankranti festival next year, Actor Anirudh, son-in-law of the late actor Dr. Vishnuvardhan, said that he is confident that the Memorial will come up in Mysuru, which is the birth place of the late actor. Speaking to media after attending a programme organised…
Post election: Hunsur candidates go into relaxed mood
December 8, 2019Hunsur: With just a day left for the counting of votes, all the candidates who had contested the Hunsur by-poll are in a relaxed mood. The battle in Hunsur is largely between the BJP, Congress and JD(S). After campaigning hard in the run up to the Dec.5 by-poll, the candidates of the three major parties…
Dakshina Kesari Kannada Sahitya Award conferred on Dr. N.S. Tharanath
December 8, 2019Mysuru: Dakshina Kesari Kannada Sahitya Award- 2019 instituted by Lions Club of Mysore South was conferred on Dr. N. S. Tharanath, Visiting Professor of Kannada Studies, University of Mysore, at a colourful function held at a private hotel as part of Kannada Rajyotsava recently. Ln. Ashwathnarayana, District Chairperson for Kannada Culture, Lions Clubs International, District…













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