Mysuru: City’s Special POCSO Court has sentenced a 37-year-old man to 10 years jail and has imposed a fine of Rs. 34,000 after the accused was found guilty of sexually assaulting a minor girl. The accused who was sentenced is Virupaksha, a resident of Benakanahalli village in T. Narasipur taluk. About two-and-a-half years ago, Virupaksha,…
Kannur: Along with Cauvery Sankramana festival in Kodagu, Sankramana is also celebrated at Peralassery Sri Subrahmanya Temple in Kerala. It is located around 16 kms South of Kannur on the Kannur-Koothuparamba Road. The presiding deity of Peralassery Temple is the serpent form of Lord Subrahmanya and inside the temple devotees can view many idols of…
Mysuru: Urging the Government for pension facility, Akshara Dasoha workers (mid-day meal workers) under the banner of CITU-affiliated Karnataka State Akshara Dasoha Workers’ Association, staged a demonstration in front of Zilla Panchayat (ZP) here yesterday. Maintaining that the Government had earlier made cuts in salaries on the promise of pension, the protestors claimed that the…
Mysuru: RAAGA Music Academy, Mysuru, one among the leading Sabhas in city with its perceived objectives of upholding the traditional values in Karnatak music, has over the past five years provided numerous concerts from well-acclaimed artistes from all over India and abroad. This Saturday (Oct.19), RAAGA Music Academy has organised a Grand Vocal Music Concert…
Mysuru: The following artistes will be performing in the Articulate (Mysuru) Festival – Series 42 at Veene Seshanna Bhavana, Ganabharathi, Adichunchanagiri Road, Kuvempunagar, on Oct.20 at 6 pm: Harshini Purushotham Harshini Purushotham, Bharatanatyam danseuse in the lineage of Vasundhara Bani, started her training under Dr. Rekha Raju. Thereafter under Dr. Uma Rao, a direct disciple…
Mysuru: A pedestrian, who was seriously injured in a road accident on KRS Road and admitted to a private hospital on Tuesday has breathed his last at the hospital on Wednesday. The deceased is Chikkanna, a resident of Basthipura in the taluk. He walking on Hootagalli-KRS Road near BEML on Tuesday night, when an unidentified…
Rs. 100 crore Inland Container Depot to be set up at Kadakola by Container Corporation of India (Concor) Mysuru: The much-awaited and ambitious work on Inland Container Depot for Railways at Kadakola near Nanjangud by Container Corporation of India (Concor) began yesterday morning amidst tight Police protection as there was opposition to the project from…
Both Vishwanath, S.R. Mahesh avoid face-off but trade barbs Mysuru: The usually peaceful and serene atmosphere atop Chamundi Hill witnessed high drama this morning with disqualified Hunsur MLA A.H. Vishwanath and K.R. Nagar JD(S) MLA S.R. Mahesh visiting the hill temple for a political face-off.Both were supposed to swear before Goddess Chamundeshwari to prove the…
Plastic banned; devotees asked to bring steel/ copper pots to collect Holy water Madikeri: The Annual Theerthodbhava at Talacauvery in Kodagu district will be held in the intervening night of Oct. 17 and Oct. 18 at 12.59 am as per the Hindu almanac on the Tula Sankramana Day, Karkataka Lagna. Temple authorities told Star of…
2,327 kgs of electronic waste gathered last month Mysuru: The initiative of e-waste collection launched by Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) on 17th of every month has yielded positive results and last month, over 2,327 kgs of e-waste was collected. The initiative is called ‘E to G’ (Electronic waste to Green). The drive was launched last…
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