Mysuru: Disqualified Hunsur MLA A.H. Vishwanath has dared former Minister and KR Nagar JD(S) MLA S.R. Mahesh for a truth test at Chamundi Hill temple on Thursday (Oct. 17). Addressing presspersons at Patrakarthara Bhavan here this morning, Vishwanath said that being involved in active politics for the past 40 years, he was unable to digest the…
Siddharamaiah flays demand for Hunsur district
October 15, 2019S.R. Mahesh says it is a political ploy Mysuru: Days after disqualified MLA from Hunsur A.H. Vishwanath demanded a separate Hunsur District to be named after former Chief Minister Late D. Devaraj Urs, Opposition leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah on Monday, flayed the demand. Speaking after unveiling the statue of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at…
Prez, VP and PM congratulate Abhijit Banerjee on winning Nobel Prize in Economics
October 15, 2019Banerjee shares prestigious award with his wife Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday congratulated Indian-born American Economist Abhijit Banerjee on winning the Nobel Prize in Economics along with his wife Esther Duflo and fellow researcher Michael Kremer “for their experimental…
India’s first visually challenged IAS Officer takes charge
October 15, 2019Thiruvananthapuram: Pranjal Patil, country’s first visually challenged woman IAS Officer, took charge as Sub-Collector of Thiruvananthapuram yesterday. This is her second assignment since her appointment in 2018. Earlier, she was appointed as the Assistant Collector at Ernakulam on May 18 this year. Pranjal lost her vision at the age of 6. Hailing from Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra,…
‘World of entrepreneurship is destroying organisational strength of people’
October 15, 2019Mysuru: Maintaining that the global rise of entrepreneurship has been destroying the organisational strength of people, Folk Scholar Prof. H.S. Ramachandregowda stressed on the need for developing intellectual and economic capabilities in the society. He was speaking after inaugurating Dhamma Deeksha Remembrance Day, jointly organised by Mahisha Mandala International Buddhist Cultural Trust, Mysuru Division State,…
Bangladeshi terror outfit JMB spreading tentacles in India: NIA Chief
October 15, 2019Several hideouts busted in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Bihar New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) yesterday said Jamaat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) is trying to spread its tentacles across India. Director General of NIA Y.C. Modi stated that the anti-probe terror agency had shared a list of 125 suspects from different States. Addressing a…
Dr. Parameshwara appears before I-T
October 15, 2019Former Dy.CM let off after being quizzed for an hour Bengaluru: The first day’s questioning of former Deputy Chief Minister (Dy.CM) Dr. G. Parameshwara by the Income-Tax Department (I-T) officials went on for about a hour before the Koratagere MLA was let off, this morning. Speaking to the media persons later, Dr. Parameshwara said that…
Alleged suicide attempt: Srirangapatna Dy.SP claims he fell in bathroom and injured self
October 15, 2019Srirangapatna: Following reports that Srirangapatna Dy.SP Yogendranath had allegedly attempted suicide by slashing his wrist with a blade and admitted to a private hospital in Mysuru, the Dy.SP in a video message has claimed that he fell in the bathroom and had injured himself. In the video message, Dy.SP Yogendranath has stated that his Blood…
Buddhist Studies Centre to be set in Mysore Varsity soon: VC
October 15, 2019Mysuru: University of Mysore (UoM) Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar has said that Buddhist Studies Centre will be set up in the University soon. He was speaking after inaugurating a special lecture series on ‘Buddha Guruvinatta Payana – Samskrutika Tallanagalu’ (The march towards Buddha and its cultural fallout) organised as part of the 63rd anniversary…
Karnataka Sena Pade opposes formation of Hunsur district
October 15, 2019Mysuru: Members of Karnataka Sena Pade staged a protest in front of the DC’s office here this morning opposing any move to carve a new Hunsur district. The members alleged that former Minister A.H. Vishwanath was only coming out with unreasonable and irrational points to defend the formation of a new Hunsur district only to…













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