Nanjangud: Demonetised currency notes of Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 500, totalling Rs. 35,500 were found in Nanjangud’s famed Srikanteshwara Temple Hundi, the counting of which was taken up on Tuesday. The total Hundi collection at the temple recorded cash of Rs. 89,97,453; 60 grams of gold; 2.75 kg silver articles and 15 foreign currency notes,…
Discourse on ‘Chikka Devaraja Wadiyar Vinnappam’
May 2, 2019Mysuru: Sri Andal Mandiram Trust, V.V. Mohalla, has organised a special discourse in Tamil on ‘Chikka Devaraja Wadiyar Vinnappam,’ a rare work of Mysore Maharaja, by Sri Velukkudi Krishnan Swamy from May 5 to May 8 from 6.30 pm onwards at the Mandiram premises. Profile: Religious lecturer and Ubhaya Vedanta scholar, Sri U.Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan…
Five persons go missing from Bannur
May 2, 2019Mysuru: In separate incidents, five persons including a woman, who had gone missing from Bannur Police limits in 2017, are untraceable till date. In the first case, 23-year-old Revanna of Bannur, has gone missing from Jan. 20, 2017, according to the complaint lodged by his father. He is 4.5 ft. tall, normal built, fair complexioned,…
‘A two-party system should emerge in India’
May 2, 2019Mysuru: District Kannada Sahitya Parishat together with Dr. K.S. Gowdaiah Prathishtana, K.R. Nagar, had organised a talk on freedom fighter Thagaduru Ramachandra Rao at the Institution of Engineers on JLB Road here on Apr. 29 under a lecture series on unforgettable dignitaries. Speaking on the occasion, District Freedom Fighters Association President Dr. M.G. Krishnamurthy opined…
Car driver dies of heart attack at fuel station
May 2, 2019Mysuru: A car driver, who was getting his vehicle filled with diesel at a fuel station near Bogadi, has died of heart attack yesterday. The deceased is M.V. Krishnakumar (54), a resident of J.C. Nagar in Bengaluru. A driver by profession, Krishnakumar had come to city and was getting his car filled with diesel at…
Hit-and-run: Auto driver ends life, seeks apology in his self-video
May 2, 2019Mysuru: A 25-year-old auto driver committed suicide by hanging self at his residence fearing the hit and run case in a incident occurred at Kanakagiri in city yesterday. The man has been identified as Shivakumar son of Basavanna of the area. Last Sunday, Shivakumar fled the spot after hitting a pedestrian while driving his auto…
Court sentences woman to six months jail for cheating friend
May 2, 2019Mysuru: City’s First Additional CJ and CJM Court has sentenced a woman to six months imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 20,000 for cheating her friend, The woman who was sentenced is Yashodha, a resident of Srinivasa Temple Street in Hale Bandikeri in city. Yashodha, in 2012, had borrowed gold jewellery weighing about 95.2 grams…
Man dies on his wedding anniversary
May 2, 2019H.D. Kote: In a tragic incident, a 32-year-old died in on his wedding anniversary yesterday after falling from his bike. The deceased is Chikkaswamy (32) of Anagathi in H.D. Kote taluk. He had married Sudha of Basapura four years ago and the couple has a five-month old girl child. Chikkaswamy was proceeding on his bike…
Seminar on ‘Ideologies of Ambedkar’
May 2, 2019Mysuru: Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies (KIKS), University of Mysore, had organised a seminar on ‘Ideologies of Dr. Ambedkar’ as part of the 128th birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at its premises in Manasagangothri here on Apr. 30. Inaugurating the programme by watering a sapling Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar opined that Ambedkar should…
Youth commits suicide
May 2, 2019Mysuru: Unable to bear frequent stomach pain, a 25-year-old youth committed suicide by hanging self at his residence in Bogadi yesterday. The deceased has been identified as J. Manohar. It is learnt that Manohar had become depressed as he was suffering from severe stomach pain, which used to occur frequently. Depressed over this, he committed…















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