Hunsur: The driver of the Maruti Omni van was killed on the spot and two others sustained serious injuries when the Maruti van rammed into a lorry parked on the roadside near Moodala Koppal Gate in the taluk yesterday. While the deceased has been identified as Abdul Hameed (37), son of Kanniyanda Moosay, a resident…
Going green to garner votes
April 2, 2018Mysuru: Even as the election fever is hotting up, political parties are finding novel ways to woo the voters. If one party shows its admiration to its leader by garlanding him with 750-kg apples, another party is going green to match its party colour. Here is Chamaraja Constituency JD(S) candidate Prof. K.S. Rangappa riding a…
Karnataka Election Effect: Miscreants transporting fake notes from Bangladesh to State arrested
April 2, 2018Visakhapatnam: Miscreants transporting fake currency notes worth over Rs.10 lakh have been recovered in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. In the light of the Assembly elections in Karnataka next month, efforts are on to woo voters through all means and one such is to lure them by giving fake currency notes. The Revenue Intelligence Directorate officials,…
Seminar at Music Varsity from tomorrow
April 2, 2018Mysuru: Marking World Theatre Day, a two-day National Seminar, organised by Music University on ‘Modern education and training in performing arts’ will commence tomorrow at the University premises in Lakshmipuram here. Lecturers of government and private-aided degree colleges participating in the seminar will be allowed to utilise the facility of OOD on production of a…
DRDO Scientist opens meet on advanced materials for health and environment
April 2, 2018Mysuru: The Depart-ment of Chemistry, Sri Jaya-chamarajendra College of Engineering (SJCE), JSS Science & Technology University, had organised a two-day National Conference on Advanced Materials for Health, Energy, and Environment (AMHEE-2018) recently. The conference was organised with the objective of providing a forum for researchers, scientists, professionals and industry personal to showcase the emerging trends…
Capacity-building for holistic development of teachers
April 2, 2018Mysuru: A UGC- sponsored one-day workshop on ‘Capacity-building for teachers’ was organised by JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science, B.N. Road, Mysuru recently. The programme was inaugurated by Prof. S. Srikantaswamy, Director, College Development Council, University of Mysore. In his inaugural address, he mentioned that if the teachers at higher level of education are…
Unidentified body found in Varuna Police limits
April 2, 2018Mysuru: Varuna Police have found a body of an unidentified man aged between 60 and 70 years near Kanchagara Katte on Mysuru-Bannur Main Road. The unidentified man is dark complexioned, sports a white beard and moustache and was wearing a grey coloured shirt and red shorts. The kith and kin of the deceased, if any,…
Youth drowns in KRS backwaters
April 2, 2018Mysuru: A 23-year-old youth, who had gone for a swim along with two of his friends, was reportedly drowned in KRS backwaters yesterday afternoon. The deceased youth has been identified as Basavaraju, a resident of Devegowdanahundi, near Hale Unduvadi. Yesterday afternoon, all the three ventured into the water for a swim where Basavaraju got drowned,…
750-kg apple garland welcomes CM at Hootagalli
April 1, 2018Mysuru: Forty-one days to go for the May 12 Assembly election and the election fever seems to have caught up with leaders hitting full-blown campaign trails and the voters too responding positively to political heavyweights. While political leaders are trying their best to woo the electorate, people, on their part, have adopted novel means to…
City Police warn rowdies; make them sign bonds
April 1, 2018Mysuru: In the background of forthcoming Assembly election that will be held on May 12 and subsequent counting and the announcement of results, the City Police have warned rowdy-sheeters not to threaten or force citizens with regard to any of the voting process, failing which they would face criminal action. A rowdy parade of Narasimharaja…
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