Mysuru: A French delegation comprising Dr. Srini V. Kaveri, Director, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, National Centre for Scientific Research), Dr. Jérôme BOVE, Scientific and Academic Attaché, Anupama Ambika, Project Manager, Embassy of France, are visiting the city on May 30 and 31 . During their visit, the delegation will hold meeting with…
Cell phone thief held
May 29, 2019Five smartphones worth about Rs.1 lakh recovered Mysuru: V.V. Puram Police have arrested a 24-year-old youth on charges of stealing smartphones and have recovered five phones worth about Rs.1 lakh from him. The arrested is Ashoka, a resident of Madhuvanahalli, Ramanathapura hobli, Arakalgud taluk in Hassan district. On May 28, Ashoka was trying to sell…
Senior journalist Aswal Shankaregowda passes away
May 29, 2019Hunsur: Senior journalist and farmer leader of Hunsur taluk, Aswal Shankaregowda (52), passed away at a private hospital in Mysuru on Monday. Shankaregowda, who was seriously injured in a road accident near Tattekere in the taluk on May 5, was admitted to NIMHANS in Bengaluru, from where he was shifted to JSS Hospital in Mysuru…
Children back to school after summer vacation
May 29, 2019Mysuru: After two months of summer vacation, schools across the district reopened from this morning. While some students attired in their new uniforms on the first day of reopening were happy to return to school after a long gap, students of kindergarten and various primary schools were seen crying and being pacified by their parents….
First State-level conference of Kannada doctor-writers held at Mangaluru
May 29, 2019Mysuru: The first ever State-level conference of doctors, who are also Kannada writers, was held under the aegis of IMA, Mangaluru chapter, at its IMA Hall on May 26. Dr. S.P. Yoganna of Mysuru was the Conference Chairman. Speaking after inaugurating the meet, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) Vice-Chancellor Dr. S. Sachidanand said…
Hark… the Larks…
May 29, 2019Larks, the very name makes one recall the story of ‘The Lark & Her Young Ones’ studied by all in the Middle Schools, as an English prose in the text books. The moral of the story was to do things when the time is right, neither late nor early. Larks, the Sparrow-sized birds, resembling the…
Gram Panchayat employees stage demonstration
May 29, 2019Mysuru: Seeking fulfilment of their various demands, over a hundred Gram Panchayat (GP) employees, under the banner of CITU-affiliated Karnataka State Gram Panchayat Employees Association, staged a demonstration in front of the Zilla Panchayat (ZP) office here this morning. Claiming that the Government owed Rs.830 crore as wages to over 61,000 GP employees of the…
Youth dies of snake bite
May 29, 2019Saragur: A 19-year-old youth, who had gone to his family’s agricultural field on Monday night and was bitten by a snake, died when being shifted to the hospital. The deceased youth is T.P. Umesh Kumar, son of T.P. Prakash, a resident of Puradasheddu village in Saragur taluk. On Monday night, Umesh had gone to the field…
Mysuru-Bengaluru flights from June 7
May 28, 2019Mysore: At last, the long-pending demands of Mysureans to connect to Bengaluru by air is being fulfilled. The Central Government under the third phase of its Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) or UDAN Scheme (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) has introduced flights from Mysuru to Bengaluru starting June 7, 2019. Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha, in a…
Pratap Simha thanks voters, lists his priorities
May 28, 2019He is the first MP from Mysuru to be re-elected for the second straight time in 30 years To invite Modi for International Yoga Day Mysore: Attributing his victory entirely to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has expressed gratitude to everyone who supported and worked for him in the Parliamentary elections, the…














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