Mysore/Mysuru: A pedestrian, who had sustained serious injuries after a speeding car hit him on the Outer Ring Road and admitted to a private hospital, has succumbed to injuries at the hospital on Nov. 19 night. The deceased has been identified as Mohammed Nadeem (34), a resident of Hanumanthanagar at Bannimantap in city. On Nov….
21st Convocation of KSOU
November 23, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: The 21st Annual Convocation of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Mysuru, has been scheduled to be held in January 2026. According to a press release from the Registrar (Evaluation), KSOU, the candidates who got admitted for BA, B.Com, in the academic year (January cycle) 2021-22 and passed within September 2025 examination, are eligible to…
Forest heist: Dacoits snatch 1.2-kg gold bar
November 22, 2025Gang robs goldsmith on Bandipur-Kerala route; flees with gold worth Rs. 1.5 crore Mysuru/Gundlupet: In a major gold heist, a gang of five to six armed dacoits robbed a Kerala-based goldsmith of a 1.2-kg gold bar worth an estimated Rs. 1.5 crore between the Bandipur and Nagarahole forest stretch recently. The victim, Vinu, a goldsmith…
Transfer grouse: Hootagalli CMC Commissioner assaulted
November 22, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: An assault on B.N. Chandrashekar, Commissioner of the Hootagalli City Municipal Council (CMC), was reported on Wednesday evening in Saraswathipuram. In his complaint to the Saraswathipuram Police, Chandrashekar alleged that personal enmity stemming from his earlier transfer triggered the attack. He has named Madhu, now Chief Officer of the Periyapatna Town Municipal Council and…
‘Factional war a blot on Congress’
November 22, 2025MLC A.H. Vishwanath tears into CM, Dy.CM Mysore/Mysuru: MLC A.H. Vishwanath has alleged that the ruling Congress Government in Karnataka is deeply entangled in factionalism, with rival groups backing Chief Minister (CM) Siddaramaiah and Dy.CM D.K. Shivakumar locked in a contest to outwit each other. He termed the ongoing turf war a “blot on the…
CM and Dy.CM camps brace up for show of strength
November 22, 2025Bengaluru: Even as speculations galore over change of leadership in the State two-and-a-half years after the Congress came to power in May, 2023, the camp followers of Chief Minister (CM) Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister (Dy.CM) D.K. Shivakumar, who is also the KPCC President, are gearing up for a show of strength. In an interesting…
Union Minister HDK to continue as State JD(S) President
November 22, 2025Bengaluru: The JD(S) National Executive meeting held here yesterday coinciding with the Silver Jubilee celebrations of the formation of the party, unanimously decided to continue with the Party Supremo and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda as the National President of the party and Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) as the President of Karnataka State…
Sri Ramakrishna Ashram’s rural focus is laudable: Tourism Minister H.K. Patil
November 22, 2025Four-day centenary fete of Sri Ramakrishna Ashram Mysore/Mysuru: Tourism and Law Minister H.K. Patil has said, it is worth laudable that Sri Ramakrishna Ashram, Mysuru, has laid emphasis on reaching out to rural areas with its service-oriented activities, realising the thought propagated by Swami Vivekananda. Minister Patil addressed the gathering after inaugurating four-day centenary year…
I am indebted to DKS: MLA Tanveer Sait
November 22, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Even as factionalism in the Congress has gained fresh momentum with factions supporting Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister making efforts to gain one upmanship, NR MLA Tanveer Sait has said, he does not belong to any camp and that he was indebted to Dy.CM D.K. Shivakumar (DKS). Replying to a question by reporters…
Echo of Blackbuck deaths in Belagavi Zoo: Mysuru Zoo on high alert
November 22, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Following the deaths of 31 Blackbucks at Kittur Rani Chennamma Mini Zoo in Belagavi recently, the Zoo Authority of Karnataka (ZAK) has instructed all Zoos in the State to step up biosecurity measures, heighten surveillance among others. Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment Eshwar Khandre also held a video conference meeting with all nine…















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