Bengaluru: The BJP pounced on veteran Congress leader Dr. M. Veerappa Moily’s tweet alleging a “nexus” between road contractors and Public Works Department Minister (PWD) Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa. The first to react was BJP State President B.S. Yeddyurappa, who said Moily’s tweet had validated Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charge that the Siddharamaiah-led Congress ran a…
Kyathamaranahalli Raju murder accused externed from Mysuru
March 17, 2018Mysuru: In a first-of-its kind order, the City Police have externed Habib Pasha, the prime accused in the murder of RSS activist Kyathamaranahalli Raju to Bidar as a precautionary measure ahead of Assembly polls. Habib, a resident of Hunsur, has been asked to leave the district with immediate effect and the externment will remain in…
Wealth and honour will automatically follow achievers in theatre: Rangayana Director
March 17, 2018Mysuru: “If young theatre artistes take up the art seriously and achieve set goals with hard work and perseverance, honour and wealth will automatically follow,” opined Rangayana Director Bhagirathi Bai Kadam. She was speaking on the second day of the three-day valedictory of ‘Suvarna Samathentho’, the 50th anniversary of the city’s theatre group ‘Samathentho’ at…
South Western Railway Mysuru Division ranked fourth in punctuality
March 17, 2018Mysuru: By maintaining the punctuality performance percentage of 97.36%, South Western Railway (SWR) Mysuru Division has ranked fourth among Indian Railways and first in South Western Railway. This outstanding performance is achieved in spite of sharp increase in maintenance of blocks of various safety activities in double fold. On an average 126 trains are being…
Comedian Gangavathi Pranesh opens AIISH Aawaaz cultural fest
March 17, 2018Mysuru: A three-day inter-college cultural festival AIISH Aawaaz organised by All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) began last evening at Panchavati campus of the institute on Bogadi Road here. The programme was inaugurated by popular stand-up comedian Gangavathi Pranesh. Instead of delivering a monotonous inaugural speech, he began instantly coming out with his…
‘Digital revolution must touch all walks of life’
March 17, 2018Mysuru: “Digital technology should enable the growth of the society and see to it that it touches people from all walks of life including in fields such as education, science, technology, medicine,” said University of Mysore In-charge Vice Chancellor Prof. C. Basavaraju. He was speaking after inaugurating a two-day National Conference on ‘Digital Revolution and…
Amrita leads pooled campus drives in Mysuru
March 17, 2018Mysuru: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru campus, has promoted several pooled campus recruitment drives by leading multinational companies for Arts and Science students passing out in the year 2018. In spite of the slowdown in the campus recruitments across the country, Amrita, Mysuru campus could attract many MNCs to its campus and close to 360 placement…
MLA Vasu recalls Wadiyars’ contribution to State
March 17, 2018Mysuru: “The erstwhile rulers of Mysuru concentrated more on building the State, unlike the rulers in the North who were more keen on plundering wealth of the people. Thus the rulers of Mysuru were far different in their approach to people’s needs,” said MLA Vasu. He was speaking after inaugurating a two-day State-level Conference on…
Inter-College Journalistic Meet at St. Philomena’s College
March 17, 2018Mysuru: An Inter-college Journalistic Meet and Script Writing Workshop ‘Aaina-2018’ for the academic year 2018-2019 was organised by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at St. Philomena’s College auditorium recently. The programme was inaugurated by the chief guest Prof. M. Krishne Gowda, former Principal of the College. Addressing the students of various colleges, he…
Veerashaiva-Lingayats must get more tickets: Forum
March 17, 2018Mysuru: Upset at the dwindling number of Veerashaiva-Lingayats getting elected to the Karnataka Assembly in recent times, particularly from the districts of Mysuru Revenue division, the community leaders held a meeting recently and unanimously decided to demand tickets for community members where they are more in number. The meeting took place at Jaganmohan Palace under…
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