Mysuru: As part of Thiruvadipuram celebrations, Hebbar Sree Vaishnava Rural District Upa Sabha, Mysuru and Andal Mandiram Trust, Mysuru, have organised a musical feature titled ‘Andal Kalyanam’ by Dr. Srinidhi K. Parthasarathi at Andal Mandiram, Temple Road, V.V. Mohalla, in city on Aug.3 from 5.30 pm to 7.30 pm. He will be accompanied by Vid….
Staging of Kodava play ‘Badk’ in city on Aug.4
August 1, 2019Mysuru: Adamya Rangashale, in association with Rangabhoomi Pratishtana, Kodagu, has organised staging of the Kodava play ‘Badk’ at Sri Kuvempu Ranga Mandira, Sri Kuvempu Vidyavardhaka Trust (Vivekananda PU College premises), Jayalakshmipuram, in city on Aug. 4 at 6.30 pm. The play, brought out by Addanda C. Kariappa, will be enacted by the Kodagu theatre troupe….
GP employees stage protest
August 1, 2019Mysuru: Seeking fulfilment of their various demands, more than 100 Gram Panchayat (GP) employees under the banner of CITU-affiliated Karnataka State Gram Panchayat Employees Association, staged a demonstration in front of ZP office here yesterday. The demands include implementation of Swamy Report which has recommended uniform regularisation of service of all GP employees, payment of…
Debt Relief Act Applications invited
August 1, 2019Mysuru: With the President of India signing the Karnataka Government’s Debt Relief Act, eligible persons can apply to the Revenue Assistant Commissioner seeking debt relief. As per the order passed by the previous Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) during his last days as the CM, landless labourers of the State with less than two hectares…
Kasaragod woman handed over to family members
August 1, 2019Mysuru: Lashkar Police have handed over a woman from Kasaragod in Kerala to her family members in Kodagu. On Tuesday night, the woman, identified as Jaseela, was found standing alone on Chandragupta Road in city by the public, who in turn informed Lashkar Police. The Police, who arrived at the spot, took her to the…
Chain-snatcher jailed
August 1, 2019Mysuru: The City’s Fifth Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced a chain-snatcher to eight years rigorous imprisonment after the accused was found guilty of targeting elderly women and snatching more than 1.5 kg gold ornaments from them. The accused is 26-year-old Somashekara Achari alias Soma of Mylasandra in Bengaluru. The accused, who used to…
Body found: Search for V.G. Siddhartha, Founder of Cafe Coffee Day, ends; deemed suicide
July 31, 2019Mangaluru: The body of V.G. Siddhartha, Founder of India’s largest coffee chain Cafe Coffee Day, was found this morning near Nethravathi River in Mangaluru. Siddhartha, who is the son-in-law of former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader S.M. Krishna, had been missing since Monday evening. The body was found on the banks of Nethravathi, close…
Siddhartha’s death raises many questions
July 31, 2019Mysuru: Now that coffee tycoon V.G. Siddhartha’s body has been found, the question of why he took his own life is haunting not only his family but even the public. This has led to many theories and questions. He kept on apologising V.G. Siddhartha’s driver (Basavaraj Patil) told the Police that while travelling towards Mangaluru,…
Doctors protest NMC Bill
July 31, 2019Mysuru: The 24-hour nation-wide protest called by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) today to protest against the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill which was passed by the Lok Sabha on Monday, had no effect in the city. Although OPD service in most of private hospitals and nursing homes closed for the day, emergency medical services…
Govt. scraps Tipu Jayanti; Congress sees red
July 31, 2019Bengaluru: A day after proving its majority in the House, the B.S. Yediyurappa-led BJP Government yesterday called off Tipu Jayanti. The Birth Anniversary of Tipu Sultan, the 18th century king from Mysuru, was made a Government-sponsored annual affair in 2015 by the Congress Government. In an order, the Department of Kannada and Culture stated that…














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