Hassan: Ending days of speculation on will he or won’t he, Prajwal Revanna, son of PWD Minister H.D. Revanna and grandson of JD(S) supremo and former PM H.D. Deve Gowda, filed his nomination as the JD(S)-Congress coalition candidate from Hassan Lok Sabha Constituency, at the Hassan Deputy Commissioner’s office this morning. Although Deve Gowda, the…
Experts call to conserve water, other natural resources for future
March 22, 2019World Water Day observed in city Mysuru: World Water Day was observed by Mysuru Zilla Panchayat by organising an awareness rally and a stage programme in city this morning. Students of various colleges, who had assembled in front of Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at the North Gate of Mysore Palace, took out an awareness rally by…
JD(S) in difficulty over finding candidates for LS seats
March 22, 2019Bengaluru: With the JD(S) getting eight out of the twenty eight Lok Sabha (LS) seats in the State as per a seat sharing pact signed between the ruling coalition partners-JD(S) and Congress, the regional party is finding it difficult to get candidates in some seats allotted to it for the LS polls. Even as JD(S)…
NRI writer’s travelogue ‘Tirugata’ released in city
March 22, 2019Mysuru: Young NRI writer, Kiran S. Bhat’s travelogue ‘Tirugata’ was released by K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief, Star of Mysore, at a function organised by Bengaluru-based Publisher ‘Chirantana Media Solutions’ at Hotel Radisson Blu Plaza here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Ganapathy said, Kiran Bhat has penned the travelogue after touring 124 countries, studying their environment, culture,…
Hut destroyed in accidental fire
March 22, 2019Mysuru: An accidental fire has destroyed a hut and its belongings inside at Bharat Nagar here on Mar.16. Auto driver Syed Rafiq Ahmed, who had constructed a hut near the Slum Board Complex at Bharat Nagar here, was staying with his wife and children. On Mar.16, after he left for work, his wife Mubeena Taj…
Sulwadi Maramma Temple Poisoning Case: Accused produced before Court; hearing postponed to Mar. 26
March 22, 2019Chamarajanagar: The four accused in the Kichuguth Sulwadi Maramma Temple poisoning incident, where over 17 people lost their lives and many people scarred for life, were produced before the District and Sessions Court here yesterday. Due to security reasons, accused Immadi Mahadevaswamy alias Devanna Buddhi, Manager of the Temple Madesha, his wife Ambika and former…
Kodagu BJP raises suspicion over party leader’s death
March 22, 2019Madikeri: In a twist to the death of Kodagu District BJP General Secretary Balachandra Kalagi’s death, who reportedly died in a Maruti-omni-van-lorry collision on Wednesday, District BJP leaders have raised suspicions about his death. Addressing a press meet here yesterday, District BJP President B.B. Bharateesh asked the Police to conduct a fair probe into the…
Three candidates file nominations on third day
March 22, 2019Mysuru: With the southern half of the State scheduled to go for polls on Apr.18, three candidates filed their nominations from Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha seat on the third day of nomination yesterday. The three candidates, all independents who filed their nomination papers are B.D. Ningappa, a resident of Vijayanagar, M.J. Suresh Gowda, President of Vishwamanava…
Seminar on ‘Sanctity of Marriage’ in city tomorrow
March 22, 2019Mysuru: The Department of Studies in Christianity, University of Mysore (UoM), has organised a National Seminar on ‘The Sanctity of Marriage: A Religious Perspective’ at B.M. Sri auditorium, Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies (KIKS), Manasagangothri, tomorrow (Mar.23). Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, UoM, will inaugurate the Seminar at 10 am. Prof. Selvaraj Antonisamy, Prabodhana, Pallottine…
Conference on Human Rights Law held
March 22, 2019Mysuru: A one-day National Conference on ‘New Horizons in International Human Rights Law – Critical Discourse’ was organised by University School of Law at Rani Bahadur auditorium, Manasagangothri, here yesterday. Speaking after inaugurating the Conference, University of Mysore (UoM) Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar said that Human Rights recognise that each person is special with…















Recent Comments