Mysuru: BJP leader C. Basavegowda and Youth JD(S) leader G.D. Harish Gowda have been elected unopposed as Directors of Mysuru-Chamarajanagar District Co-operative Central (MCDCC) Bank. The polls for electing 17 Directors of the Bank is scheduled to take place on Nov.12. However, Basavegowda was declared elected unopposed from T. Narasipur-1 Constituency as no other candidates…
Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Dept. sets up stall on ‘Model Village’
November 7, 2018Mysuru: With the focal theme of ‘Village on the path of development,’ the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Department has designed its stall at the Dasara Exhibition, modelled on a fully developed village. The stall with a 120’x80’ floor area, features replica of an ideal village visualised by Mahatma Gandhi. The model village has…
Mysuru couple walk barefoot to Tirupathi
November 7, 2018Mysuru: City Congress Vice-President C. Manjunath, along with his wife Rathnamma, took up barefoot walkathon to Tirupathi from city yesterday morning, praying Lord Venakateshwara for establishment of peace and progress in the society. This was the 25 barefoot walk to Tirupathi being taken up by this couple. They made special prayers for people of Kodagu,…
Nearly Rs. 8 lakh currency notes, coins adorn Goddess at Amrutheshwara Temple
November 7, 2018Mysuru: Deepavali season is here and all eyes are on Dhanalakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth. It is that time of the year when the Amrutheshwara Temple on Dewan’s Road, where the idol of Goddess Tripurasundara Devi is installed, is decorated with currency notes and coins and devotees throng the temple to perform the Dhanalakshmi puja….
Former Minister Omprakash Kanagali passes away
November 7, 2018Belagavi: Former Karnataka Minister Omprakash Kanagali passed away yesterday. He was 69. He had served as Irrigation Minister and Belagavi District Minister in the Cabinet of former Karnataka CM S.M. Krishna. Former Karnataka Minister and senior Congress leader Omprakash Kanagali, son of former Union Minister late B. Shankarananda, died at KLE Hospital in the early…
Three-day Deepavali Jathre Mahotsava begins at M.M. Hills
November 7, 2018M.M. Hills: The three-day ‘Deepavali Jathre Mahotsava’ commenced at MM Hills yesterday. The idol of Mahadeshwara Swamy was cleaned and prepared for the rituals yesterday. The traditional pujas will be performed today and Maha Rathotsava tomorrow. The concluding part is ‘Theppotsava’ tomorrow at 10 pm. Special pujas will also be performed on Mondays of ‘Karthika’…
Four-and-a-half hour ‘Ramayana Darshanam’ to be staged at Rangayana from Nov.14
November 7, 2018Mysuru: Marking the 50th anniversary of Jnanapith Award to Rashtra Kavi Kuvempu for his epic novel ‘Sri Ramayana Darshanam,’ Rangayana artistes will stage the four hour and thirty minutes play adapted from the novel at Rangayana in city from Nov.14 to 18. Announcing this at a press meet at Rangayana here this morning, Kannada and…
Deevatige Utsava at Bettadapura tomorrow
November 7, 2018Bettadapura: ‘Deevatige Utsava’ will be held tomorrow at Sidlu Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple atop the Hill here. The event where hundreds of people from nearby villages take out a procession with burning torches in hand is said to be very popular on Deepavali. They also sing devotional and folk songs praising the deity and explaining the…
ACB Dy.SP to receive complaints from public
November 7, 2018Mysuru: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Deputy Superintendent of Police (Dy.SP) will be touring the district from Nov.12 to Nov. 15 to create awareness among public regarding corruption and to receive complaints on the same. During his visit, he will receive complaints from public against Government staff for receiving bribe, intentional delay in extending facilities to…
Mining around KRS reservoir Vedike padayatra to Bengaluru
November 7, 2018Mysuru: Members of Kasthuri Karnataka Janapara Vedike will take out padayatra from Mysuru to Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Nov. 9 demanding the Government to completely ban illegal stone quarrying and mining activities around KRS Dam in Mandya district. They will begin the Padayatra from Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at around 10 am and will reach…















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