Mysuru: District in-Charge Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD), who visited Lingambudhi Lake in Dattagalli Extension yesterday following complaints that the storm water drain and sewage water were getting mixed and polluting the water in the lake, instructed the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) authorities to clear the place and develop the lake into a tourism spot. Accompanied with…
Four held for JD(S) leader’s murder
December 26, 2018Maddur: The Maddur Police have arrested four persons in connection with the murder of JD(S) leader Thoppanahalli Prakash (50), who was brutally hacked in the town in broad daylight on Dec.24. The arrested have been identified as Shivaraj, Yogesh, Hemanth and Swamy, all residents of Thoppanahalli. Four more suspects are still at large and the…
Padma Shri awardee Sulagitti Narasamma passes away
December 26, 2018Bengaluru: Padma Shri awardee Sulagitti Narasamma, passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Tuesday. She was 98. She was suffering from age related ailments and was undergoing treatment at BGS Hospital since 20 days. Married at the age of 12 to Anjinappa, she has 12 children and 36 grandchildren. Narasamma is best known…
GTD asks Chamundi Temple priests to drop their protest from Jan. 1
December 26, 2018Mysuru: District Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD) has appealed the Chamundi Temple, sub-ordinate temples priests and other Muzrai temple priests of the district not to resume their indefinite strike from Jan.1, 2019. Replying to a query that the temple priests’ agitation would hurt the sentiments of the devotees here yesterday morning, the Minister said that he…
Chimp Guru dies at Mysuru Zoo
December 26, 2018Mysuru: Guru, the 26-year-old male chimpanzee at Mysuru Zoo, died of respiratory failure on Dec. 24 night. On Dec. 23, Guru was found dull and the Zoo Vets began the symptomatic treatment. The next day (Dec. 24), Zoo Veterinarians along with Dr. Sundar Raj, a consultant General Physician having experience with primates, continued the treatment….
Visitors throng cake festival even before inauguration
December 26, 2018Dist. Minister GTD to formally launch 3-day fest this evening at Jayamma Govindegowda Kalyana Mantap Mysuru: Hundreds of visitors thronged the Jayamma Govindegowda Kalyana Mantap, the venue of cake and food festival to taste the cakes even before its formal inauguration here this morning. Boys, girls as also visitors of all ages arrived to have…
RamaGovinda awards- 2019 for Bezwada Wilson, Prahlad Tipanya
December 26, 2018T.M. Krishna to inaugurate presentation ceremony on Jan.5 Mysuru: Smt. D. Ramabai Charitable Foundation and Sri M. Gopinath Shenoy Charitable Trust, Mysuru, have chosen Indian activist, Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Bezwada Wilson and Indian folk singer Padmashree Prahlad Singh Tipanya for its annual RamaGovinda Puraskara-2019. These two institutions are associated with a pro-societal cause in…
Mysurean receives President’s Police Medal
December 26, 2018New Delhi: Kalengada Muthanna Cariappa, a resident of Mysuru, received the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service from Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju during the Sashastra Seema Bal’s Anniversary Day Investiture Ceremony in New Delhi on Dec. 24. Cariappa, until recently, was serving in the 90,000 strong elite Border Security Force,…
Dr. S. L. Bhyrappa Sahityotsava in city on Jan. 19 and 20
December 26, 2018Mysuru : As a tribute to city’s living legend Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa, who is one of India’s foremost Kannada litterateurs, a two-day ‘S. L. Bhyrappa Sahityotsava’ will be held at Kalamandira in Mysuru on Jan. 19 and 20, under the aegis of S. L. Bhyrappa Sahitya Pratishtana. Addressing a press meet at Pathrakathara Bhavan here this…
Yoganarasimhaswamy Temple to distribute 2 lakh laadus on New Year
December 26, 2018Mysuru: Ushering the New Year, following the tradition, devotees visiting Sri Yoganarasimhaswamy Temple in Vijayanagar will be given laadus on Jan.1 from 4 am till midnight under the supervision of the Temple Founder Prof. Bhashyam Swamiji. About 50 cooks have been working on the process of making over 2 lakh laadus using 50 quintals of…













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