Bengaluru: Congress veteran and former Union Minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief (85) was laid to rest at Khuddussab burial ground in J.C. Nagar in Bengaluru this afternoon. The senior leader passed away due to cardiac arrest in Bengaluru yesterday. The body was kept at the KPCC Office on Queen’s Road where a large number of leaders…
Mysuru: The much-awaited widening of the congested Irwin Road in the heart of the city, began with guddali puja at Panchamukhi Anjaneyaswamy Temple along the road this morning. Area Corporator Nagaraj launched the works by performing guddali puja at the temple. The Irwin Road is being widened into a 60 ft. road with a median,…
Mandya/ Bengaluru: Even as Ambarish’s fans argued that his cremation should take place at Abhiman Studio, where his dear friend and co-star Dr. Vishnuvardhan was cremated, the State government chose Kanteerava Studios near the legendary actor Dr. Rajkumar’s memorial. The cremation place is in front of Rajkumar’s memorial. Last rites will be performed under the…
Hunsur: With persistent demands for keeping prominent roads of the town open for festivals and key public functions, District Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD) held a meeting with the taluk administration, religious heads and Police at the Assistant Commissioner’s (AC) office here recently. Presiding over the meeting, GTD said that Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations will be held…
Maddur: In a reported incident, a 52-year-old ardent fan of actor-politician Ambarish, ended his life by falling under a moving train at Nidaghatta near Maddur on Mysuru-Bengaluru section yesterday morning. The deceased has been identified as Thammaiah (52), of Hottegowdanadoddi in Maddur taluk. Depressed on the death of Ambarish, Thammaiah came under a Bengaluru-Mysuru train…
Mysuru: Devaraja Traffic Police, on Friday, have arrested a lorry driver, who had gone absconding since four years after being convicted by a Court. The lorry he was driving had fatally knocked down a pedestrian in 2007. The arrested lorry driver is 52-year-old Eldose, son of Vergese and a resident of Vindivana village, Ernakulam district…
Mysuru: The newly-elected Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath of the Congress was felicitated at a programme organised by the City Congress unit at Congress Bhavan near the City Railway Station recently. Speaking on the occasion, former K.R. MLA M.K. Somashekar said that the previous Congress government had sanctioned Rs. 3,000 crore for development of the city and…
Mysuru: Sri Krishna Gana Sabha and Department of Kannada and Culture together had organised a programme titled ‘November – Ekata Thingalu’ at the Sabha premises in Gokulam here recently. Inaugurating the programme, Kannada and Culture Assistant Director H. Chennappa opined that cultural activities was a good de-stress tool today to come out of daily monotony…
Mysuru: Mysuru-Chamarajanagar District Judicial Department Employees Credit Co-operative Society had organised a function at Zilla Panchayat premises here on Saturday to felicitate the newly appointed High Court Judges Ashok G. Nijagannavar, A.S. Bellunke, H.P. Sandesh and K. Natarajan. Speaking on the occasion, Nijagannavar said that Mysuru Court has provision to employ 1,170 staff but only…
Mysuru: The district unit of Bharat Scouts and Guides had organised an information camp for officers of the Education Department at its central office near the DC’s office here recently. About 50 officers of Mysuru, Mandya, Chamarajanagar, Hassan and Kodagu districts, comprising DDPIs, BEOs and Nodal Officers participated in the programme. The participants were groomed…
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