Mysuru: Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha has organised a Violin solo concert tomorrow (Aug.19) at its premises on JLB Road in city at 5.30 pm. The accomplished artiste is multi-faceted Vid. Ravi Harikumar. He will be accompanied by Vid. G.S. Ramanujan on mridanga and Vid. C.A. Raghunandan Rao on ghata. Profile: Hari Ravikumar is a Karnatak…
Sravana Saturdays: Sri Datta Venkateshwara Temple timings extended
August 18, 2018Mysuru: A large number of general public are visiting Sri Datta Venkateshwara Temple during Sravana Masa, every year. To facilitate the general public, the Temple timings are extended on Sravana Shanivaras (Saturdays) — Aug.18, Aug.25, Sept.1 and Sept.8. Temple will be open from 6.30 am to 1.30 pm and 4.30 pm to 9.30 pm on…
Youth goes missing from city
August 18, 2018Mysuru: A 24-year-old youth, who left his house on Aug.14 at about 11 am on his Honda Activa scooter (KA-09 HG-6329) has since gone missing. The missing youth, identified as Ravikumar, is 5.5 ft. tall, fair complexioned, oval faced, normal built, speaks Kannada and was wearing a black jerkin and night pant at the time…
Mysuru Races Cancelled
August 18, 2018Due to persistent wet weather condition and the rain continuing on a regular basis and affecting the racetrack preparation, the Mysore Race Club (MRC) Ltd. has cancelled the first two days of Mysore Races-2018 scheduled to be held on Aug.22 and 23, excepting ‘The Srikantadatta Narasimharaajawadiyar Memorial Million’ which has been postponed and will be…
Kodagu Devastated: Rain continues, relief and rescue operations hampered
August 17, 2018Madikeri/Kushalnagar: Rescue operations to evacuate stranded residents of Kodagu from flash floods, landslides, house collapse and overflowing rivers have been hampered due to inclement weather. Though Army personnel and teams from National Disaster Relief Force have reached Kushalnagar from Bengaluru, they are unable to reach Madikeri Taluk as roads are blocked either by floods or…
Vajpayee no more
August 17, 2018State funeral at 4 pm today New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a towering politician mourned by millions across the nation, was taken on a last journey through the streets of Delhi this morning on a flower-decked gun-carriage to the office of the ruling BJP, the party he helped form in 1980. He…
Wellesley Bridge under threat of being washed away
August 17, 2018Mysuru: Will the historical Wellesley Bridge near Srirangapatna meet the fate of Lushington Bridge at Kollegal that was washed away last month? Seeing the present state of the Wellesley Bridge that is near-to-submersion due to thousands of cusecs of water being released from the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam, heritage lovers feel that the bridge…
Mysuru Railway Station adjudged ninth cleanest
August 17, 2018Mysuru: The Mysuru City Railway Station will be developed at a cost of Rs. 15 crore. Mysuru was among three stations in the South Western Railway Zone for which funding would be sanctioned by the Railways. The other two stations are Yesvantpur and Dharwad. More passenger-friendly amenities will be provides as part of the project,…
Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway shut again
August 17, 2018Nanjangud: Following torrential rains in Kerala and huge discharge from Kabini dam to Kapila River, the authorities have shut the ever busy Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway (NH7666) for traffic for the second time in a week as the water from the swollen Kapila river near Mallanamoole Mutt submerged a large stretch of the road. The road was…
Trouble awaits CM H.D. Kumaraswamy: Speculations of 17 Congress MLAs resigning rife as ex-CM Siddu goes on Europe tour next month
August 17, 2018Bengaluru: Even as former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah is scheduled to fly to Europe in the first week of September for holidaying, speculations are rife in political circles that 17 Congress MLAs close to the ex-CM are ready to quit their seats and jump ship to the BJP, thus posing a serious threat to the JD(S)-Congress…















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