Mysuru: Senior theatre personality and children’s playwright Dr. H.K. Ramanath of the city was conferred State Award by Governor Vajubhai R. Vala and Women and Child Welfare Minister Umashree at a programme organised by Women and Child Welfare Department as part of Children’s Day celebrations at Bengaluru on Nov. 14. Dr. Ramanath is closely associated…
Boy assaults shopkeeper
November 20, 2017Mysuru: A complaint has been lodged with K.R. Police by a shopkeeper who was assaulted by a minor boy for asking him not to tease girls. The shopkeeper, who was assaulted has been identified as Shyam, who owns a garments shop atop Chamundi Hill. On Nov. 18, the boy was purchasing clothes at the shop…
Woman on the run arrested for husband’s murder
November 19, 2017Mysuru: The City Crime Branch (CCB) Police have arrested a woman who is accused of being the chief conspirator in her husband’s murder. The woman, identified as Radha, along with her accomplices, had smothered her husband Krishna, Proprietor of Chanakya School at Dattagalli in city. Radha was arrested yesterday and today she will be produced…
City’s first dedicated hawker zone at Ashoka Circle
November 19, 2017Mysuru: City’s first dedicated hawker zone is all set to be inaugurated at Ashoka Circle, popular as Ballal Circle. The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has almost completed the construction of platforms with basic amenities for vendors (mostly food vendors) to set up stalls at the place. The exclusive hawker zone is complete with drinking water,…
83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana: District Minister tells groups to bury hatchet and make Literature Fest a success
November 19, 2017Mysuru: Urging various Kannada groups and organisations to bury the hatchet and come together for the 83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana to take place in city from Nov. 24 to 26, District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa has appealed all Kannada groups and organisations to set aside their differences and come together to make the…
Mysuru-Bengaluru Double track: SWR begins trial runs
November 19, 2017Mysuru: The railway double track between Mysuru and Bengaluru will be fully operational from the last week of November or the first week of December, according to South Western Railway (SWR) Sources. Sources said that minor works between Paschimavaahini and River Cauvery Railway Bridge and a few electrification works were being carried out and once…
Karnataka tops the list in Panchayat Raj System: MP
November 19, 2017Mysuru: Maintaining that Karnataka tops the list in devolution of power through Panchayat Raj system, Chamarajanagar MP R. Dhruvanarayan has said that the State has been bagging the award for the same for the past three years. He was speaking after inaugurating a two-day National Seminar on ‘The role of Panchayat Raj institutions in small…
Congress to finalise poll candidates by January end, says CM Siddharamaiah
November 19, 2017Davangere: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah has said that the Congress leadership would finalise the party candidates for the election by January end. Speaking to press persons at Channagiri in the district on Saturday, Siddharamaiah said the party would contest all the 224 seats in the 2018 Assembly polls. Pointing out that the polls are likely to…
Variety entertainment for specially-abled children
November 19, 2017Mysuru: It was a really special day for over 370 specially abled children yesterday as they were treated to a variety of fun and entertainment at a programme organised under the joint aegis of Mysuru Heritage Round Table – 109 (MHRT) and Mysuru Heritage Ladies Circle – 109 (MHLC) as part of Kannada Rajyotsava and…
‘AMBICON-2017’ commemorative volume released
November 19, 2017Mysuru: The three-day 25th annual conference of Medical Bio-chemists AMBICON-2017, organised by the Association of Medical Bio-chemists of India (AMBI) commenced at Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel here on Nov.17. Inaugurating the conference, Dr. C.N. Manjunath, Director of Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru, said that a doctor’s profession was a very stressful job…
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