Mysuru: Y.P. Udayashankar was elected as the new President of the city’s prestigious Sri Kanteerava Narasimharaja Sports Club (Mysore Sports Club) in the election held yesterday. Udayashankar, who secured 268 votes, was declared elected in the Annual General Body Meeting of the Club. The other office-bearers elected were S. Shankara Rao, who was elected as…
Loan waiver: Farmers to protest in Bengaluru tomorrow
July 8, 2018Bengaluru: Upset with Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) for not keeping his promise of a “full waiver,” farmers have now decided to stage a State-wide protest demanding waiver of all loans to the tune of a whopping Rs.1.20 lakh crore. The first protest by farmers will be held in Bengaluru on July 9 (tomorrow) to…
Minister S.R. Mahesh begins ‘Grama Vastavya’ at Haradanahalli
July 8, 2018Mysuru: Tourism and Sericulture Minister S.R. Mahesh stayed at Haradanahalli in K.R. Nagar taluk on Friday as part of his ‘Grama Vastavya’ programme. Hundreds of villagers from Haradanahalli, Lakkikuppe and Lakkikuppe Koppalu had come to see the Minister and air their grievances. Mentioning that the intention behind such ‘Grama Vastavya’ was to better understand the…
Man strangles pregnant wife to death
July 8, 2018Nanjangud: A man, allegedly killed his 21-year-old pregnant wife by strangulating her at Neelakanta Nagar in Nanjangud on Friday. While the deceased has been identified as Lakshmi, who was seven months pregnant, her husband who allegedly killed her has been identified as Vijay, a native of Kodanahalli village near Kadakola in Mysuru taluk. As Lakshmi…
Dr. Rajkumar P. Wadhwa of Apollo BGS Hospital bags National Award
July 8, 2018Mysuru: The most inspiring Doctors from across the country were invited for a Doctors Day Conclave-2018 at Hotel Hyatt Regency, New Delhi, recently. Doctors from different specialties were honoured at this event by Minister for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel and Ashwini Kumar Choubey. Dr. Rajkumar P. Wadhwa, Chief Gastroenterologist and Head, Institute of…
Senior BJP leader M.G. Ramakrishnappa passes away
July 8, 2018H.D. Kote: BJP senior leader and former Mysuru District BJP Rural President M.G. Ramakrishnappa (68), passed away yesterday at a private hospital in Mysuru following brief illness. He leaves behind two sons, two daughters and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at his farm in Beechanahalli in H.D. Kote today, according…
Ramdas exhorts specially abled to live a determined life
July 8, 2018Mysuru: Asking the specially abled persons not to lose interest in life just because they suffer from some sort of physical disability, MLA S.A. Ramdas has exhorted the specially abled to lead a determined life. He was speaking after distributing free prosthetic equipment to the beneficiaries at a programme organised at Shri Sthanakvasi Jain Sangh…
Los Angeles students visit St. Philomena’s College
July 8, 2018Mysuru: An interactive session with faculty and students from Los Angeles, United States, was organised on ‘Collaborative Studies and Research’ in St. Philomena’s College Post Graduate Centre recently. Msgr. Fr. Leslie Moras, Episcopal Vicar, Mysore Diocesan Education Society (MDES), spoke about the history of St. Philomena’s College and its legacy. He told that the college…
Tusker attacks youths for clicking photos
July 8, 2018Gundlupet: A group of youths, said to be from Kerala, who had got down from their vehicle to click photos of a tusker at Maddur Forest area in Bandipur National Park yesterday, was attacked by the tusker. Luckily, no one was injured in the incident. It is learnt that the youths, who were proceeding toward…
Jain Yuva Sangthan’s Vidyadan Project
July 8, 2018Mysuru: Sri Sthankvasi Jain Yuva Sangthan, Mysuru, under its Vidyadan Project, distributed school shoes and socks to all the students of their adopted Government School on Geeta Mandir Road. Besides, to provide clean and pure drinking water to students, a mineral water dispenser was also installed in the school premises. Biscuits for July month were…















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