Mysuru: Ganabharathi has organised a veena concert in memory of Vid. Swaramurthy V.N. Rao at its premises on Adichunchanagiri Road in Kuvempunagar on Aug. 11 at 6 pm. Vidu. Rakshitha Ramesh will render a veena concert. She will be accompanied by Vid. Saishivu Laxmi Keshav on mridanga and Vid. Raghunandan Vyasa Rao on ghata. Artiste’s…
Labourer electrocuted
August 9, 2017Mysuru: A labourer, who was helping in survey of MUDA land in Lal Bahadur Shastri Layout, died of electrocution, when the measuring iron rod he was holding came in contact with a live wire. The deceased has been identified as Mahesh (28), a resident of Champanapura in Chamarajanagar. Though he was rushed to K.R. Hospital,…
Two-year-old child killed as tempo hits
August 9, 2017Periyapatna: In a tragic incident, a two-year-old girl child was killed on the spot when a tempo carrying LPG cylinders ran over her while she was playing at Bootanahalli village in Periyapatna taluk last evening. The deceased girl has been identified as Vaishnavi (Kruthika), daughter of Kumara (Thimma), a resident of Bootanahalli. The tempo (KA-12…
Gambling: 9 arrested, Rs. 1.07 lakh cash seized
August 9, 2017Mysuru: Vijayanagar Police, acting on a tip off that gambling was going on at an empty space in SRS Layout here, raided the place and arrested nine persons indulged in gambling besides seizing Rs. 1.07 lakh cash from them. A case has been registered at Vijayanagar Police Station in this regard.
KRS touching 100-ft mark is no child’s play !
August 8, 2017Mysuru/Mandya: How often do you see children playing cricket in a canal that supplies water to thousands of hectares of fertile land? Some children were found playing inside the Visvesvaraya Canal (Chikkadevaraya Canal) at Achappanakoppalu near Srirangapatna yesterday, reminding us of a grim situation that we are in where Karnataka is staring at a drought…
Gajapayana on Aug. 12: Entry to Mysore Palace on Aug. 17
August 8, 2017Mysuru: Gajapayana, the traditional march of elephants from jungle camps to Mysore Palace for the annual Dasara festival, will be held on Aug. 12 at Nagapura camp near Hunsur. Earlier, the district administration had planned Gajapayana on Aug. 14. District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa will flag off the march. The first batch of eight Dasara…
State Government to supply Malaysian sand to ease shortage
August 8, 2017Bengaluru: The Government is making all efforts to ease the problem of sand shortage for construction purpose and strike at the sand mafia. Because of the shortage, sand is being sold at exorbitant prices and now it (Government) is planning to sell at Rs. 35,000 per lorry load, said Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T.B….
Amit Shah to hold 25 meetings in State from Aug. 12 to 14
August 8, 2017Bengaluru: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State Core Committee has finalised the itinerary of National President Amit Shah, who is visiting the State from Aug.12 to 14. Apart from several brain-storming sessions with party office-bearers and elected representatives, the BJP has organised a meeting with intellectuals for which the invitees are being shortlisted. Shah will…
Voting begins for nail-biting Gujarat RS election
August 8, 2017Gandhinagar: Voting began at 9 this morning in a hall in the Gujarat State Secretariat in Gandhinagar in a Rajya Sabha election that has become a huge prestige battle between the BJP and the Congress. While BJP chief Amit Shah, who makes his debut in Parliament, and Union Minister Smriti Irani will be elected from…
Demand for Trin Trin in Srirangapatna grows
August 8, 2017Mandya: The popularity of Asia’s first Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) system — Trin Trin — is catching on fast and the heritage city, Mysuru, is surely leading from the front. The response to this novel method of riding round the city on pollution-free mode of transport with docking stations to boot is slowly spreading to…
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