Mandya: In a reported incident, a group of miscreants, posing as customers, stole Rs.15 lakh cash from SBI Bank at Mandya this morning. Soon as the SBI Bank (Agricultural Development Branch) at Bamdigowda Layout, opened at about 10 am, a group of miscreants, who are said to be 8 to 10 in number, entered the…
List of party candidates for MCC Polls
August 20, 2018Mysuru: Following is the list of party candidates who submitted the nominations for the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) election scheduled for Aug.31.
M.U. Subbaiah files nomination as BJP candidate from Ward 20
August 20, 2018Hectic activity on last day of filing nominations Mysuru: BJP candidate for MCC polls from Ward No.20 (Vijayanagar) M.U. Subbaiah filed his nomination papers in two sets with Returning Officer V. Priyadarshini at MCC Zonal Office- 4 near Akashavani Circle in Yadavagiri here this morning. After performing puja at Sri Yoganarasimhaswamy Temple in Vijayanagar, Subbaiah,…
Traffic Awareness programme at Vijaya Vittala PU College
August 20, 2018Mysuru: Vijaya Vittala Composite PU College, in association with K.R. Traffic Police Station, had organised Traffic Awareness programme at Vijaya Vittala PU College auditorium recently. The programme was inaugurated by Manjunath, Inspector of K.R. Traffic Police Station. Manjunath enlightened the students on the necessity of following proper road discipline by calmly and carefully judging the…
‘Tribal development should also uphold their culture’
August 20, 2018Mysuru: A two-day National Seminar on ‘Tribal Development and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Issues and prospects’ organised jointly by Centre for Inclusive Growth and Development Research Trust, Mysuru, Centre for Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (CSEIP), University of Mysore and Basudev Somani College was held at the college premises in Kuvempunagar recently. About 150 researchers…
Regional Conference: LIC agents seek abolition of GST on Insurance Premium
August 20, 2018Mysuru: LIC Agents Association, Mysuru wing had organised a regional conference of LIC Agents at Sara Convention Hall in Dattagalli here recently. Over 2000 LIC Agents of the region participated in the event. Inaugurating the programme, Association National President S.B. Srinivasachari regretted that imposing GST on life insurance premium was a negative effect on new…
‘Waterproofing is vital to protect a building’
August 20, 2018Mysuru: “In the interest of the safety of the building waterproofing should be compulsorily advocated during the construction stage” opined S. Krishnaprasad, President, water-proofing Contractors Association. He was delivering a talk on ‘Necessity of waterproofing during construction of a building’ at Institution of Engineers, JLB road recently. Krishnaprasad contended that even a luxuriously built house…
Tanker driver’s decomposed body retrieved from gorge
August 20, 2018Hassan: The highly decomposed body of the fuel tanker driver has been retrieved from a 300 feet deep gorge near Doddathappale in Sakleshpur taluk yesterday. The mother and wife of the driver along with relatives had met Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri recently and had requested her to trace and retrieve the body. The driver identified…
Youth washed away in Kapila River
August 20, 2018Nanjangud: A 23-year-old youth, who reportedly went for a swim in Kapila River, has been washed away by the strong current near Devaraj Urs Bridge yesterday. The deceased youth has been identified as Siddaraju, son of late Nanjappa, a resident of Kanakanagar Layout in Nanjangud and was an employee of a factory. Yesterday being a…
“Vardhamana Prashasti” to Dr. C. Naganna
August 20, 2018Mysuru: Dr. C. Naganna, writer and academician, has been selected for Vardhamana Prashasti-2017 for his work “Kallalla Kamanabillu” (Not a Rock but a Rainbow), a collection of critical essays. The award, instituted under the aegis of ‘Mudubidare Vardhamana Prashasti Peetha’, will be conferred on him during the ‘Dasara Sahityotsava’ in October 2018 at Mudubidare. The…















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