Mysuru: A 56-year-old man, who left for work on Aug. 29 at about 9 am, has gone missing. The missing person has been identified as Jayaramu, a peon at Mysore University PG Hostel and residing at University Quarters. Jayaramu is 5.7 ft. tall, wheatish complexioned, medium built, speaks Kannada and was wearing a pink and…
Rangavalli to stage ‘Madyarathriya Thiganegalu’ on Sunday
September 2, 2017Mysuru: City-based amateur theatre group Rangavalli will be staging comedy play ‘Madyarathriya Thiganegalu’ at Kalamandira in city tomorrow (Sept. 3) at 7 pm. The play has been directed by Prabhuswamy Malimutt. The set has been designed by H.K. Dwarkanath, Music: Prashanth Hiremutt, Costumes: Sushma Nanaiah, Make Up: Raghavendra Boodanur, Light Design: Rajesh Talkad. For tickets,…
Murder bid: Factory worker sentenced to three years imprisonment
September 2, 2017Mysuru: A City Court has sentenced a 34-year-old man to three years imprisonment besides imposing a penalty of Rs. 1.10 lakh on him for attempting to murder a widow, who refused to love him. Prakash, a resident of Gopalapura in Jayapura hobli of the taluk, is the one who has been sentenced. Bhavya of Mavinahalli…
Man arrested for robbing women in the guise of offering drop
September 2, 2017Mandya: The Mandya Rural Police have arrested a man on charges of robbing lonely women after promising to drop them to their destination in his vehicle. The arrested has been identified as Vishwanath, 39 of Hittalapura village in Kunigal taluk of Tumkur district. The Police have recovered jewellery worth Rs. 2 lakh, 8 cell phones…
Two youths drown while immersing Ganesha idol
September 2, 2017Periyapatna: Two youths lost their lives while they entered a lake to immerse Ganesha idol at Periyapatna at around 9.30 am today. The youths have been identified as 16-year-old Manjunath and 27-year-old Mahesh. According to the Police and villagers, the Police had imposed a deadline of Aug. 31 for all the Ganesha idols to be…
Ph.D awarded to Gubbi Goodu Ramesh
September 2, 2017Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) has awarded Ph.D in Kannada to Gubbi Goodu Ramesh for his thesis ‘P. Lankesh Kathana: Adhunika Samajika Samrachane Tathvikate.’ He worked under the guidance of Dr. N.K. Lolakshi. Thinker Gubbi Goodu Ramesh is a columnist of Mysooru Mithra Kannada daily, a sister publication of Star of Mysore.
Ahead of Siddu’s Cabinet expansion: Question mark over R.B. Timmapur’s induction
September 1, 2017Bengaluru: The Cabinet expansion (probably the last) of the Congress government in Karnataka ahead of 2018 Assembly elections received a major jolt this noon when Governor Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala sought an explanation from the government on the induction of MLC R.B. Timmapur as a Cabinet Minister. Chief Minister Siddharamaiah was to expand his Cabinet as…
Sand bag practice for Howdah Elephant Arjuna begins
September 1, 2017Mysuru: It was a sight to behold when all the 15 Dasara elephants walked majestically on the Jumboo Savari route from Mysore Palace to Bannimantap for the first time this morning. Till now, only 8 elephants participated in the rehearsals and today’s rehearsal had 15 elephants as the second batch of 7 elephants arrived in…
Attempt to kidnap engineering student in Nanjangud: Three including woman held in Chamarajanagar
September 1, 2017Nanjangud: Nanjangud Sub-Division Police have arrested three persons including a woman for attempting to kidnap an Engineering student for ransom on Aug. 23. The arrested persons have been identified as Devaraju alias Deva of Koli Palya village in Chamarajanagar, his wife Nagalakshmi and Linganayaka alias Gundu. The accused were arrested based on mobile phone number…
Bhagavathi temple incident: BJP threatens Kodagu bandh
September 1, 2017Madikeri: Kodagu BJP District Committee General Secretary Ravi Kushalappa said that the BJP will stage a protest in front of the DC’s office in Madikeri if the miscreants who placed bovine hooves at the premises of Nettumadu Bhagavathi Temple in Kakkabe are not arrested before Sept. 3. Addressing reporters yesterday, he said illegal cow slaughter…
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