Mysuru: The Vidyaranyapuram Police have cracked the murder case of 29-year-old Sunitha reported on Tuesday last (June 13) at JP Nagar in city by arresting her ex-husband Karthik, 32 and his accomplice Seena alias Bengaluru Seena from Lakkavalli near Tarikere in Chikkamagaluru district last night. Police said that the duo was picked up from a…
Ramakrishna Mission Chief Swami Atmasthananda passes away in Kolkata
June 19, 2017PM Narendra Modi calls it ‘Personal Loss’ Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has condoled the death of Swami Atmasthanandaji, President of Ramakrishna Math and Mission, who passed away in a Kolkata hospital yesterday after a prolonged illness. The PM termed the demise a ‘personal loss’. At a young age, the Prime Minister had received spiritual…
Sugar District is now Vermicompost Town
June 19, 2017Mandya: Mandya, known as the Sugar District, is also being recognised as the district with highest number of vermicompost producing units in the State. Mandya district has bagged the first place in the State for having highest vermicompost production units with 1,252 production units in the district, while the rest of the districts have not…
Huchha Venkat attempts suicide
June 19, 2017Bengaluru: Reportedly upset over love failure, actor Huchha Venkat of ‘Bigg Boss’ reality show fame, attempted suicide by consuming phenoyl at his farm house here yesterday. Even before he attempted suicide, Venkat is said to have sent an SMS message to the media claiming that he was taking the extreme step as the girl he…
President Mukherjee visits Udupi, Kollur
June 19, 2017Udupi: After inaugurating the first phase of ‘Namma Metro’ in Bengaluru on Saturday last (June 17), President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday visited the temple towns of Udupi and Kolluru. In Udupi, the President laid the foundation stone for Shambhu Shetty Memorial Haji Abdullah Super Speciality Hospital in Udupi and visited the famous Sri Krishna Temple. On…
Telangana Governor offers puja at Melukote Temple
June 19, 2017Melukote: Telangana Governor Narasimhan and his family members offered special puja at the Melukote Sri Chaluvanarayana Swamy Temple yesterday. He was welcomed by Pandavapura AC Shivanandamurthy, Tahsildar Hanumantharayappa, Temple EO Kumaraswamy and other officials with State honours. After participating in a special puja at 5 pm, the Governor visited Vedanta Bhodhini Sanskrit School. Speaking on…
“Dr. S. L. Bhyrappa was ‘cheated’ of higher Padma Award in preference to Sri Ravishankar”
June 19, 2017Opines eminent Historian Dr. Ramachandra Guha “Bhyrappa is a jewel of India and a celebrated writer in Karnataka. Yet he was given the Padma Shri while, Sri Ravishankar of Art of Living Foundation was given the Padma Vibhushan.” Mysuru: Eminent Historian Dr. Ramachandra Guha, who whispered to Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa after his inaugural speech, “Sir,…
Nationalism and Patriotism issue
June 19, 2017Mysuru: The talk by Historian Dr. Ramachandra Guha on ‘History beyond Chauvinism,’ in the charged atmosphere in the country today created a lot of buzz, especially when he referred to his view on nationalism and patriotism when he propounded his five commandments for a person to become a good historian. Talking about the Mughal ruler…
Lit Fest concludes on a grand note
June 19, 2017Mysuru: The day-long Mysuru Literary Fest organised by the Mysore Literary Association had an eclectic mix of authors. This became evident after the brilliant exposition by two of the speakers in the morning — Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa and Dr. Ramachandra Guha, who set the tone for the Fest. It was the turn of novelist Shashi…
Direct appointment to Group ‘D’ posts
June 19, 2017Mysuru: The Government will make direct appointment to Group ‘D’ posts lying vacant in Social Welfare and Backward Classes Welfare Departments. Addressing a press meet here yesterday, the Backward Classes Welfare Department District Officer G.S. Somashekar said there had been no direct appointments to Group ‘D’ posts since 1998. But now, as per a Government…
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