Mysuru-Bommasandra Road blocked; Tyres burnt; Police resort to mild lathi charge A 38-year-old BJP leader was hacked to death by unknown assailants in the wee hours of today near Bommasandra, South East part of Bengaluru. The victim has been identified as Vasu alias Srinivas alias Kittaganahalli Vasu. Assailants blocked Vasu’s car at around 5 am,…
The Third Additional District and Sessions Court, this morning adjourned the hearing of the graft case involving Sunil Bose, son of District In-charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, to Mar. 21. Bose and his associate Raju were accused by Alphonsus, then a senior Geologist with the Mines and Geology Department of forcing him to accept a…
ISKCON celebrated the 531st birth anniversary of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu at its temple at 18th Cross, Jayanagar on Sunday last. Commemorating the festival, devotees went on Nagar Sankirtan chanting holy names of Lord Krishna at 6.30 am. The evening festival started at 6 pm with Tulasi Puja followed by an elaborate Abhisheka (bathing ceremony)…
Following the publication of the news item titled ‘Over 13 temples in one Layout! — Siddarthanagar residents oppose construction of Jain Temple’ in yesterday’s Star of Mysore, the Jain Sangha, Siddarthanagar, has clarified that the works at the site on Sanmarga in Siddarthanagar is meant for the residence of Jain Munis and not for construction…
Karnataka Police Academy (KPA) Director Madhukar Shetty has been transferred to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Training Academy at Hyderabad. Madhukar Shetty, a senior IPS officer, had taken charge as the Director of KPA in city in the first week of January this year. He has now been transferred after just over two months in…
The Post-Graduation Departments of Biochemistry and Biotechnology of JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Mysuru, has organised a national-level programme on ‘Bioinformatics: A Practical Workshop on Design, Techniques and Tools’ at its premises tomorrow (Mar. 15). Dr. M. Dharma Prasad, Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer, Prosetta Bioconformatics Pvt. Ltd., Mysuru, will inaugurate the…
With the Model Code of Conduct coming into force soon after the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the Nanjangud Assembly seat (SC) bypoll on Mar. 9, Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep held a meeting with office-bearers of all political parties at the Court Hall in his office here this morning. Explaining the do’s and dont’s…
Sringeri Sharada Peetham Senior Pontiff Sri Bharathi Theertha Swamiji and his junior Sri Vidushekhara Bharathi Swamiji were offered Guruvandana by devotees on Gurupurnima Day yesterday at a programme held at Shankar Mutt premises in Fort Mohalla here. The Guruvandana began with the Sringeri Mutt Dharmadhikari H. Ramachandra presenting phala to Seer Bharathi Theertha Swamiji and…
The date is finally set for former External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna to join the saffron brigade. Speaking to mediapersons in city this morning, BJP State President and former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said that S.M. Krishna would be joining the party on Mar. 15 (Wednesday) at New Delhi in the presence of BJP National…
The Silicon Journalism Award for Excellence in Journalism, instituted by Rotary Mysore Midtown, will be conferred on Dr. Kudli Gururaja, Chief Reporter, Vijaya Karnataka and M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav, Photojournalist, Star of Mysore at a programme to be held at RCL Hall, opposite MUDA, JLB Road, in city on Mar. 15 at 6.30 pm. Journalist Rajashekar…
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