Mysuru: On account of National mourning following the demise of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Mysuru District unit of Karnataka Government Nurses Association has postponed Florence Nightingale Award presentation ceremony which was earlier scheduled to take place on Aug. 18. The next date will be announced soon, according to a press release. For details,…
BEML launches nation’s first 150T Electric Dump Truck
August 18, 2018Mysuru: Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), a Public Sector Company under the Ministry of Defence and a premier manufacturer of mining and construction equipment, has launched an indigenously developed nation’s first 150T Electric Drive Rear Dump Truck. Deepak Kumar Hota, CMD BEML, flagged off the 150T Dump Truck on Aug.15 for its use in the…
Complaint registered against Varsity student
August 18, 2018Mysuru: University of Mysore (UoM) student Welfare Officer K.B. Praveen has filed a Police complaint against research student Mahesh Sosale for allegedly threatening him in convection with an administrative issue. Praveen his complaint lodged with Jayalakshmipuram Police on Aug.16, has accused Mahesh Sosale of verbally abusing him and threatening him when he (Sosale) entered his…
Violin concert at Nadabrahma tomorrow
August 18, 2018Mysuru: Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha has organised a Violin solo concert tomorrow (Aug.19) at its premises on JLB Road in city at 5.30 pm. The accomplished artiste is multi-faceted Vid. Ravi Harikumar. He will be accompanied by Vid. G.S. Ramanujan on mridanga and Vid. C.A. Raghunandan Rao on ghata. Profile: Hari Ravikumar is a Karnatak…
Sravana Saturdays: Sri Datta Venkateshwara Temple timings extended
August 18, 2018Mysuru: A large number of general public are visiting Sri Datta Venkateshwara Temple during Sravana Masa, every year. To facilitate the general public, the Temple timings are extended on Sravana Shanivaras (Saturdays) — Aug.18, Aug.25, Sept.1 and Sept.8. Temple will be open from 6.30 am to 1.30 pm and 4.30 pm to 9.30 pm on…
Youth goes missing from city
August 18, 2018Mysuru: A 24-year-old youth, who left his house on Aug.14 at about 11 am on his Honda Activa scooter (KA-09 HG-6329) has since gone missing. The missing youth, identified as Ravikumar, is 5.5 ft. tall, fair complexioned, oval faced, normal built, speaks Kannada and was wearing a black jerkin and night pant at the time…
Mysuru Races Cancelled
August 18, 2018Due to persistent wet weather condition and the rain continuing on a regular basis and affecting the racetrack preparation, the Mysore Race Club (MRC) Ltd. has cancelled the first two days of Mysore Races-2018 scheduled to be held on Aug.22 and 23, excepting ‘The Srikantadatta Narasimharaajawadiyar Memorial Million’ which has been postponed and will be…
Kodagu Devastated: Rain continues, relief and rescue operations hampered
August 17, 2018Madikeri/Kushalnagar: Rescue operations to evacuate stranded residents of Kodagu from flash floods, landslides, house collapse and overflowing rivers have been hampered due to inclement weather. Though Army personnel and teams from National Disaster Relief Force have reached Kushalnagar from Bengaluru, they are unable to reach Madikeri Taluk as roads are blocked either by floods or…
Vajpayee no more
August 17, 2018State funeral at 4 pm today New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a towering politician mourned by millions across the nation, was taken on a last journey through the streets of Delhi this morning on a flower-decked gun-carriage to the office of the ruling BJP, the party he helped form in 1980. He…
Wellesley Bridge under threat of being washed away
August 17, 2018Mysuru: Will the historical Wellesley Bridge near Srirangapatna meet the fate of Lushington Bridge at Kollegal that was washed away last month? Seeing the present state of the Wellesley Bridge that is near-to-submersion due to thousands of cusecs of water being released from the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam, heritage lovers feel that the bridge…















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