Hassan: 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…
Nanjangud: 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…
Mysuru: 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…
Mysuru: P. Pushpa-vathi, a resident of Kumbarakoppal in the city, has been appointed as interim district President of the women’s wing of Akhila Karnataka Vishwakarma Mahasabha with immediate effect. The appointed has been made by the Mahasabha State President K.P. Nanjundi at a meeting of the Mahasabha office-bearers that took place in Bengaluru on Aug.5….
Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) has awarded Ph.D in Chemistry to G. Chaya for her thesis ‘Studies on Removal of Toxic Dyes and Heavy Metals from Contaminated Water using low cost Biosorbents’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. Bibi Ahmadi Khatoon. K. Leelavathi has been awarded Ph.D in Philosophy by the UoM for her…
Mysuru: Hazrath Tipu Sultan Wakq Estate, Srirangapatna had organised the 226th Urus Shariff of Hazrath Tipu Sultan-e-Shaheed at Gumbad-e-Shahi in Srirangapatna recently. Former Minister and MLA Tanveer Sait, who is also the Chairman of Hazrath Tipu Sultan Waqf Estate offered floral tribute to Hazrath Tipu along with MLA Ravindra Srikantaiah, Chairman of Mysore District Waqf…
Madikeri: Over 9,000 displaced and homeless people have been sheltered at more than 600 Ganji Kendras (Gruel Centres) established at various parts of Kodagu district, especially in Madikeri and Somwarpet taluks that have witnessed the worst floods in the district so far. The Ganji Kendras have been established in towns, village and hobli-levels and local…
Mysuru: The flower vendors, who were evicted from Valmiki Road on July 30, are back on Valmiki Road but at a different location. The florists had their shops opposite the CFTRI residential quarters on the Valmiki Road since the last 15 years. However, with the Maharani’s Commerce and Management College opening up at Paduvarahalli (Vinayakanagar),…
Madikeri: Even as rescue and relief operations gained momentum in Kodagu district on Saturday, Chief Minister (CM) H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) conducted an aerial survey of Kodagu district and took stock of the situation. The CM flew in an IAF helicopter from HAL Airport in Bengaluru for the aerial survey of flood-ravaged Kodagu district and landed…
Kushalnagar: With water levels in rivers Cauvery and Harangi receding slightly many extensions in the town have been spared from inundation with residents heaving a sigh of relief. The flood situation in Koodige, Koodumangaluru and Gudde Hosur Gram Panchayat limits has come under control with water level going down by 4 feet. With the flood…
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