Jaipur: Even as Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavati” continues to be a touchy topic, the BJP Government in Rajasthan is planning to install a nine-feet-tall statue of the Chittor queen in Udaipur to cash in on the Rajput vote bank in the State. According to the informed sources, State Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria had organised a…
Brace up for 7-hour power cut tomorrow
December 20, 2017Mysuru: You need to wind up all your household work that involves electrical appliances by 10 am tomorrow (Dec. 21) as there would be no power till 5 pm. Half of Mysuru city will not have power supply as the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) is undertaking emergency maintenance works at Doddakere Maidan Distribution Centre,…
Selected for Research Award
December 20, 2017Mysuru: Dr. V.N. Manjunath Aradhya, Associate Professor, Department of MCA, JSS Science & Technology University, Mysuru has been selected for the prestigious Award for Research Publications (ARP) from State governemnt under the Vision Group on Science & Technology Scheme for the financial year 2016-17. The recommendation of Vision Group on Science and Technology is headed…
Two arrested while selling stolen materials
December 20, 2017Three flee; bike, materials worth Rs. 2 lakh seized Mysuru: Udayagiri Police, acting on a tip off, arrested two among five persons while they were trying to sell motors stolen from industries on Monday. The Police recovered a motorbike and motors worth Rs. 2 lakh from the accused. The arrested persons have been identified as…
‘Vishwamanava’ Award for Tarini Chidananda Gowda
December 20, 2017Savithramma Dejagow Award for Nandini Jayaram; H.K. Veerannagowda Journalism Award for Dr. N. Jagadish Koppa Mysuru, Dec.20 (US)- Kuvempu’s daughter and writer Tarini Chidananda Gowda has been selected for ‘Vishwamanava Award-2017’ instituted by Dejagow Trust. It carries a cash prize of Rs. 25,000. Farmer activist K.H. Nandini Jayaram has been selected for ‘Savithramma Dejagow Award-2017’…
Labourer run over by train
December 20, 2017Mysuru: A labourer from Davangere, who was engaged in painting the Railway Bridge, died after being run over by a train near Sagarakatte. The deceased has been identified as Saddam Hussain (25). He, along with three others, were engaged in painting the Railway Bridge. When the train appeared on the track, while the other three…
Swachh Bharat Quiz
December 19, 2017Mysuru: Tapping on the influence the children command over their parents and elders, the District Administration, Mysuru City Corporation and District Urban Development Cell (DUDC) had jointly organised a district-level Swachh Bharat Mission ‘Swachh Quiz’ competition at the Senate Bhavan in Manasagangothri here this morning. The quiz was to promote the Swachh Mission to see…
Pandemonium at ZP Special Meeting
December 19, 2017Mysuru: Pandemonium broke loose right at the beginning of the Special Meeting at Zilla Panchayat (ZP) here this morning which was convened to discuss the draft annual plan. The trouble began at the start of the meeting itself when the JD (S) member S.R. Nandeesh made allegations against Chief Minister Siddharamaiah saying that his government…
Karnataka Housing Board land acquisition scam: ACB to takeover probe from Lokayukta
December 19, 2017Mysuru: The State Government has handed over the Lokayukta probe into the alleged scam over acquisition of land for Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) projects in three villages of Yelwal hobli in the taluk, to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). Following complaints of massive irregularities by officials and middlemen in the acquisition of 81 acres of land…
Gruha Shobhe Exhibition to conclude on Dec. 25
December 19, 2017Mysuru: Minister for Sugar and Small Scale Industries Dr. Geetha Mahadevaprasad inaugurated one of the biggest International Living Style and Consumer Exhibition Gruha Shobhe at Maharaja’s College Grounds in city on Dec.16. For the 8th time, this year too a unique Cake Show has been organised as part of the Exhibition where a replica of…















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