Mysuru: The ongoing Bahuroopi theatre festival at Rangayana premises in city last evening featured breathtaking feats of Mallakamba performed by Shambhaiah and troupe from Dharwad. The show commenced with the artistes performing Surya Namaskara on a pole followed by various yogasanas. They also formed human pyramid in different forms drawing a huge applause from the…
Mauritius Vice-President interacts with city industrialists
January 20, 2018Mysuru: Vice-President of Mauritius, Paramasivum Pillay Vyapoory (also called Barlen Vyapoory) and FKCCI Senior Vice-President Sudhakar S. Shetty held an interaction session at Government Guest House in city recently. At the meeting, Mauritius Vice-President explained about the opportunities available in Mauritius in the field of tourism, construction, agricultural products, electronic goods and so on. He…
Two JD(S) MLAs join BJP
January 20, 2018Bengaluru: In a severe setback to the JD(S) just a couple of months before the Assembly polls, two party MLAs from Raichur district quit the JD(S) and joined the BJP at the BJP State headquarters in Malleswaram here on Thursday. Lingasugur MLA Manappa Vajjal and Raichur city MLA Dr. Shivaraj Patil, after quitting their Assembly…
Plastic and Paper National Flags banned: DC
January 20, 2018Mysuru: In the wake of Republic Day celebration on Jan.26, Deputy Commissioner (DC) D. Randeep has asked the traders not to sell plastic and paper National Flags. In a press release, the DC said that the sale of plastic and paper Flags has been banned as there were widespread complaints of their inappropriate use by…
Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy Suicide Case: CBI questions news channel reporter and cameraman
January 20, 2018Madikeri: A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team which is probing the suicidal death of Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy, who was found hanging at a lodge in Madikeri on July.7, 2016, has intensified investigation in the case. The five-member CBI team, headed by Additional SP Kalaimani and Inspector Dilip, who arrived in the Town on Friday,…
Allotment of CA site to Azeez Sait Bhavan opposed
January 20, 2018Mysuru: The Mysuru Rakshana Vedike has demanded cancellation of the allotment of a CA site to construct Azeez Sait Bhavan at Devanur First Stage near Rajivnagar. Addressing a press conference at the Patrakartara Bhavan here yesterday, President of the Vedike Premkumar said that two acres of land meant for a residential layout in Devanur First…
Fire atop Chamundi Hill: Five acres forest destroyed
January 20, 2018Mysuru: Nearly five acres of forest land was destroyed in an accidental fire last night (Jan.19), atop the Chamundi Hill. One of the public informed the Saraswathipuram Fire Brigade about the forest fire. The Fire Department Personnel rushed to the spot and put out the fire, thus preventing it from spreading to other parts.
BHASANGE Balaga’s 73rd monthly programme
January 20, 2018Kannada social comedy play “A Midsummer Day Dreams” to be staged on Sunday Mysuru: City’s cultural organisation Bhanuvara Sanje Geleyara Balaga, popularly known as BHASANGE Balaga, is all set to stage a Kannada social comedy play “A Midsummer Day Dreams,” penned and directed by M.M. Shailesh Kumar, Bengalruu. The drama will be played at Vasudevacharya…
Chain-Snatching: Gutsy woman retains part of her chain
January 20, 2018Mysuru: In a reported incident, a woman fought with two chain-snatchers and succeed in retaining a part of her Mangal Sutra after she was targeted near her house in V.V. Puram Police Station limits yesterday. Renuka, a resident of Gokulam First Stage, was crossing the road in front of her house at about 3.30 pm,…
An Appeal: Support to Save Kodagu from Destruction
January 20, 2018The Environment, the Forests, the Landscape and the very future of Kodagu and its people are at stake due to the proposals for two destructive projects of Railways and four Multi-lane National Highways through Kodagu. With the felling of lakhs of trees across Kodagu, the death of River Cauvery will be only a matter of…















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