Chamarajanagar: A BSF soldier from Gundlupet, who was serving in the 145th batch of BSF as a cook in Assang Sultagan in Assam, died of heart attack at a hospital in Assam. The deceased soldier has been identified as N. Puttaswamy (42), a resident of Housing Board Colony in Gundlupet, who was serving as a…
V. Sreenivasa Prasad is State BJP Vice-President
May 3, 2017Bengaluru: BJP State President B.S. Yeddyurappa yesterday appointed former Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad as the Vice-President of the State BJP unit. Prasad is a recent entrant into the party from the Congress. Yeddyurappa also appointed M. Nagaraj, former Congress Corporator of Bengaluru, as a special invitee to the BJP’s State Executive Committee meeting to be…
Cap on movie tickets: People likely to pay more for Kannada movies in multiplexes
May 3, 2017Mysuru: The new order issued by the State Government imposing a cap of Rs. 200 on movie tickets irrespective of any language has drawn flak from the movie exhibitors. According to the order issued by Department of Kannada and Culture and Department of Information Under Secretary S.N. Jayashri, Rs. 200 will be maximum an exhibitor…
Convention on Tipu Sultan in city tomorrow
May 3, 2017Mysuru: A convention in memory of Tipu Sultan and his contributions will be held in Mysuru tomorrow on the occasion of his 218th death anniversary. Prior to the convention, freedom fighter H.S. Doreswamy will offer floral tribute at 9 am to the late ruler at the place where Tipu’s body was found in Srirangapatna. Later,…
Cartoon expo on May 5 and 6
May 3, 2017Mysuru: Marking World Cartoonists’ Day, an exhibition of legendary personalities’ autographed caricatures created by SOM Cartoonist and Fulbrighter M.V. Nagendra Babu has been organised on May 5 and 6 at Mysore Art Gallery, 12th Cross, Ramanuja Road here from 10 am to 5 pm. Social Activist K. Raghuram will inaugurate the expo on May 5…
I have not been invited for BJP’s Mysuru meeting: Eshwarappa
May 3, 2017Raichur: Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council K.S. Eshwarappa has said that he has not been invited for the BJP’s State Executive Committee meeting to be held in Mysuru on May 6 and 7. “I have not been invited and I have not decided on attending or not attending the meeting,” he told reporters yesterday…
Defiant Eshwarappa to go ahead with Rayanna meets
May 3, 2017Raichur: In open defiance of the BJP central leadership, Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council K.S. Eshwarappa yesterday said that he would go ahead with the Sangolli Rayanna Brigade’s Convention on May 7 or 8 in Raichur. His statement assumed significance in the wake of State BJP in-charge P. Muralidhar Rao, after holding parleys with…
CIIL holds workshop on Testing and Evaluation for Research Scholars
May 3, 2017Mysuru: A five-day training-cum-workshop on Testing & Evaluation and Item writing for the Research Scholars of the University of Mysore was held at National Testing Service-India (NTS-I) of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru, recently. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the workshop, Prof. P. Rozario Dharmesh Fernandez, Professor-cum-Deputy Director of CIIL, said…
Rs.5 breakfast, Rs.10 lunch at Government Hospitals
May 3, 2017Bengaluru: Along with the launch of “Indira Canteens” to offer quality food at subsidised rates on the lines of “Amma Canteens” in Tamil Nadu, the State Government has decided to provide subsidised food at all government hospitals for poor and middle class patients and their attendants. While the “Indira Canteens” are set to be launched…
City students clear JEE Mains 2017 Exam
May 3, 2017Mysuru: The following 24 students of VVS Golden Jubilee PU College, Kuvempunagar, have cleared JEE Mains 2017 and qualified for JEE Advanced Examination: K.Deepak, Adithya N. Pai, K. Kruthi, K. Ashwin Kumar, Chandan V. Gowda, Shreya M. Bhat, D.V. Deevith, K. Abhiram, K.K.Nagananda, N.R. Varun, Vitthal P. Yellambalse, M.S. Yashwanth Kumar, V.Shankara Narayana, H.Harshith, S….
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