Mysuru: Adarsha Seva Sangha, Mysuru and Dr. Meera V. Nathan have invited applications from Trimatastha Brahmin students, who are pursuing post-SSLC courses in city, during the academic year 2017-18 and having secured 80 percent marks, to avail scholarship. The family income of candidates must be less than Rs. 3 lakh per annum. The applications will…
Child falls into sump, dies
September 7, 2017Periyapatna: In a tragic incident, a two-year-old boy died after falling into a sump in front of the house at Medal Block in Periyapatna yesterday. The deceased kid has been identified as Yakshith Kumar, son of Akshay and Jayalakshmi couple. Yakshith was playing in front of his house at about 5.30 pm yesterday, when he…
Gauri Lankesh shot dead
September 6, 2017Special Team to probe killing: Chief Minister Bengaluru: The Karnataka Police is on the hunt to trace and nab the killers of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh. A senior journalist, activist and anti-establishment voice, Gauri Lankesh was shot dead outside her home in Bengaluru last night by attackers who fired seven times at close range. The…
Mysuru Cops foil BJP’s ‘Mangaluru Chalo’ bike rally
September 6, 2017Mysuru: The City Police foiled the ‘Mangaluru Chalo’ bike rally organised by BJP Yuva Morcha from Mysuru to Mangaluru, here this morning. The BJP youth wing, supported by the party, had asked its members to assemble at Kote Anjaneyaswamy temple from where the bike rally was expected to begin. With Section 144 clamped throughout the…
Rain disrupts normal life in city
September 6, 2017Mysuru: Heavy rains which lashed city yesterday has burnt wireless equipments at Vidyaranyapuram Police Station and a wall of the Police Station building has been damaged due to lightning besides disrupting normal life in city. People living in low-lying areas had to spend sleepless night as rain water entered their houses and the residents were…
Supreme Court orders CBI probe into Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy death case
September 6, 2017New Delhi: Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy’s ghost has returned to haunt Bengaluru Development Minister K.J. George, with the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday ordering a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into Ganapathy’s mysterious death and asked them to conclude the investigation within three months. The Police Officer killed himself at a lodge in Madikeri (Kodagu) on…
Why was Ganapathy given service revolver when in non-executive post?
September 6, 2017New Delhi: The Supreme Court has found “several missing links” in CID’s probe into the death of Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy. “We want to know the substance of investigation. Why he was given service revolver when he was on non-executive posting. Perhaps he was over-powered by using his revolver and done to death by the belt….
Students, Scribes condemn killing of Gauri Lankesh
September 6, 2017Mysuru: Various organisations including the Bahujana Vidhyarthi Sangha (BVS), University of Mysore Research Scholars Association, Mysore District Journalists’ Association (MDJA) held protests at Manasagangothri and in front of Deputy Commissioner’s office respectively against the murder of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh, here, this morning. Members of Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) protested in front of the…
Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy’s Wife welcomes CBI probe
September 6, 2017Madikeri: K.K. Pavana, wife of Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy, has said that the family has got justice to some extent with the Supreme Court ordering a CBI probe into her husband’s death. “I welcome the CBI probe. The family had demanded a CBI probe. But we did not get enough support in the beginning. I will…
Editors Guild flays murder
September 6, 2017New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India has condemned the murder of Gauri Lankesh. In a message, Guild President Raj Chengappa has expressed shock over the killing of a senior journalist and the Editor of Lankesh Patrike. “Gauri Lankesh was a known critic of the Central Government on key issues and had fearlessly expressed her…















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