Mysuru: Maharani’s PU College Principal P. Somanna has been suspended on  charges of illegal drawing  of money from the college accounts. Somanna has been accused of drawing money from the college’s official  Bank account, Non-Public Sector Bank accounts and College Development Council accounts in gross  violation of norms. The irregularity came to light during the…

Virajpet (Kodagu): Motorsport legend Maletira Jagath Nanjappa passed away at a private hospital in Mysuru yesterday. He was 68. Jagath Nanjappa, son of late Maletira Chotu Appanna and a  resident of Nalvathoklu village in Virajpet taluk, Kodagu, leaves behind his wife, Anitha Nanjappa and a host of relatives and friends. Following his demise, Nanjappa’s mortal…

Mysuru: Lions Club of Mysore Crown along with Lions Club of Mysore Relish felicitated two War Veterans — Havaldar  D. Javaregowda and Retired Junior Commissioned Officer C.R. Raju — who served in the Indian Army  at a programme   in city recently. Havaldar Javaregowda,  dedicating two decades of his life to the service of the nation,…

Mysuru: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Rizwan Arshad will be visiting Mysuru for the first time tomorrow (Sept. 1) after being sworn-in as the Cabinet Minister. He will be felicitated by both Mysuru City and District Congress Committee at Indira Gandhi Congress Bhavan on JLB Road near City Railway Station. According to…

‘We are also excited about HDK’s bomb remark’ Mysuru: Even as Union Minister and senior JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy (HDK) announced that he would drop a ‘bombshell’ in a few days that would rock the ruling dispensation in Karnataka, Minister for Municipal Administration H.C. Balakrishna sarcastically said that the ruling Congress Government  too is ‘excited’…

Mysuru: Shahid Siddiqui, noted Urdu Journalist from New Delhi, Chief Editor of Urdu Weekly ‘Nai Duniya’ and former Chairman of All India Congress Committee, Minorities Department, along with former Home Minister R. Roshan Baig, visited the tomb of Hazrath Tipu Sultan Shaheed in Gumbad e Shahi at Srirangapatna yesterday. A former Rajya Sabha Member, Siddiqui…

Mysuru: The Annual Kail-Poldh Festival-2026  get-together will be held on Sept. 6 (Sunday) at 9.30 am at Kodava Samaja premises in Vijayanagar 1st Stage here. Devanira Preeth Ganapathy, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, Bengaluru, Chiriapanda S. Suresh Nanjappa, President of Kodava Samaja, Bengaluru and Ajjinikanda Mahesh Nachaiah, Chairman of Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy, will be…

Bengaluru: Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has accepted the resignation of Minister for Planning and Statistics B. Nagendra who quit on Friday after being named as a prime accused in Maharshi Valmiki  ST Development Corporation money laundering case. Nagendra had tendered his resignation on Friday after the Opposition BJP-JD(S) combine disrupted the Monsoon Session of the State…

Mysuru: Senior theatre artiste P. Gangadhara swamy (76), a resident of Dattagalli 2nd Stage, passed away following a heart attack yesterday in city. He leaves behind his wife, one son, one daughter and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were held at Veerashaiva Lingayat Burial Grounds at Lalithadripura this afternoon, according to family…