New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the BJP headquarters in Delhi today (May 4) evening, as election trends indicate a win for the saffron party in West Bengal and Assam. The Prime Minister will likely address party workers at the BJP headquarters, as has been the case during previous election victories. “Hon’ble Prime…
World Immunisation Day at JSS
May 4, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of General Medicine, JSS Medical College & Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER), observed World Immunisation Day-2026 at JSS Hospital recently. The event was inaugurated by Dr. Javeed Nayeem, Senior Physician. In his inaugural address, Dr. Javeed Nayeem emphasised the importance of immunisation in prevention of deaths due…
Davanagere South By-polls: Strong rooms broken as keys go missing
May 4, 2026Davanagere: In what is termed a rare incident, the locks of three strong rooms where EVMs were stored at DRR School on PB Road here had to be broken this morning before the commencement of the counting of votes, as the keys went missing. The counting of votes, which was to start at 7.30 am,…
Nation’s progress and security possible through research and innovation: Prof. K.S. Rangappa
May 4, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: A one-day National Conference on ‘Current Research and Innovations in Chemical Sciences-2026’ (CRICS-2026) was organised by the Department of Chemistry, JSS College for Women (Autonomous), Saraswathipuram, Mysuru, recently. In his keynote address, Prof. K.S. Rangappa, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore, opined that nation’s progress and security can only be achieved through research and innovation….
DMK workers remove tents, party banners
May 4, 2026Will TVK-AIADMK ally to form Tamil Nadu Government? Chennai: Supporters of Tamil Nadu’s DMK expressed their anger by uprooting some party banners and poles at their office in Chennai after the assembly election numbers showed the ruling behind actor Vijay’s TVK and the alliance led by the AIADMK. Some wooden poles with posters of the…
‘War and Peace’ Cartoon Expo to mark World Cartoonists Day
May 4, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: As part of World Cartoonists Day celebrations, ‘War and Peace’ Cartoon Expo by SOM Cartoonist & Fulbrighter M.V. Nagendra Babu has been organised at Mysore Art Gallery on Ramanuja Road in city tomorrow (May 5) at 10.30 am, under the aegis of Banter Babu Publication, Mysuru. Pramati Educational Institutions Founder H.V. Rajeev will inaugurate…
Muslim Co-op. Bank fetes Neuro Surgeon
May 4, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: The Muslim Co-operative Bank Ltd., New Sayyaji Rao Road, Mysuru, recently felicitated Neuro Surgeon Dr. Maqsood Ahmed at a function held at the Bank premises in city on him receiving a Gold Medal from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd), London, United Kingdom. Dr. Maqsood Ahmed is currently serving as the Head,…
Attempt to sell pangolin scales: One held, 320 grams pangolin scales, one cellphone seized
May 4, 2026H.D. Kote: The Forest Department officials and staff have arrested a person who was trying to sell pangolin scales and have seized the scales of the endangered animal from him. The arrested has been identified as Harish, a resident of Metikuppe tribal hamlet in the taluk and the Cops have seized 320 grams pangolin scales…
Selected for Karnataka Lalithakala Academy’s Varnashree award
May 4, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: City-based artist Sivakumara H. Doddarasinakere has been selected for the ‘Varnashree’ award given by Karnataka Lalithakala Academy for the year 2025-26. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 25,000 and a citation, said Academy President P.S. Kumar. A resident of Vagdevinagar, Sivakumara has established an art school, named ‘Aramane School of Arts,’ and…
Gambling: 10 held, Rs. 53,010 stake money seized
May 4, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: In separate cases, Varuna Police and Mysuru Rural Police, who raided gambling dens in their jurisdictions, have arrested a total of 10 gamblers and seized Rs. 53,010 stake money from them. In the first case, Varuna Police, who raided a gambling den, have arrested seven persons indulged in gambling and have seized Rs. 40,980…















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