New Delhi: In a rare instance, the Election Commission of India (ECI), responding to the demand of various political parties, re-scheduled the bypolls for 14 Assembly segments in three States. As per an official announcement of the ECI, the bypolls in one Assembly segment in Kerala, four in Punjab and nine in Uttar Pradesh will…
Mysuru: “Earlier, Mandya district was a part of Mysore district. Later, it was separated and Mandya became a district centre. Both Mandya and Mysuru districts are like twin brothers when it comes to development, arts and education,” opined senior writer, retired Kannada Professor and President of Karnataka Association of Mandya Prof. B. Jayaprakash Gowda. He…
Mysuru: A two-day special skill certification training programme for hotel staff under the ‘Paryatan Mitra’ and ‘Paryatan Didi’ initiative was organised by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, on Nov.4 and 5 at a private hotel in city. This training programme aimed to enhance the skills of hotel staff and improve the quality of…
Mysuru: After a gap of seven years, the play ‘Checkmate’ is back again on the stage to entertain theatre lovers. Artiste Prashanth Hiremath told media persons at Rangayana premises in city yesterday, the play will be staged on Nov. 10, 17 and 24 at 6.30 pm at Bhoomigeetha auditorium in Rangayana. The play will be…
Mysuru: A 57-year-old man has gone missing from Sub-Urban Bus Stand in city since Nov. 4. The missing man is D. Anandamurthy, a resident of Chamarajanagar town. He is 5.6 ft. tall, oval faced, wheatish complexioned, normal built, speaks Kannada and Tamil and was wearing a light blue coloured T-Shirt, cream coloured sweater type jerkin…
Mysuru: Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the three-day ‘Mysuru Sangeetha Sugandha – 2024’ festival by lighting the lamp at Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) Convocation Hall in city this afternoon. The Union Ministry of Tourism and Union Ministry of Culture have jointly organised the musical extravaganza to promote the rich…
Mysuru: Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, Kannada language and music touch the heart directly. Speaking after inaugurating the three-day Mysuru Sangeetha Sugandha-2024 at KSOU Convocation Hall here this afternoon, she said music deserves a special mention, which was not just patronised by the connoisseurs, but also the Wadiyars, the erstwhile rulers of Mysore, with the…
Mysuru/New Delhi: Opposition Leader in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has stoked a controversy, with his latest column in a leading daily, titled ‘Match- fixing monopoly Vs fairplay business — Time to choose freedom over fear.’ Rahul Gandhi has written: “India was silenced by the East India Company. It was silenced not by its business…
Kushalnagar: A woman in Kushalnagar, Kodagu, has lodged a Police complaint accusing two individuals of trespassing into her property and threatening her with eviction, alleging that she had encroached Waqf Board land. The incident occurred on Oct. 25, 2024, when Renuka Uthappa, an employee of a private company based in Bengaluru, was alone at her…
Mysuru: Weeks after the Waqf property row hit several North Karnataka districts, it has now hit Mysuru District, with the Waqf Board claiming to own a parcel of Government land in Varuna Assembly Constituency, represented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The row came to light after the RTC concerning 19 guntas of land in Survey No….
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