Three acres of land to be identified for 25,000 spectators to witness Kambala, says Dy.CM Mangaluru: Deputy Chief Minister (Dy.CM) D.K. Shivakumar announced that Kambala, the traditional water buffalo race held in slushy fields, will be featured in this year’s Dasara Sports in Mysuru. Speaking at the Muloor-Addoor Gurupura Kambala event in Dakshina Kannada yesterday,…
Bid to lay siege to Vidhana Soudha thwarted by Cops; JD (S) Youth Wing President Nikhil Kumaraswamy, other leaders detained, released Bengaluru: State Janata Dal (Secular) unit, yesterday made a vain bid to lay siege to Vidhana Soudha, in protest against the Congress Government condemning the rise in prices of essential commodities, misrule, corruption and…
Chamarajanagar: Days after Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, a member of the erstwhile Mysore Royal Family, wrote to Chamarajanagar Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shilpa Nag staking claim to over 5,135 acres of land, residents of Siddaiahnapura met the DC yesterday, urging her not to register their village land in her (Pramoda Devi) name. In a letter dated Mar….
Yesterday, our city’s Police Commissioner Seema Latkar made a rather reasonable statement: “We don’t have any intention to book a case and collect fines. Rules are enforced for your safety.” She’s absolutely right. But the sad irony is this: In India, we seem to have a stunning disregard for our own safety. Why should a…
India seems to be celebrating the extradition of Tahawwur Hussain Rana from America, the key accused in the Mumbai serial terror strike that shook India in 2008. But for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention and his personal rapport with the American President Donald Trump, this would not have happened. It does not matter Opposition does…
Mysuru: The proposed Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has gained further traction, with MUDA inviting global tenders for preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR). The Peripheral Ring Road is planned to decongest the burgeoning traffic burden on the existing Outer Ring Road (ORR) in city. After Bengaluru, Mysuru…
Mysuru: Following back to back Government holidays, there has been a huge influx of tourists in the city since Friday. While the children are already soaking in the spirit of summer vacation since a month, the parents especially those busy in their office, have planned a family tour, cashing in on a series of holidays…
As announced yesterday in this column, I am reproducing what I wrote about K. Srikantiah in Star of Mysore in 1990. Hey Ram! Hello Ram! We may be rid of the Ramayana serial on TV but not the annual feature of Ramanavami — Lord Rama’s birthday. I don’t know why Ramanavami is linked to music…
Mysuru: City Advocate Pandu Pujari, representing Suresh — the man accused of murdering his wife Mallige, who was later found alive with her paramour Ganesh after five years — while making submissions, raised a crucial point concerning UDR No. 33/2020. As per the Bettadapura Police report, the body recovered from the scene was in a…
By S.T. Ravikumar Mysuru: The MUDA (Mysuru Urban Development Authority), which grabbed national headlines last year for all the wrong reasons following the unearthing of a mega alternative 50:50 ratio site allotment scam, is once again in the news as another scam has come to light. The latest scandal was unearthed after MUDA Commissioner A.N….
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