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….
Bengaluru: The Special Court for MLAs and MPs in Bengaluru has reserved its order on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which challenges the Lokayukta’s ‘B Report’ that gave Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah a clean chit in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment case. The verdict is scheduled to be pronounced…
Nanjangud: The Dodda Jatre or the Panchamaharathotsava of Sri Srikanteshwara Swamy Temple at Nanjangud, situated on the banks of River Kapila, was witnessed by lakhs of devotees this morning. The mega event passed off smoothly without any hurdles, as the Rathotsava was taken out during the auspicious Meena Lagna, between 5 am and 5.40 am,…
District topper M.A. Tejaswini of Bharath Matha PU College at Koppa in Periyapatna taluk aims to become a CA Mysuru: In the II PUC exam results announced yesterday, Mysuru students — M.A. Tejaswini, who came second topper in the State and G. Dhatri, who came fourth, both in Commerce stream — have brought laurels to…
He hosted home concerts at “Parvathi” for nearly 70 years By Sachi R. Sachidananda The world woke up one morning in last September to the sad news that K. Srikantiah (KS), well-known to Karnatak (Carnatic) rasikas around the world as the patriarch of the “Home called Parvathi” had moved on…passing away in his sleep in…
Mandya: A poorly thought-out decision by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to narrow an exit route near Thoobinakere in Mandya district has cost four lives and triggered widespread public outrage. The move, aimed at curbing toll evasion on the Bengaluru-Mysuru National Highway-275, allowed only cars and jeeps to pass through — a restriction…
Chamarajanagar: Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, a member of the erstwhile Mysore Royal Family, has laid claim to nearly 5,135 acres of private land in Chamarajanagar district. She stated that she has credible information indicating the Chamarajanagar District Administration is planning to convert several villages containing Royal Family properties into revenue villages. In a letter dated Mar….
How about diversified market system? By D. Shrijaya Devaraja Urs, Professor & former Director, Institute of Development Studies, UoM Much has been written and debated about India’s farm laws, often through polarised perspectives. However, meaningful reform requires a nuanced understanding of agricultural markets, farmer livelihoods and policy impacts. Drawing from my four decades of teaching,…
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