Mysuru lad K.V. Vyshak won bronze in the 40km Team Time Trial event representing Karnataka in the 23rd Road National Cycling Championship held at Kurukshetra, Haryana, recently. He also took part in the 120km Men Junior Road Race. Vyshak is being coached by Ekalavya awardee Lokesh Narasimhachar.
All-India U-15 FIDE Open Rating Chess Tourney: Pranav emerges sole leader
November 25, 2018Top-seed V. Pranav (7.5 points) of Tamil Nadu, making a strong bid to clinch the title, playing on the top board with white pieces, registered a well-earned win over overnight joint leader and ninth seed AIM Kaushik G. Iyer (7 points) in 50 moves and emerged as the sole leader after eight rounds, at the…
Kannada Superstar M.H. Ambareesh passes away at 66
November 25, 2018Bengaluru: Film star-turned-politician M H Ambareesh passed away at a private hospital here on Saturday, according to official sources and Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce. He was 66. Ambareesh was rushed to a private hospital after he complained of breathing-related issue, sources said. The former Union minister has acted in over 200 films and served…
Understanding Street Vendors An ethnographic approach
November 24, 2018By Prof. P.K. Misra Street vendors in a growing modern Indian city is an interesting and challenging phenomenon as it throws up many significant questions for which we do not have informed explanations. There is hardly any systematic and reliable data on them. For the people whom they serve they are customary strangers. For urban…
Not 1, not 2, not 3… but 4 Disneylands in Mysuru Region !
November 24, 2018Mandya: The State Government seems to be obsessed about Disneyland and even the Chief Minister seems to have been bitten by Disneyland bug. Even as the government’s plan to upgrade Brindavan Gardens at the picturesque Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Mandya has stirred a Hornet’s Nest with farmers led by their leader G. Madegowda…
20 feared dead as bus plunges into VC Canal
November 24, 2018Pandavapura: At least 20 passengers were feared dead when the private bus they were travelling plunged into VC Canal near Kanaganamaradi in Pandavapura taluk this noon. The private bus was on its way to Mandya from Pandavapura via Kanaganamaradi when the ghastly incident took place. There were more than 30 passengers in the bus, including…
Most unhygienic, dusty, dirty & disorganised M.G. Road Vegetable Market: Koti worked to modernise it, but failed
November 24, 2018Mysuru: A book on Senior Journalist Rajashekar Koti’s life and writings, titled ‘Koti – Odugara Andolana,’ was released at ‘Koti Nenapu’ programme organised by the Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) on his first death anniversary, at Kalamandira here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, SOM Editor-in-Chief K.B. Ganapathy (KBG), who was one of the guests of…
Two tigers, tusker found dead
November 24, 2018Hanagodu/ Mysuru: Two tigers and one elephant were found dead at Bandipur Tiger Reserve and Nagarahole National Park limits yesterday. The tiger, which was found dead at Bandipur Reserve, was prowling near the villages on the fringes of Himavad Gopalaswamy Hills and the Forest Department had launched a combing operation to trap the feline that…
District Minister inaugurates 4-day Nammura Thindi Mela
November 24, 2018Mysuru: District Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD) inaugurated the four-day Nammura Thindi Mela organised by Sri Bhagyalakshmi Enterprises at Maharaja’s College Grounds in city yesterday. As many as 150 stalls have been put up at the Grounds where people from different parts of Karnataka like Bengaluru, Hassan, Davangere, Bijapur, Hubballi, Mysuru and other parts are…
Huthri Harvest Fest celebrated in Mysuru, Kodagu
November 24, 2018Mysuru/ Madikeri: Huthri or Puthari festival was celebrated with grandeur and traditional fervour in Mysuru and Kodagu districts yesterday. It is a festival of harvest and getting the harvested paddy crop home, highlighting the relationship between mother earth and man. Kodavas and members of Kodagu Gowda community visited paddy fields in a procession in their…















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