Madikeri: As per the directions of the Supreme Court, the CBI has begun its investigation into the suicide of Dy.SP M.K. Ganapathy. A five member CBI team comprising SP and Dy.SP from CBI, Chennai is gathering information through spot visits. The team visited the JMFC Court on Thursday and applied for a copy of the…
Army Chief to unveil statues of Field Marshal Cariappa and Gen. Thimayya at Gonikoppal tomorrow
November 3, 2017Gonikoppal: Chief of the Army Staff General Bipin Rawat will unveil the bronze statues of Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa and General K.S. Thimayya at a function in Cauvery College, Gonikoppal, Kodagu district, tomorrow at 10.30 am. Hectic preparations are on at the College to make the event a grand success. A giant pandal has been…
Sandalwood smugglers assault security guard at AIISH; decamp with log
November 3, 2017Mysuru: A gang of sandalwood smugglers, have assaulted a security guard at All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) and have decamped with sandalwood log from the premises here on Tuesday night. The security guard identified as Siddaraju Kudachi was manning the front gate of AIISH, when a gang of about five persons assaulted…
A Tribute to Muthuswamy Dikshitar
November 3, 2017By Dr. Rama V. Bennur Muthuswami Dikshitar, one of the trinities of Karnatak music, occupies a special place in the heart of musicians and music lovers. Youngest of the Trinity, he has composed with ‘Guruguha’ as his pen name. Dikshitar’s compositions which spread to nearly 500, display his profoundness in music, Sanskrit, Srividyaandadvaitha philosophy. His…
Nine-foot tall Ambedkar Statue to adorn Manasagangothri campus
November 3, 2017Mysuru: A nine-foot tall bronze statue of the architect of Indian Constitution, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, will be installed soon in the University of Mysore’s Manasagangothri Campus. The bronze statue is being sculpted in Hyderabad and it will be installed in the garden facing the University Library. While the total cost of the project is around…
Hundreds of fish found dead at KRS boating pond
November 3, 2017Mandya: Hundreds of fish from different species were found dead at the boating pond at Brindavan Gardens at the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Reservoir on Tuesday. It is suspected that miscreants may have used explosives for fishing, mocking the high-level round-the-clock security at the reservoir. According to the Police, a good number of fully-grown fishes of…
Mysuru Auto Expo begins
November 3, 2017Mysuru: A four-day Mysuru Auto Expo organised by Sona TVS began at JK Grounds yesterday. The expo was inaugurated by ventriloquist Suma Rajkumar. Around 34 companies including two wheelers and four wheelers are taking part in the expo. The auto expo features latest cars and bikes including Mercedes Benz, Audi, Triumph, Jeep, Harley Davidson, UM…
Anti-corruption rally taken out in city
November 3, 2017Mysuru: As part of Anti-Corruption Week, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in association with three PU colleges, took out an anti-corruption rally in city this morning. ACB DySP G. S. Gajendra Prasad flagged off the rally at Government PU College, Kuvempunagar. The rally in which more than 500 students from Government PU College, Vijayachetena Independent PU…
Online Fraud: Three cheat Amazon of Rs. 4 lakh
November 3, 2017Mysuru: A new type of online fraud where e-commerce companies are cheated by claiming ‘deficiency of service’ has been reported in the city. The modus operandi is that once the product is booked online and is delivered after payments are made, the ‘buyers’ (read conmen) call the company representatives claiming that they have got empty…
I am not a VC but a clerk furnishing documents, laments KSOU VC
November 3, 2017Mysuru: “I am not a Vice- Chancellor of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) but a clerk who sends records and documents to the University Grants Commission (UGC). My role has been reduced to that of a clerk whose job is just to scout for documents and submit the same to the UGC.” These were the…















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