Just 10 days after giving birth to a baby girl, 23-year-old K. Indira, a home-maker from Kyathamaranahalli in city is fighting for justice. Addressing a press meet holding her 10-day-old infant and sitting next to her mother Kempamma at Pathrakarthara Bhavan here yesterday, Indira claimed that she married Gopalakrishnaswamy, an FDA with the Fisheries Department…
Bags Karnataka Kalashree Award
February 26, 2017Kavya B. Panicker, studying in 8th Standard at Mysore West Lions Sevaniketan, Gokulam, has bagged “Karnataka Kalashree-2016” award for outstanding performance, dedication and commitment in the field of creative art. This award was given by Government of Karnataka at a function held on Feb.17 at Suvarna Soudha, Belagavi. She has won many prizes at State-level…
Rotary West conducts computer awareness workshop for govt.
February 26, 2017Rotary Club of Mysore West and Inner Wheel Club of Mysore West jointly organised a computer awareness workshop for Government Primary School teachers at Rotary West auditorium recently. Rotary India Literacy Mission (RILM) has taken this literacy programme as one of its thrust areas in recent years. TEACH is the acronym given to this project,…
Two youths save eight from drowning in Hemavathy
February 26, 2017In a commendable act of courage, two young men risked their lives to save eight people, including five women, from drowning in Hemavathy River at Akkihebbal in the taluk yesterday. According to eyewitnesses, yesterday, eight men and women were washing clothes on the banks of river near Sri Lakshminarasimha Temple in the Hemavathy River basin…
Woman, 2 kids among 5 missing
February 26, 2017Adding to the list of people going missing from city, a woman, her two kids and two men have gone missing between Jan.31 and Feb.17 from Saraswathipuram Police limits in three separate incidents. In the first incident, 43-year-old S. Govindaraju, who was residing at #4, 3rd Main, 6th Cross, Saraswathipuram, left his house at 8.15…
Vijay Hazare One-Day Tournament: Karnataka scores over Jharkhand
February 26, 2017Karnataka managed to register a 5-run win over Jharkhand in their Group ‘D’ opener of the Vijay Hazare Trophy One-Day Tournament played at Eden Gardens in Kolkata yesterday. Karnataka batting first posted 266, relied on debutant off-spinner K. Gowtham’s four-wicket haul to wrap up the Jharkhand innings at 261 in 49.5 overs. Manish Pandey top…
CM takes strong exception to KPCC Chief’s idea of dropping Ministers
February 26, 2017KPCC Chief Dr. G. Parameshwara’s proposal to drop all Ministers of the Siddharamaiah Government who have completed four years in office, has created ripples in the State Congress. Upset over the KPCC President’s proposal, Siddharamaiah is said to have turned away Dr. G. Parameshwara who went to meet the Chief Minister at his (CM) home…
Release of 14 books marks Intl. Mother Language Day at CIIL
February 26, 2017The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru, celebrated the International Mother Language Day on Feb.21. On this occasion, cultural events representing different mother-tongues of the country were organised. Prof. B.N. Pattanaik, former Professor of Linguistics, IIT Kanpur, inaugurated the programme. He equated the mother-tongue as a bridge between different generations and a channel for…
3-year-old twins die after falling into washing machine in Delhi
February 26, 2017Three-year-old twin boys died after falling into a washing machine at their home in outer Delhi’s Rohini locality yesterday. The horrific accident occurred when their mother Rakhi had stepped out to buy detergent and other household items, setting up the machine, filling it with water for laundry. When she returned, approximately “six minutes later”, she…
Bike skids, rider dies
February 26, 2017Naveen, a Forest Guard attached to Kundakere region of Bandipur forest, was killed when the bike he was riding allegedly skidded in front of Kushalnagar Forest Department office on Thursday. Naveen, a resident of Kushalnagar, who was severely injured in the accident, was treated in the town hospital initially and shifted to a hospital in…
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