Mysuru: Suvarna Karnataka Kerala Samajam (SKKS) inaugurated its fourth zone in Mysuru recently at a function held at Lions Bhavan, Gokulam here. The Socio Cultural organisation of Malayalees in Karnataka is based at Bengaluru and spread over five districts in the State, including Bengaluru Urban and Rural, Mysuru, Mandya, Kolar and Tumakuru. Dr. J. Alexander,…
Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat stall at Dasara Expo focusses on water conservation
October 15, 2017Mysuru: The Dakshina Kannada District Zilla Panchayat stall at Dasara Exhibition, set upon the theme ‘Stop running of water; make stagnant water soak’ has been attracting the visitors through its educative information on conservation of water. The stall unveils the ZP CEO Dr. M.R. Ravi’s plans for conserving water and protecting Bio-diversity. The stall features…
Star this week: Talented Athlete – Boby Sabu
October 15, 2017Athletics is very popular in the sporting scene. Our city’s athlete Boby Sabu created a flutter by erasing the 54-year old Triple Jump record in the men’s section, erasing the old record of 14.95m set by M.A.Cariyappa of Maharaja’s College, Mysuru, in 1963-64, in the 89th University of Mysore Inter-Collegiate Athletic Championships (2017-18) by leaping…
Ranji: Karnataka in command
October 15, 2017Inspiring bowling display by Karnataka’s spinners K. Gowtham (four for 20) and Shreyas Gopal (three for 43), enabled Karnataka to skittle out Assam for a paltry 145 in 59.1 overs on the first day of the four-day Ranji Trophy tie played at SDNR Wadiyar Platinum Jubilee University Grounds here yesterday. At close, Karnataka were sitting…
Marithibbegowda appeals CM to get back UGC recognition to KSOU
October 15, 2017Mysuru: Deputy Chairman of Legislative Council Marithibbegowda has appealed Chief Minister Siddharamaiah to take steps to get University Grants Commission (UGC) recognition for Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) for 2017-18 and drop any proposal to close KSOU. Marithibbegowda further stated in the appeal that the State Government as per the instruction of UGC had brought…
Kittur Rani Chennamma Jayanti on Oct.23
October 15, 2017Mysuru: District Administration, in association with various organisations, has organised a function on Oct. 23 at Kalamandira here to mark Kittur Rani Chennamma Jayanti. Presiding over a preliminary meeting in that context at DC’s office here on Friday, ADC T. Yogesh said that the function would be a fitting tribute for Kittur Rani Chennamma, who…
89th University of Mysore’s Inter-Collegiate Athletic Meet: Suhas Gowda emerges ‘fastest man’
October 15, 2017Suhas S. Gowda of Basudeva Somani FGC, hogged the limelight on the second day of the 89th University of Mysore’s Inter-Collegiate Athletic Meet (2017-18), when he emerged as the fastest athlete of the meet by winning the 100m gold in the men’s section with a timing of 11.32s, and with that bagged his second gold…
KSCA Inter-Zonal U-16 Cricket: Mysuru Zone gains first innings points
October 15, 2017Mysuru Zone U-16 team, taking part in the KSCA Inter-Zone U-16 Cricket Tournament in Bengaluru, and playing against Raichur Zone, gained the vital first innings points in their drawn two-day encounter at the BGS Grounds yesterday. Scores Mysuru Zone: 179 in 74.5 overs (Kruthik Krishna 40, K. Gourav 23, Hrudhay Singhavi 22, Shashikumar 5 for…
MLA performs guddali puja for drainage work at Srirampura
October 15, 2017Mysuru: K.R. MLA M.K. Somashekar on Thursday performed guddali puja for drainage repair works at Srirampura 3rd Stage in city. The repair works of the large drainage, which had become a nightmare to residents whenever it rained heavily, has been taken up at a cost of Rs. 1.5 crore with MUDA providing Rs. 1 crore…
Conductor on duty dies of cardiac arrest
October 15, 2017Kollegal: A KSRTC Conductor died of cardiac arrest while on duty yesterday. The deceased Conductor has been identified as Pradeep Kumar (30), a resident of Mamballi in Yalandur taluk. Pradeep who was on duty on a bus bound for Kurubanakatte from Kollegal, collapsed when the bus reached Jakkalli near Kurubanakatte. Though he was being rushed…















Recent Comments