Mysuru: Rajarshi Nalwadi award winner Prof. N. Venkoba Rao was felicitated at a programme organised under the aegis of V. Sreenivasa Prasad Abhimanigala Balaga at a private hotel here on Friday. Former Minister and State BJP Vice-President V. Sreenivasa Prasad, speaking on the occasion, said that Prof. Venkoba Rao was a social thinker and humanist….
Hunsur MLA calls for planting saplings
May 29, 2017Hunsur: Emphasising on the need for planting trees in order to maintain ecological balance, Hunsur MLA H.P. Manjunath said that the Forest Department was ready to extend all support in this regard. He was speaking at the sapling distribution programme organised by the Agriculture Department under the Agri-forestry promotion programme at Hunsur Town’s Central Nursery…
Vajrotsava at Ganapathy Ashrama concludes with group rendition of Guru Gita
May 29, 2017The Vajrotsava celebrations — Diamond Jubilee and 75th birthday celebrations of Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji and 19th anniversary of Nada Mantapa — at Ganapathy Ashrama concluded last evening with group singing of Guru Gita by over 500 devotees.
Theatre can connect with people easily: Theatrist Mandya Ramesh
May 29, 2017Bylakuppe:“Theatre has the language that can reach to the hearts of everyone easily,” opined cine actor and theatrist Mandya Ramesh. He was speaking at the valedictory of the children’s summer camp organised by Karnataka Green Kids Samskruthika Seva Trust at Sai Bhavan in Bylakuppe recently. Maintaining that the theatre has the power to understand any…
Hostel workers stage demonstration
May 29, 2017Mysuru: Strongly opposing the Government’s decision to directly appoint ‘D’ Group employees to hostels and residential schools run by the Social Welfare Department and Backward Classes Welfare Department, nearly a hundred hostel workers of the district, under the banner of Karnataka State Government Hostels and Residential Schools Outsourced Workers Union, staged a demonstration in front…
1st International Chess Open of the Basque Coast: Thejkumar finishes second
May 29, 2017Mysuru’s IM M.S. Thejkumar (ELO 2482), taking part in the 1st International Chess Open of the Basque Coast, Bayonne, France, May 25-28 finished runner-up with 6 points from 7 rounds yesterday. GM Nikolai Ninov of Bulgaria won the tournament with 6.5 points from 7 rounds. Thejkumar had wins over Max Neol (France), Romain Lahaderne (France),…
Musical fountain beckons tourists
May 29, 2017The colourful musical fountain was inaugurated at Kuppanna Park (Nishad Bagh) in city on Saturday evening in the presence of a large number of visitors. The fountain will be operational daily from 7 pm to 8.30 pm with two intervals. The entry fee for adults is Rs. 20 and for children Rs. 10.
Residents stage protest against faulty UGD system
May 29, 2017Mysuru: Demanding rectification of Underground Drainage (UGD) system which is in a bad shape, the residents of Raghavendranagar Layout 10th Cross staged a protest against MCC authorities and the area Corporator yesterday evening. Speaking to SOM, the residents said that the UGD system in the layout was in a bad shape since many years and…
Two persons run over by trains
May 29, 2017Mysuru: In two separate incidents, two persons were run over by trains near Jayanagar and in City Railway Station yesterday night and today morning. In the first incident, which occurred this morning, a 27-year-old youth was run over by a train near Jayanagar early this morning. The deceased has been identified as Gangadhar alias Sanju,…
Elderly woman sustains injuries in road mishap
May 29, 2017Mysuru: In a hit and run case, an elderly woman sustained serious head injuries when she was hit by a car in front of the KSRTC Depot on Nelson Mandela road here last night. The injured woman has been identified as Lakshmamma (62), a resident of C.V. Road in N.R. Mohalla. Lakshmamma was crossing the…















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