Mysuru: Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Seetharaman has regretted that the murderous politics in Kerala has also entered Karnataka. She was speaking at the valedictory of the two-day State BJP Executive Meet at Rajendra Kalamandir, here yesterday and said that the murder of RSS workers were occurring in the States ruled by the Left parties. It…
Four Granting Officers appointed in Bengaluru to clear Mysuru
May 8, 2017Mysuru: The Regional Passport Office (RPO), Bengaluru, has appointed four Granting Officers to clear 4,000 pending applications from Mysuru. The Officers have been working on weekends, despite their holiday, at the RPO Bengaluru to clear the applications. Following a series of complaints, the Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha visited the Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK)…
Newly-wed couple’s mysterious death
May 8, 2017Mysuru: Following the death of a newly-wedded couple in JSS Layout here yesterday and the Mysuru South Police finding the body of the husband hanging from a ceiling fan in a room after they peeped through the window, the Police had to wait till the arrival of the guardians of the woman, as they had…
Ashada Friday commences from June 30: DC holds review meeting
May 8, 2017Mysuru: With Ashada Friday commencing from June 30 and Chamundi Vardhanthotsava falling on July 16, Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep held a meeting of officials at Dasoha Bhavan atop Chamundi Hill here this morning to gear up for the preparations as lakhs of devotees visit the temple atop Chamundi Hill on Ashada Fridays. As usual, private…
Write or Wrong
May 8, 2017Sujata Rajpal, the author of ‘The Other End of the Corridor’ looks at the raging plagiarism controversy where Anvita Bajpai has accused bestselling author Chetan Bhagat of stealing content from her story ‘Drawing Parallels,’ from her book ‘Life, Odds & Ends’ to write his latest book ‘One Indian Girl.’ By Sujata Rajpal Ever since the…
Union Minister inaugurates second Generic Medicine outlet in city
May 8, 2017Mysuru: The second outlet of Prime Minister Bharatiya Jan Aushad Centre (Generic Medicine) was inaugurated by Ananthkumar, Union Minister for Chemicals, Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs at Kyathamaranahalli here on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion, Ananthkumar said that the Union Government had drastically reduced the prices of drugs used by people to treat hypertension, diabetes, heart…
Macron elected French Prez
May 8, 2017Paris: The pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron has won the French Presidency in a decisive victory over the far-right Front National leader, Marine Le Pen, and vowed to unite a divided and fractured France. Macron, 39, a former Economy Minister who ran as a “neither left nor right” independent promising to shake up the French political…
Rejuvenate home for Monsoon
May 8, 2017After the scorching summer months, monsoon brings the much needed respite and with it a feeling of regeneration as new trees, plants and seeds sprout and germinate through the seasons of winter. The beautiful colours and the soft winds together with overcast skies, bring sudden rain creating feeling of joy The energy of the home…
NIE alumnus shines at Energy: Efficiency Hackathon-2017 in Berlin
May 8, 2017Mysuru: Jeevan Dasan, a graduate from The National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru, currently working as R&D Engineer in Germany, was part of the team that won the Energy Efficiency Hackathon-2017 Award in Berlin. The team, consisting of five young engineers from different countries, in which Jeevan Dasan and Samarth Kumar — two Indians who…
Jal Bhag, a Buddhist mask on display at IGRMS in city
May 8, 2017Mysuru: Under the series Exhibit of the Month, the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), Southern Regional Centre (SRC), has displayed Jal Bhag, a Buddhist mask from Leh, Jammu and Kashmir at IGRMS premises on Irwin Road in city. The exhibit was inaugurated on May 6 by chief guest Radha Gowda and V. Ashok Vardhan,…















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