Bengaluru: Lokayukta Police yesterday arrested BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa in a corruption case, shortly after the Karnataka High Court rejected his bail application. The MLA was also the Chairman of Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Ltd. Virupakshappa was arrested near Kyathsandra toll booth near Tumakuru Road by the Lokayukta Police. Sources said he was travelling from…
90,000 start-ups, 110 unicorns created by young Indians since 2014
March 28, 2023Union Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar speaks to students at Yuva Samvada in JSS College Mysore/Mysuru: Union Minister of State for Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the development initiatives taken up by the Modi Government like Digital India and the Skill India Mission have ushered in tremendous opportunities…
Chief Minister distributes media kits to 605 Backward Class journalists
March 28, 2023Urges scribes to provide useful inputs to society Bengaluru: The Department of Information and Public Relations, Government of Karnataka, had organised a programme at Kanteerava Studio premises here yesterday to distribute media kits to as many as 605 Backward Class journalists of the State. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who spoke after distributing free laptops, cameras…
Sewing machines distributed to women beneficiaries
March 28, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: MLA L. Nagendra distributed sewing machines to 30 poor women of SC/ST and other communities who were chosen as beneficiaries under Mysuru City Corporation’s 24:10 and 7.25 scheme grants, at a function held at Manjunathapura community hall here recently. Speaking after distributing the machines, MLA Nagendra said that like any other areas of the…
Kidnapping case: UP gangster Atiq Ahmed, two others sentenced to life
March 28, 2023Supreme Court Bench allows Atiq to approach the Allahabad High Court for protection Prayagraj: Gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and two others have been found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment by a Court in Prayagraj in the 2006 kidnapping case of Umesh Pal, a witness in the BSP MLA Raju Pal’s murder. Umesh Pal, too, was…
Dalai Lama names US-born Mongolian boy as 3rd top spiritual leader
March 28, 2023Dhramashala: A Mongolian boy, born in the United States, has been named as the 10th Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoche, the third highest rank in Tibetan Buddhism, by the Dalai Lama. The ceremony of his anointment took place in Dharmshala, Himachal Pradesh, where Dalai Lama lives in exile. The move is likely to anger China, which…
Nirantara Kalemane Ramanavami Nritya Mahotsava on March 30
March 28, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The Kumar Performing Arts Centre (KPAC), Mysuru, has organised 21st ‘Nirantara Kalemane Sri Ramanavami Nritya Mahotsava’ at Kalemane Sabhaangana in Vijayanagar 2nd Stage here on Mar. 30 at 3.30 pm. Karnataka Kalashree, Vidya Nidhi renowned musicologist Vid. V. Nanjundaswamy will be the chief guest for the function. The cultural programme will begin with solo…
Ramabhyudaya Sabha’s Sri Ramothsava Sangeethotsava at Alamma’s Choultry
March 28, 2023As part of its 133rd anniversary of Sri Ramothsava celebrations, Sri Ramabhyudaya Sabha Public Charitable Trust, Vinoba Road, Mysuru, has organised ‘Sangeethotsava – 2023,’ a series of concerts from Mar. 30 to Apr. 25 by various artistes of Chennai and Bengaluru. The concerts will be held everyday from 6.30 pm to 9.30 pm at Alamma’s…
Why waste tax-payers’ money on good roads?
March 28, 2023Sir, Last evening at 4.30 pm, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) began to thinly resurface a perfectly fine road right opposite Sankalp Central Park apartment in Yadavagiri which it did within the span of just an hour or two. There are absolutely no potholes and the road is in very good condition except for a…
Padma G. Madegowda Mahila Seva Award for Mandya AC
March 28, 2023Bharati Education Trust Chairman Madhu G. Madegowda presenting Padma G. Madegowda Seva Award to Mandya Assistant Commissioner (AC) H.S. Keerthana at a function held at Kuvempu Auditorium in the College premises at Bharatinagar, Mandya, recently as others look on.















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