Mysore/Mysuru: Claiming that the State’s financial health is on the verge of collapse, former Chamarajanagar MP and senior Congress leader R. Dhruvanarayan has demanded a white paper on the status of the State’s economy. Addressing a press meet here recently, Dhruvanarayan said that Chief Minister Yediyurappa was misleading people by saying that there is no…
Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. S.V. Narasimhan, a family physician based at Virajpet in Kodagu district, is an avid birder, nature lover, adept at computers, Karnatak music and astronomy. Author of Feathered Jewels of Coorg, a field-guide to 310 species of birds found in Coorg, Dr. Narasimhan is the pioneer in spreading wildlife conservation messages through his unique…
To inculcate scientific temper across society Mysore/Mysuru: JSS Science and Technology University (JSS S&TU), Mysuru and Karnataka Science and Technology Academy (KSTA), Government of Karnataka, Bengaluru, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster scientific temperament across society and for facilitating technology dissemination through academia-industry interface thereby establishing a University-industry connect. This MoU paves…
Mysore/Mysuru: Even as employees of State Power Corporations are strongly opposing privatisation plans regarding the power sector, the State Government has rejected the Centre’s proposal for privatisation of Electricity Supply Companies (Escoms), saying that is not necessary for now. The Union Ministry of Energy had sent a proposal to the State Government to privatise three…
Bharathinagar (Mandya): Sri Mahalinga Swamiji (98), the nonagenarian seer of Mudukuthore Shakha Mutt at S.I. Honnalagere (Chandupura) near Bharathinagar in Maddur taluk of Mandya district, passed away on Sunday night. The seer’s mortal remains were taken in a procession at S.I. Honnalagere and last rites were performed at the Mutt premises on Monday as per…
Nanjangud: Owning to personal problems and mounting debts, a woman Co-operative Bank employee, along with her daughter and mother, allegedly jumped into Kapila River in a bid to commit suicide yesterday morning. While the woman and her mother drowned, her nine-year-old daughter was saved by a man who was cutting grass on the river bank….
Chamarajanagar: Senior BJP leader and Veerashaiva-Lingayat community leader K.S. Nagarajappa (76) passed away here on Monday night following prolonged illness. Nagarajappa, a native of Kodimole in Chamarajanagar taluk, had served as the Vice-President of the then undivided Mysuru ZP and also as the Vice-President of the State Unit of Akhila Bharatha Veerashaiva Mahasabha. Nagarajappa, a…
Periyapatna/ Hanur: In separate cases, the Forest staff have arrested four poachers on charges of hunting a jackal at Periyapatna of Mysuru and langur at Cauvery Wildlife Forest area in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar. In the first cases, the Forest staff arrested two persons, who had hunted a jackal by placing country-made bomb in the…
192 grams gold ornaments worth Rs. 10 lakh recovered Mysore/Mysuru: Devaraja Police have arrested two persons (both senior citizens) on charges of cheating a Coimbatore-based goldsmith and have recovered gold ornaments worth Rs. 10 lakh from them. The arrested are 61-year-old Somashekar of Kushalnagar in Kodagu and 67-year-old Raghu of Kollegal in Chamarajanagar. Details: On…
17 two-wheelers worth Rs. 12.20 lakh recovered Mysore/Mysuru: Udayagiri Police, on Oct. 19, have arrested a 19-year-old youth and two minor boys on charges of lifting two-wheelers and have recovered 17 bikes and scooters worth Rs. 12,20,000 from him. The accused youth is Mohammed Shuaib of K.N. Pura here. During interrogation, the accused is said…
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