Mysore/Mysuru: Senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader M. Venkatram has described his childhood friend, BJP MP and former Union, Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad, who passed away on Monday, as a leader who came up in politics on his own with his penchant to spearhead the movements. “We share the same birth year (1947) and grew…
A tribute: The political journey of V. Sreenivasa Prasad
April 29, 2024Born to M. Venkataiah and D.V. Puttamma couple on Aug. 6, 1947, in Ashokapuram, V. Sreenivasa Prasad became a volunteer of Rashtriya Swayamasevak Sangh (RSS) from childhood until 1972 and was active in the then Jan Sangh and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishat (ABVP) for about 15 years, until he took a political plunge in 1974…
Tree crash at Ashokapuram hampers traffic movement
February 12, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: A massive tree obstructed the 13th Cross Road, near the National Institute of Engineering (NIE) Women’s Hostel at Ashokapuram in the city, causing significant traffic disruption for more than one hour this morning. Fortunately, there were no injuries, loss of life or property damage reported. It was discovered that a few days prior, unidentified…
Fraudster cheats woman of Rs. 15 lakh on the pretext of sending her gifts
June 27, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A miscreant, who befriended a woman online, has cheated her to the tune of Rs. 15 lakh on the pretext of sending her gifts from abroad. The woman, who has been cheated, is 32-year-old S. Bhuvaneshwari, a resident of Ashokapuram in city. About 20 days back, the miscreant, who made friends with the woman,…
SWR General Manager inspects Central Workshop in Ashokapuram
April 18, 2022Inaugurates automatic coach washing plant in Mysuru Station yard Mysuru: Sanjeev Kishore, General Manager, South Western Railway (SWR), Hubballi, accompanied by Principal Heads of the Department and Divisional Railway Manager, Mysuru Division, inspected the Central Workshop, Ashokapuram, on Saturday as part of the statutory annual inspection. With the fleet of Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches…
Elected as Directors of Forest Department Housing Co-op. Society
April 18, 2022Mysuru: The following were elected as Directors of Mysuru District Forest Department Employees Housing Co-operative Society for a five-year term in the polls that took place at Aranya Bhavan in Ashokapuram here yesterday. Bandipur Tiger Project Office Superintendent S. Shekar, Keshavamurthy, K.C. Nagabhushan Aradhya, V. Gopalshetty, R. Siddaiah, Nagaraju and D. Siddaraju, M.V.N. Rathna and…
Relatives of Ashokapuram resident who died after taking COVID vaccine, stage protest
November 15, 2021Mysuru: Blaming negligence on part of Health officials, relatives of 39-year-old Ashokapuram resident Suresh who died after he was vaccinated for COVID, staged a demonstration near the mortuary in MMC&RI premises this morning seeking legal action against Health Department officials and payment of adequate compensation. The protesters said that Suresh, a resident of Ashokapuram sixth…
Miscreants torch Nellur Shed Layout name board
November 19, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Miscreants, on Tuesday night, have allegedly torched the name board of Nellur Shed Layout at Ashokapuram, which was recently changed as ‘Buddha Nagar.’ The name board had the name ‘Nellur Shed Layout’ earlier, which was changed to ‘Buddha Nagar’ on Oct. 12. The name board had the portraits of Buddha, Basavanna, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar…
Annual inspection of Central Workshop at Ashokapuram
November 4, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Ajay Kumar Singh, General Manager (GM), South Western Railway (SWR), Hubballi, did annual inspection of the Central Workshop, Ashokapuram, on Oct. 23. Central Workshop – Ashokapuram of SWR was established in 1924 as a base Workshop of the erstwhile Mysore State Railway. The Workshop has started POH of BG coaches from 1994. With the…
MLA assures house for every family
August 29, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Very small houses in which at least a couple of families lived together in congestion, caught the special attention of KR MLA S.A. Ramdas when he undertook a padayatra in MCC Wards 56 and 60 covering Ashokapuram area coming under his Assembly segment on Thursday. The MLA assured the families that he will take…
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