One of the most respected statesmen, his contribution to India’s development is monumental, says Prime Minister Modi New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani will be conferred with the prestigious Bharat Ratna, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced this morning, calling the party stalwart’s contributions to the development of India ‘monumental’. The Bharat…
MUDA Commissioner’s transfer order cancelled
February 3, 2024A replay of 2022’s pattern of back-and-forth transfers and reinstatements within MUDA Mysore/Mysuru: The State Government, which initially transferred G.T. Dinesh Kumar, the Commissioner of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), has reversed its decision and instructed him to continue in his current position. This volte-face by the Government occurred within 24 hours of the initial…
Film institutes suffer from poor patronage: Prakash Belawadi
February 3, 2024Paridrishya second international festival of short films and documentaries Karnataka Mysore/Mysuru: Noted film director and actor Prakash Belawadi bemoaned over how Film Training Institutes suffer from patronage, with the people getting carried over by misleading information about film institutes. Speaking on the topic ‘An Approach to Film Making’ during the opening of two-day Paridrishya second…
‘Thanneer Komban’ dies hours after its release in Bandipur
February 3, 2024Death due to blood clot in reproductive organs as tusker was pushed onto a truck by Kumki elephants Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Thaneer Komban’, the tusker from Hassan in Karnataka, that was captured by Kerala Forest Department by administering tranquilliser shots, died in Bandipur early this morning. The tusker reportedly fell unconscious soon after being released at the…
Shift Waste Management Plant from Old Kesare: MLA GTD tells MCC
February 3, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda directed the officials concerned to shift the Waste Management Plant from Old Kesare in the city to a suitable place. He came out with the above instruction during a meeting of officials from Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), Hootagalli City Municipal Council (CMC), Town Panchayats of Rammanahalli, Srirampura, Bogadi and Kadakola,…
Drinking water goes down the drain
February 3, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: A huge quantity of water flowed waste with the drinking water pipe near Yadavagiri Railway Underbridge (RUB) at Bamboo Bazaar in the city damaged, with neither of the authorities concerned fixing the damage. The water was sprinkling like a fountain prompting the road users to exercise caution to avoid getting drenched. Even though the…
CM Siddaramaiah to lead Congress Protest in New Delhi on Feb. 7
February 3, 2024Vijayanagar: Condemning the ‘injustice’ rendered to Congress-ruled Karnataka in the Union Budget, the Congress will stage a demonstration in New Delhi on Feb. 7. Announcing this while speaking to press persons at the Helipad in Hampi University premises in Vijayanagar district yesterday, Siddaramaiah alleged that the Centre has displayed a step-motherly attitude towards Karnataka in…
Numismatics and Philately Expo held
February 3, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: A Numismatics and Philately Exhibition was organised at Hardwicke School on JLB road in city on Wednesday. P.K. Keshavamurthy from Hunsur had exhibited coins, currencies and stamps in his collection at the exhibition organised by Indian Theatre Foundation in association with Hardwicke PU College and Indian Institute of Educational Theatre. Coins made of gold,…
Rajyotsava awardee Tamburi Javaraiah passes away
February 3, 2024Mandya: Rajyotsava awardee Tamburi Javaraiah (86) passed away in his residence at Basaralu village in the taluk early yesterday morning due to age-related illness. Born at Basaralu in 1938 to a poor family, he studied only up to fifth standard and later took up Tatvapada rendition, which earned him fame. A noted Tatvapada singer, Javaraiah…
Tiger carcass found in Bandipur
February 3, 2024Bandipur: A carcass of a tiger was found at Seegana Betta Circle of Maddur Range beat in Bandipur Tiger Reserve recently. Forest staff, who noticed the carcass during their regular beat, examined the carcass and came to know that the dead tiger was aged between three and four years and had died of injuries it…
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