Bantwal : A young woman from Bantwal taluk, a second  PUC student of Carmel Convent of Mondakaup drowned in a canal leading to the Krishnaraja Sagar dam on April 11, Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Bhagyalakshmi, daughter of Shobha S Rao and Satyanarayana Rao from Kudumundoor in Sajipamooda village. It is said she […]

London :A magnificent Indian royal state carriage, which is nearly 200-years old and was once owned by the Maharaja of Mysore, is to be auctioned in Britain this month. Maharaja of Mysore’s 1825 State Carriage, which is to be auctioned Nov 24, has British royalty credentials, said a press note from Historics at Brooklands, a […]

Mysore : The annual royal procession of 14 caparisoned elephants followed by scores of camels, horses, foot soldiers and cultural troupes through the main streets of this heritage city Wednesday marked the grand finale of the 10-day famous Dasara (Dussehra) festival celebrations. Thousands of people from across the state and country thronged the cultural capital […]

Mysore: If doll show is part of Mysore Dasara festivities, it seemed the dolls of Mysore descended down to Mangalore looking at the Dasara Doll Show organized by Nammavarau Sangha of Mangalore at Sri Raghavendra Swami Mutt near Carstreet. Raghavendra Shasthri of Sharavu Mahaganapathi temple and MR Vasudev, Mangalore International Airport director, inaugurated the exhibition. […]

Mysore: Religious fervour marked the beginning of annual Dussehra festivities in this city of palaces today. Bijapur-based Jnana Yogashrama pontiff Siddeshwara Swamiji performed pooja to the Mysore royal family’s presiding deity Chamundeswari atop the Chamundeswari Hillock in the presence of Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar and other dignitaries. The Chamundeswari temple and main buildings across the […]

Mysore : Shaking off the long shadow cast by the Cauvery agitation, Mysore is decked out for the nine-day Dasara festivities starting on Tuesday. A melange of events will unfold in the next nine days, showcasing the city’s cultural heft of over 400 years. The event starts atop the Chamundi Hills on Tuesday morning. In […]

Mysore: The new CM Devaragunda Sadananda Gowda, now in Mysore has wished all  Kannadigas and people of the country a happy Dasara festivity in the form of Durga Puja, Navaratri and Ram Leela Programmes at various venues. The CM conducted a worship to Nandi Dhwaja and directed the Jamboo Savari personel to start the Mysore […]

Mangalore: Sullen ABVP activists took out a protest march ending in a rally in the port city on Saturday, May 7 to throw out vice-chancellors of some Universities, whop flouted norms set by UGC ignored the directions of court and violated academic rules. They demanded legal action these lawless V-Cs who practiced nepotism (a weakness) […]

Mysore: While HD Devegowda still running his show in Hassan and Bangalore, HD Kumaraswamy is thinking only of retirement from politics, because people (read it voters) have begun to doubt if he had became a victim of corruption at large, instead of an armed soldier, to fight it like a gladiator. In a seminar arranged […]

Mangalore: The local ABVP members demonstrated on Friday in front of Mangalore University’s administrative block against illegal appointments made in Mysore University under post Vice Chancellor, Dr. Sashidhar Prasad, son of another from V-C,  Dr. D. Javare Gowda. Criminal cases have been filed against Dr. Prasad and Dr. Syed Akhtar, the first V-C of a […]