Colourful procession of elephants ends Mysore Dussehra festMYSORE - A colourful procession of caparisoned elephants or ‘jumbo savari’, watched by thousands of people including those from abroad, marked the end of the 10-day Mysore Dussehra celebrations here Monday. Pomp and splendour mark beginning of Dussehra festivities in MysoreMYSORE - The ten-day long Dussehra festivities began on a traditional note atop the Chamundi Hills in Mysore. Foreigners dance to drum beats as Dussehra begins in MysoreMYSORE - Tourists from abroad danced to the beat of drums, adding colour to the festivities of the 10-day-long Dussehra festival that began here Saturday. Sonia inaugurates Infosys education centre in MysoreMYSORE - Sonia Gandhi, chief of India’s ruling Congress Party, today inaugurated a world-class corporate global education centre of Infosys Technologies in Mysore. Sonia gets a chance to ‘bunk political classes’! (Lead, With Images)MYSORE - Congress president Sonia Gandhi said Tuesday that she was happy to visit the campus of IT bellwether Infosys because it gave her a chance to “bunk political classes” for a little while. Sonia gets a chance to ‘bunk political classes’!MYSORE - Overwhelmed by the sprawling, state-of-the-art campus of IT bellwether Infosys, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday repeatedly said it gave her an opportunity to “bunk political classes” for a little while. Infosys opens corporate education centre in MysoreMYSORE - United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi Tuesday inaugurated a world-class corporate education centre of Infosys Technologies at its Mysore campus. Ram Sene Chief Mutalik’s judicial custody ends todayMYSORE - The judicial custody of Sriram Sene Chief Pramod Mutalik, who was arrested for allegedly making inflammatory speech at Kyathamaranahalli, a Mysore suburb, in April this year, ends today. Ram Sene Chief Mutalik sent to judicial custody till July 28MYSORE - The Sessions Court in Mysore on Saturday denied bail to the Sriram Sene Chief Pramod Mutalik and sent him to judicial custody till July 28 for allegedly making inflammatory speech at Kyathamaranahalli, a Mysore suburb, in April this year. Pro Kannada activists attacks railway examination centres in MysoreMYSORE - Railway recruitment examination centre were attacked by the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (Pravin Shetty Group), demanding more preference Kannadigas in railway jobs here today. RAF conducts a flag march in MysoreMYSORE - The Rapid Action Force (RAF) staged a flag march in the riot-hit areas of Mysore today. Uneasy calm in riot-hit MysoreMYSORE - A day after three people were killed in communal clashes in Mysore, the Karnataka town remained tense but calm Friday with many shops and educational institutions closed. 2 killed, 3 injured in Mysore communal clashMYSORE - Two persons were killed and three others injured, as two communities armed with batons and weapons clashed over an alleged desecration of a religious school in Mysore district of Karnataka on Thursday. Three killed in clashes over mosque desecration in MysoreMYSORE - Three people were killed Thursday in clashes over the desecration of a mosque in this Karnataka city. A dropout herself, she sends village children to school (Feature with image)MYSORE - Her day begins on an unusual note. Kalasamma, head of a village council in Karnataka, goes from door to door to ensure that all the children there are going to school. Mysore Police takes Sri Ram Sene chief into custodyMYSORE - Sri Ram Sene leader Pramod Muthalik was taken into preventive custody on Monday. “Muthalik had come to visit the Kyatharamanhalli suburb, where group clashes took place this week,” Mysore police said, adding that the prohibitory orders had been imposed in the area under Section 144. Mob violence rocks a suburb of MysoreMYSORE - The district administration of Mysore in Karnataka declared Section 144 after communal mob violence resulted in extensive destruction of private and public property including injuries to police personnel. Indelible ink in demand ahead of general electionsMYSORE - A company in Mysore, is working overtime, ahead of the general elections, to manufacture the indelible ink used to dye the tip of each voter’s finger to prevent repeat voting. This Mysore ink will leave indelible mark on voter’s fingerMYSORE - Its manufacturing cost is less than one percent of the general election budget, yet the ink manufactured by a little known state-run enterprise here leaves an indelible line on your finger - proof that you have exercised your right to vote. Karnataka film chamber restricts ‘Ghajini’ screeningBANGALORE - Taking strong exception to the way Aamir Khan-starrer ‘Ghajini’ was released throughout the state in violation of its guidelines, the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) has limited the number of theatres where it can be screened. Kannada star Puneet Raj Kumar to dance with dad’s heroinesBANGALORE - Kannada actor Puneet Raj Kumar’s forthcoming film ‘Raaj - The Showman’ is set to have an interesting dance sequence where he will shake a leg with yesteryears heroines who had worked with his father, the late Rajkumar. |