RAF conducts a flag march in Mysore

September 28th, 2009 MYSORE - 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. The highlight of the jumbo savari was elephant Balarama carrying the idol of Goddess Chamundeshwari placed on the 750-kg golden howdah (carriage) mounted atop him.

September 20th, 2009 MYSORE - The ten-day long Dussehra festivities began on a traditional note atop the Chamundi Hills in Mysore. The festival that celebrates good winning over evil began on Saturday with the scion of Mysore, Srikanta Datta Narasimha Raja Wodeyar, holding his court in a throwback to yesteryears.

July 28th, 2009 MYSORE - 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. On July 25, the Sessions Court sent him to judicial custody till today.

July 25th, 2009 MYSORE - 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. Mutalik, who had visited Kyathamaranahalli after the communal clashes in April, had allegedly addressed a gathering of local residents in the locality.

July 5th, 2009 MYSORE - Railway recruitment examination centre were attacked by the Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (Pravin Shetty Group), demanding more preference Kannadigas in railway jobs here today. The activists entered the examination hall in Yuvaraj College, and shouted pro Kannada slogans.

July 4th, 2009 MYSORE J - A dawn to dusk shutdown call given by the Hindu Jagaran Vedike in protest against an attack on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) youth leader evoked a mixed response here today. Normal life was partially affected by the shutdown.

July 3rd, 2009 MYSORE - 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. The situation is peaceful.

July 2nd, 2009 MYSORE - Three people were killed Thursday in clashes over the desecration of a mosque in this Karnataka city. The three - Zubaiullah (15), Yasir (35) and Tirupati (40) - died of stab wounds following the clash in the Udayagiri suburb of Mysore, about 140 km from the state capital Bangalore.

July 2nd, 2009 MYSORE - 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. According to the police, they had to resort to lathi-charge and use teargas shells to disperse the crowd, as the news about the desecration angered members of one community, who came out with weapons and batons onto the streets and had a scuffle with members of another community.

May 12th, 2009 COIMBATORE - With a view to ensure free and fair polling during the fifth and last phase of Lok Sabha elections on May 13, over 1,500 policemen took out a flag march in Coimbatore. The flag march was conducted to infuse confidence among voters that adequate security measures are in force to ensure a peaceful casting of votes.

May 3rd, 2009 AGRA - With a view to ensure free and fair polling during the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections on May 7, security personnel staged a flag march in Agra, Uttar Pradesh over the weekend. The flag march was conducted to infuse confidence among voters that adequate security measures are in force to ensure a peaceful casting of votes.

April 6th, 2009 MYSORE - 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.

April 3rd, 2009 MYSORE - 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. This untowardly incident took place at Kyathamaranahalli, a suburb falling under Udayagiri Police Station in Mysore.

March 14th, 2009 MYSORE - 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. The company named Mysore paints and Varnish Limited was established in 1935 with the sole aim of preparing lacquer for government and other documents.

February 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Justice Arijit Pasayat of the Supreme Court Monday quit hearing a lawsuit on implementation of prestigious Bangalore-Mysore expressway in Karnataka. He abandoned the hearing on a plea by former prime minister H.D.