Maharani’s Science College for Women will be organising a two-day national seminar on ‘Ornamental Plants – Scope, Opportunities and Challenges) from Mar. 21 at the college premises at 10 am. The programme will be inaugurated by Department of Horticulture Deputy Director D. Manjunath. College of Horticulture, University of Horticulture Science, Mysuru, Dean Prof. K.M. Indiresh…
US-based scholar delivers talk on ‘Phishing and Cyber Security’ at MYRA
March 20, 2017Dr. H. Raghava Rao, US-based scholar of Information Systems Management, who occupies the AT&T Chair at University of Texas, San Antonio, USA, recently delivered a talk on ‘Phishing & Cyber Security’ at MYRA School of Business in city. Dr. Rao, who is currently involved in conducting research on information security and safety, spoke about various…
Talk on Shakespeare’s ‘Tempest’ at Mahajana
March 20, 2017A special lecture on William Shakespeare’s ‘Tempest’ was organised by the Department of English, SBRR Mahajana First Grade College, on Mar.14. Dr. Purnima, Director of Children’s Literary Club, Mysuru, was the resource person. Speaking on the play ‘Tempest’ prescribed for students of BA/B.Sc., Dr. Purnima highlighted the contrastive elements in the play like nature-society, harmony-disharmony,…
Media Academy awardees feted
March 20, 2017Karnataka Madhyama Academy award recipients C.J. Rajiv, Junior Assistant Editor, Vijaya Karnataka, A.C. Prabhakar, Senior Sub-Editor, ‘Mysooru Mithra’ and K.H. Chandru, Photographers, ‘Vijayavani’ were felicitated by Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) at a function organised at its premises on Thyagaraja road here this morning. Speaking after doing the honours, City Police Commissioner Dr. A. Subrahmanyeswar…
Man stabbed to death
March 20, 2017A 33-year-old man was stabbed to death by unidentified assailants at Raghavendranagar late yesterday night. The deceased has been identified as Shunesh Kumar, a resident of Rammanahalli in Mysuru taluk. Police said that Shunesh, a painter by profession, was staying at his father’s residence in Raghavendranagar from the last one month to look after his…
Winners of Inter-Polytechnic Quiz and ‘Do-It-Yourself 2017’ Expo
March 20, 2017Alumni Association of JSS Polytechnic for the Differently Abled (JSSPDA) had organised an Inter-Polytechnic Quiz Competition at its premises here recently. Nanjundaswamy, President of the Association and Principal of the Institution, appreciated the efforts of the Association in organising such innovative events. He emphasised the need for more participation from various Polytechnics. He also highlighted…
NSS annual camp by Maharani’s Arts College at Naguvanahalli in Srirangapatna: Students discover ancient idol of Ravaleshwara
March 20, 2017An idol of Ravaleshwara (Ravana) was discovered during the National Service Scheme (NSS) annual camp organised by Maharani’s Arts College at Naguvanahalli in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district recently. The idol in a damaged state is about 3 ft. tall and 1.5 ft. broad with three heads and four arms. The idol is mounted on…
A Pioneer Surrogate Mother
March 20, 2017By Girija Madhavan Newspapers carried a story last year about film actor Tushar Kapoor, fathering a baby boy through a ‘surrogate’ mother. Now the media and even an ‘ad’ for butter reports that Karan Johar has become the father of boy and girl twins through a surrogate mother “who will always be in my prayers,”…
3-digit Vehicle No. plate is a defective one!
March 20, 2017Sir, We received a Traffic offence notice by the Police based on a ‘Public Eye’ photo sent to them about our car registration number plate bearing three digits, terming it as ‘defective’ and asking us to pay a fine of Rs.100 which we paid at V.V.Mohalla Traffic Police and promptly got it changed to four…
Made for each other
March 20, 2017They met, by chance. Their eyes met in no time. Visual communication yielded place to some stray verbal shorts. The shots were heard more at the giving end than the receiving end. The seeds of love were laid in a fertile soil. These preliminaries, happening in a jiffy as it were, ended in the two…
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