Wildlife activist Sunitha Jayapathy was felicitated by Rotary Club of Mysore West as part of International Women’s Day celebrations during its weekly meeting held at Rotary West auditorium in Saraswathipuram last evening. She is seen with (from left) Rotary West President Rtn. C.R. Hanumanth, Secretary Rtn. B.S. Srinath and Inner Wheel Club President Samana Srinath.
RK Ashrama’s ‘Swachha Mysuru – Swastha Jeevana’ drive
March 8, 20175th week of 40-week public awareness prog. The 5th week ‘Swachha Mysuru – Swastha Jeevana’ programme, which was launched by Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama for 40 weeks to bring public awareness about cleanliness and environmental protection, was held on Sunday in 7 different locations of Jayalakshmipuram. Swami Atmajnanandaji, Adhyaksha, Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Mysuru and Vasu, MLA,…
KPCC notice to Vishwanath: Gives a soft, cautious reply
March 8, 2017Senior Congress leader and former MP A.H. Vishwanath has expressed his disappointment over the notice issued by KPCC President Dr. G. Parameshwara for anti-party activities. Addressing press persons at Pathrakarthara Bhavan, Vishwanath said that he had written 3-page reply to the notice. In his reply, the former MP has mentioned that he had received the…
Woes of a bus passenger
March 8, 2017Sir, I would like to draw the attention of the authorities concerned towards the difficulties faced by the aged passengers who are alighting from the long distance buses at Mysuru. In the absence of any parking area adjacent to the alighting gate, aged passengers have to walk a long distance through busy traffic road to…
Nominated as Member of National Experts Advisory Committee
March 8, 2017Dr.Renu Agrawal, former Chief Scientist and Rural Development co-ordinator, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru, has been nominated as a Member of National Experts Advisory Committee (NEAC) by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, for a period of three years. NEAC will be evaluating and monitoring various programmes involving children, Children Science Congress, innovative research and…
Action plan readied to develop Kalamandira: DC Randeep
March 8, 2017“District Administration has prepared an action plan to carry out development works at Kalamandira,” said Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep, here yesterday. Speaking after inaugurating the four-day bhajan, tatvapada, tabla and mangalavadya workshop and distributing musical instruments under the aegis of Department of Kannada and Culture for SC/ST candidates at Maneyangala in Kalamandira, he said that…
Indian Cricket Team gets new sponsors
March 8, 2017OPPO Mobiles India Pvt. Ltd. has won the sponsorship rights for Team India for a period of five years and at Rs. 1079.29 crore. The bids were opened in the presence of CoA representative Diana Edulji, BCCI officials and the bidders through at the BCCI Headquarters yesterday. The five years rights period starts from Apr….
Common Man of India-2017
March 8, 2017Sir, This has reference to ‘Abracadabra’ by KBG in SOM dated Feb. 13, 2017. I am not a cartoonist nor am I good at drawing. Hence I thought I would write about a Common Man of India-2017, in words which may interest a few. The Common Man of 2017 has a disappointed face and at…
City’s Shashidhar loses to Pradhan
March 8, 2017K.M. Shashidhar representing Karnataka in the 12th National ‘A’ chess for Visually Challenged at Mumbai lost his seventh round tie on yesterday. Shashidhar lost to Odisha’s Soundarya Kumar Pradhan. After seven rounds, Shashidhar has secured 2.5 points and is placed 10th in the rankings. K. Makwana Ashvin of Gujarat is in the lead with 6…
Sasi Kumar Mukund advances
March 8, 2017Fourth-seed Sasi Kumar Mukund playing some consistent tennis advanced into the pre-quarterfinals in the men’s singles event in the $15,000 ITF India F4 Futures Men’s Tennis Tournament being played at BSP Tennis Complex in Bhilai yesterday. Sasi Kumar Mukund beat Aryan Goveas 6-2, 6-2 to sail into the pre-quarter-finals in the men’s singles event. Mysuru…
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