Documents pertaining to construction works worth Rs. 120 crore missing; Committee says Rs. 14 crore has been misused Mysuru – The Audit Committee of Karnataka Legislature has unearthed a major scam in the University of Mysore (UoM) where documents to support the expenditure of a government grant of Rs. 120 crore is missing. At a…
Traffic diversion
April 12, 2017Mysuru – On account of the four-laning works taken up on the over-bridge at the junction of Vani Vilas Road and Nanjangud Road, the City Police have announced traffic diversion on Vani Vilas Road. Accordingly, all traffic movement has been banned on the stretch of Vani Vilas Road-Nanjangud Service Road junction to Manasa Road junction….
Government Hospitals to offer free dialysis to kidney ailment
April 12, 2017Bengaluru – Providing some solace to kidney patients in Karnataka, the State Government has issued an order to extend free dialysis to kidney ailment patients in Government Hospitals. Observing that different hospitals charged different price for dialysis, Government Hospitals coming under the Health and Family Welfare Department have been ordered to provide free dialysis to…
Reckoning with realities
April 12, 2017India’s prodigious scholar Adi Shankara, in the short span of life that ended when he was barely 32 years young in eighth century, is featured in many witty dialogues with his ardent disciples and peers. In one such instance, a disciple sought to be enlightened by the peerless philosopher about myth and realities in life….
5-day workshop on LabVIEW
April 12, 2017Mysuru – The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of ATME College of Engineering, Mysuru, has organised five-day workshop on LabVIEW recently, in association with NI LabVIEW Academy, SJBIT, Bengaluru, sponsored by Institute of Electronics & Telecommunications Engineers (IETE), Mysuru. Around one hundred students from ATME College of Engineering and various other Engineering Colleges of…
Licence mandatory for food vendors
April 12, 2017Mysuru – As per the Food Safety and Standards Act, all shops selling food items should compulsorily posses a licence. The Act covers all manufacturers of food items, packers, whole-sale distributors, hotels, bakeries, sweet stalls, bars/wine stores, canteen, clubs/caterers, reprocessing units, cold storages, street vendors, dhabas and packaged drinking water suppliers. Licence is mandatory for…
Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Services at St. Philomena’s Church
April 12, 2017Mysuru – St. Joseph’s Cathedral (St. Philomena’s Church), which began conducting prayers inside the Church recently after it was closed for renovation since a year, will be holding special prayers, services and mass as part of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday. Tomorrow being Maundy Thursday, mass will be held from 6…
JSS Law College hosts symposium on ‘Inter-disciplinary nature of Law’
April 12, 2017Mysuru – A one-day symposium on ‘Inter-disciplinary Nature of Law — Importance of Pre-Law Subjects’ was organised by JSS Law College at its premises in Kuvempunagar here yesterday. The symposium focussed on relevance of other subjects with law which has been framed based on needs of society. Resource persons deliberated on various topics relating them…
Why be depressed? Cheer up!
April 12, 2017Sir, This refers to the write-up titled ‘World Health Day: Depression – Let’s talk Lifestyle’ by Dr. B. R. Pai (Star of Mysore dated Apr. 3). Cambridge English Dictionary defines Depression as ‘the state of feeling very unhappy and without hope for the future; a mental illness in which a person is very unhappy and…
Alumnus feted
April 12, 2017Mysuru – Nivedita, a 2016 B.Sc graduate from Sarada Vilas College, now pursuing M.Sc (Zoology) at Manasagangothri, secured two Silver medals and cash prizes (Rs. 3,005 and Rs. 2,005), instituted by Dr. Veena Bharathi in memory of her mother Laxmi Ashwath, for scoring highest marks in Zoology and overall outstanding performance. Nivedita was felicitated during…
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