Mysuru: “In a month or two, publicity campaign would be launched in National and International levels for Dasara to woo more tourists,” said Priyank Kharge, Minister for Tourism. He was speaking to press persons yesterday after holding a meeting with district officers and representatives of private enterprises at the DC’s office here on tourism related…
Mystery shrouds newly-wed couple’s death in city
May 7, 2017Mysuru: Mystery shrouds the death of a newly wed couple at second phase, JSS Layout in city this morning. The deceased couple have been identified as Ashalatha and Veeresh. While Veeresh, a native of Chitradurga, was working as a Health Inspector at Kupya in Mysuru taluk, Ashalatha, a native of Bhadravathi in Shivamogga district was…
Turmeric and diabetes
May 7, 2017Sir, Apropos to the “Health Capsule,” published on Apr.16, 2017, regarding turmeric’s ability to modulate blood glucose is true. It is believed that turmeric can trigger insulin secretion thus modulating the blood sugar level. However, one concern is the dosage given by the Health Capsule which is 400 to 600 mg three times a day….
Excise Guards exams, NEET held
May 7, 2017Mysuru: The written exam conducted by the Karnataka Service Commission (KPSC) for the recruitment of Excise Guards was held today at 52 centres across the city. A total of 21,146 candidates had opted for centres in city for the written exam. The exam was held in two sessions — first paper on English and Kannada…
STAR THIS WEEK: Talented Athlete: M.G. Radesh
May 7, 2017Athletics is considered as the Mother of all Sports. Our city athlete M.G. Radesh is a talented athlete who excels in the shorter sprints (100m event) in the men’s section and has been performing consistently well in the State and National level meets. Radesh recently took part in the Open Nationals at Coimbatore and performed…
Woes of a bus commuter from Mysuru to Electronics City
May 7, 2017Sir, Apropos the letters in SOM dated May 3, 2017 and April 18, 2017 regarding introduction of direct buses, I have been ‘fleeing’ to and from Electronics City, Bengaluru to Jayanagar, Mysuru since July 2016 on Fridays. The route bus number 378 starts completely jam-packed from Electronics City flyover and reaches Kengeri. The passengers boarding…
Graduation Day at AIISH
May 7, 2017Mysuru: The Department of Special Education, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), had recently organised ‘Graduation Day’ programme for ‘Preschool Children.’ In the current academic year, 110 children with communication disorders got graduated from preschool at the Preschool Graduation Day Ceremony. Among them, 91% (100 children) are being main-streamed and the remaining have…
Residents seek good road Stage protest
May 7, 2017Mysuru: Nearly 50 residents of Raghavendranagar, coming under Mysuru City Corporation Ward No. 57, staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office yesterday, in protest against the poor condition of Cauvery Main Road in Raghavendranagar. Claiming that several representations made to the Mysuru City Corporation on the deplorable condition of the road had…
Seminar & Career Guidance Workshop
May 7, 2017Mysuru: A seminar and Career Guidance Workshop was conducted by Learners PU College at Kalamandira recently for the benefit of X std. and PU students and their parents. Several experts on the subject participated in the seminar and answered the questions posed by the parents and students. Sreekumar, Entrepreneur from UK, laid before them a…
Literary works, ‘swadeshi’ products steal the show at BJP meet
May 7, 2017Mysuru: Literary works and swadeshi products stole the show on the first day of the two-day State-level BJP Executive meet at Rajendra Kalamandir on Ramanuja road here yesterday. There were more than 15 stalls at the meet. Some of them were used for distributing kits containing party posters, identity cards, programme list and the like….
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