Mysuru: Department of Public Administration, University of Mysore, had organised a function at the auditorium of Humanities block in Manasagangothri here yesterday to mark the release of the book ‘Jyothiba Phule mattu Samajika Kranti’ written by Vice-Chancellor (in-charge) Prof. Dayanand Mane and Assistant Professor C.L. Somashekar. Inaugurating the programme, District in-Charge Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa…
Did shortage of teachers lead to poor SSLC results?
May 13, 2017Mysuru: In an embarrassing situation for Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait and also Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, their home district of Mysuru has slipped from the top positions in both Second PU and SSLC results. Mysuru’s overall position in the State has slipped from 8th to 21st place in the SSLC results and it…
Rowdy-sheeter Bomb Naga, sons remanded to Police custody
May 13, 2017Bengaluru: The 11th ACMM Magistrate Court at Mayor Hall here on Friday evening, remanded rowdy-sheeter Nagaraj alias Bomb Naga and his two sons Gandhi and Shastri to 10-day Police custody. Nagaraj and his sons were arrested from Arcot in Tamil Nadu by a Bengaluru Police team on Thursday. Nagaraj and his sons went absconding after…
ATM Fire Mishap: Only 6 currency notes of Rs. 100 were burnt
May 13, 2017Mysuru: The State Bank of India lost only Rs. 600 in yesterday morning fire mishap. The earlier reports had said that Rs. 5 lakh cash loaded on Thursday evening, in the bank’s ATM Kiosk attached to the Mysore City Corporation branch, located at Varaha gate of the Palace, was gutted. But during the Mahazar conducted…
Race for Prez post
May 13, 2017My name is speculative: Gopalkrishna Gandhi Mysuru: The race for the President of India’s post is hotting up as the term of Pranab Mukherjee ends on July 25, 2017. One of the names doing the rounds is that of Gopalkrishna Gandhi (in pic), grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. Star of Mysore had sent him a SMS…
Government enacts, people react: The game goes on
May 13, 2017Global rating agencies, keenly watching the goings on in countries across the world and more so the performance of the respective governments as a regulator resorting to enacting laws, ostensibly to keep the citizens on track, have been placing India near the bottom of the scale worked out on the basis of different sets of…
‘Microbiology is one of the fastest moving disciplines in Life Sciences’
May 13, 2017Natl. symposium on ‘Trends in Microbiology’ Mysuru: A day-long National Symposium on ‘Trends in Microbiology’ was organised by the Department of Studies in Microbiology, University of Mysore (UoM), at Rani Bahadur auditorium on Hunsur Road here yesterday. The event was sponsored by University with Potential for Excellence, UoM. Speaking after inaugurating the symposium, Prof. S.R….
RKN’s Museum needs to be tourist-friendly
May 13, 2017Sir, At the time R.K. Narayan’s Museum was inaugurated in Yadavagiri, I had written about it in SOM, giving some suggestions of making it more tourist-friendly. Now it is in the news again for the same reason. Why is it not attracting visitors? For a long time, the approach road was a mess, but now…
Nritya Vaibhava at Gokulam tomorrow
May 13, 2017Mysuru: Sri Krishna Gana Sabha has organised Nritya Vaibhava (Vasundara Bani) by the disciples of Dr. Vasundhara Doreswamy tomorrow (May 14) at 6.30 pm at Alwar Kalabhavana in Gokulam. The artistes are: Deepti Adisesh, Padmasri N. Kashyap and S.Thanusri. Deepti, who has completed Vidwat in Bharatanatyam, is interested in sports, painting, Karnatak music and has…
Science lecture on ‘Natural Farming’ this evening
May 13, 2017Mysuru: As part of its monthly Science Lecturer Series, Mysore Science Foundation (MSF) has organised its 50th lecture on ‘Natural Farming’ at Maneyangala in Kalamandira premises here today (May 13) at 5.30 pm. Narayana Reddy, Natural Farmer, Doddaballapura, will be the resource person. Interested students, teachers and general public may take part. For details, contact…
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