Date: July 3rd, 2017

City’s Chandan Achar wins SIIMA Award
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City’s Chandan Achar wins SIIMA Award

July 3, 2017

Mysuru: Chandan Achar of Mysuru has won the South Indian International Movie Award (SIIMA) for Best Supporting Role in the movie Kirik Party starring Rakshit Shetty and Rashmika Mandanna, at a glittering event held at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre in United Arab Emirates on June 30. While Rakshit Shetty won the award for the…

INTUC wants Rahul Gandhi as Congress President
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INTUC wants Rahul Gandhi as Congress President

July 3, 2017

Mysuru: The two-day National Executive Committee meet  of the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) has resolved to support the move to elevate Amethi MP Rahul Gandhi as the Congress President. The INTUC said that it will help the party to elevate the Party’s Vice-President ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in May 2019. It…

Ramakrishna Paramahamsa statue to be installed at Ramakrishnanagar Circle
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Ramakrishna Paramahamsa statue to be installed at Ramakrishnanagar Circle

July 3, 2017

Mysuru: Ramakrishnanagar Circle will soon be installed with the statue of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. The statue of Sri Paramahamsa, which is 15 tonne and 10 ft. tall, will be installed by Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) in a month. Arun Yogiraj, the city sculptor, who carved the recently-installed statute of Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar and yet to…

Gender Concerns in NCERT Textbooks: A Clarification
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Gender Concerns in NCERT Textbooks: A Clarification

July 3, 2017

By Prof. Y. Sreekanth, Principal, RIE, Mysuru Recently several news-papers have published news items expressing  gender concerns in NCERT textbooks. This is based on the research report of Ms. Leclere, a French National, which provides a lopsided understanding of the gender concerns.   Gender equality does not mean that in every aspect of  ‘teaching and…

Prahaladacharya anointed as Sosale Mutt’s Pontiff
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Prahaladacharya anointed as Sosale Mutt’s Pontiff

July 3, 2017

Mysuru: The historic Sosale Mutt got its 41st Pontiff following the anointment of Sanskrit scholar D. Prahaladacharya yesterday. Prahaladacharya was first given the sanyasa deeksha at the triveni sangama (confluence of three rivers) in  T. Narasipur before being anointed as the Mutt’s Pontiff. Following the deeksha, Prahaladacharya was renamed as Sri Vidyashateertha Swamiji. After taking…

Yet another Mysurean enters the world of fashion
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Yet another Mysurean enters the world of fashion

July 3, 2017

Mysuru: Of late, Mysureans seem to have caught up with the fashion world. After Shwetha Singh, a Mysurean who lives in Manchester (UK), was crowned the first runner-up in the ‘Mrs. South India-2017’ pageant organised by Mrs. India Pageants and Productions Pvt. Limited at Chennai recently, it’s now the turn of another fashionista from Mysuru…

MCC evicts petty shops
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MCC evicts petty shops

July 3, 2017

Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) personnel this morning conducted eviction drive in front  Government PU College for Girls located on Chamaraja Double Road here. The eviction drive was taken up following complaints from the students to DC D. Randeep regarding them facing problems from people gathering in front of petty shops located adjacent to…

Debt-driven deaths
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Debt-driven deaths

July 3, 2017

The term average is made to be understood a number expressing the central or typical value in a set of numbers, while there is very little about average being typical value of that set of numbers. A glaring example of being misled by the term average is life expectancy in a population which is a…

ZP CEO Dr. Harish Kumar is in-charge DC of Chamarajanagar
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ZP CEO Dr. Harish Kumar is in-charge DC of Chamarajanagar

July 3, 2017

Chamarajanagar: Chamarajanagar Zilla Panchayat (ZP) CEO Dr. K. Harish Kumar has taken over as In-Charge Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the district, as DC B. Ramu has gone to Mussoorie in Uttarakhand on a 40-day training. Ramu, who was recently elevated to the IAS cadre, has been sent on a sabbatical to undergo advanced training at…

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