Mysuru: “Unity among the working class is of utmost importance for labourers to get their just demands fulfilled,”opined District Labour Court Judge N.M. Ravi. He was speaking after inaugurating a workshop on ‘Labour Rights’ jointly organised by Human Rights Protection Committee, Labour Department, ESI and PFO at Rotary Centre on JLB road here recently. Pointing…
Mysuru: Veteran communist leader and Karnataka State Gram Panchayat Employees Association President Maruti Manpade has said that the State Government has agreed to pay minimum wages to GP employees. Addressing a meeting of District Gram Panchayat employees at a private hotel here recently, Manpade said the Government, responding to the agitation of GP employees had…
The proverbial expression Set a thief to catch a thief is traced to a play published in 1665, where it is described as an ‘old saying.’ According to the Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, another remark ‘Being a thief myself, I recognised the tracks of a thief,’ attributed to the classical Greek Writer Callimachus (310-240 BC)…
Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep has directed officials to dispose off applications seeking land records, income certificate and caste certificate received at Atalji Jana Snehi Kendras (AJSK) at the earliest. Presiding over a meeting of Revenue Officers at his office here recently, Randeep said a time frame has been stipulated for every service rendered at the…
Sir, KBG’s Abracadabra in yesterday’s SOM was a remarkable recollection of Economic and Political Weekly (EPW). My introduction to the magazine came in early 1970s when I was a student at the Central College in Bangalore studying B.A Economics (Honours). During one of the debates in the campus, a senior of mine was extracting content…
Chamarajanagar: Chamarajanagar taluk Mariyala’s Sri Murugharajendra Swamy Mahasamsthana Mutt Seer Vidwan Sri Mahantaswamiji passed away yesterday following brief illness. He was 80. Last rites were performed at the Mutt premises as per Veerashaiva tradition this afternoon. Born on Oct. 2, 1937 at Teramballi village in Kollegal taluk of Chamarajanagar, the Seer after having early education…
Mysuru: Book Clubs-2015 and author Lakshmi Palecanda have organised a book launch event on July 30 at Roopa Elite, 6th Main, Vontikoppal, at 5 pm. Dr. Javeed Nayeem and Lalitha Rao will release the books ‘The Fifth Wedding’ and ‘Indian-American … Then Indian Again’ authored by Lakshmi Palecanda. The author will also be in conversation…
Mysuru: Mysuru-born Nashua, New Hampshire Ward 8 State Representative, Latha Mangipudi expressed happiness with the twinning agreement signed between Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Nashua, New Hampshire State, here recently. She was addressing a press conference at Pathrakartara Bhavan, in the presence of Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) President A.S. Satish and former…
This advertisement by MCC on the walls of road located below Railway Underbridge on KRS Road near Mandovi Motors, is talking of reduce, reuse and recycle plastic. I thought plastic is banned in the 5th cleanest city in the country. Zoom the picture, you will see lots of plastic stuck on each letter. Will MCC…
Mysuru: As part of the Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) of Mysore University Employees Credit Co-operative Society, retired members of the Society will be felicitated and Pratibha Puraskar will be presented to meritorious children of members who have excelled in SSLC and PU examinations, at a function to be organised tomorrow at Maharaja’s College Centenary…
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