Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Soumya Swaminathan, an employee with PSPB, is a former National Champion (2011), World Junior Championship title winner (2009), Commonwealth Women’s Champion (2012) and has finished second in the 2016 Moscow Open. The 28-year-old WGM is one of the top women chess players’ in the country, and the top-seed in the ongoing 44th…
Talk on ‘My Life My Passion’ held at St. Joseph’s
July 22, 2017Mysuru: A Guest Talk on the topic ‘My Life My Passion’ was held at St. Joseph’s College for Women in city recently. Manoj, a soft skill trainer from Palakkad, Kerala, was the resource person. He said that the beauty of life is experienced with the changes a man experiences and the attitude he has towards…
Inter-school Sanskrit competition at AVK
July 22, 2017Mysuru: An inter-school Sanskrit competition will be hosted by Acharya Vidya Kula in city on Aug.18. The competition will be conducted in the following categories: Category 1 — Standards III and IV (Story-telling); Category 2 — Standards V, VI and VII (Amarakosha Chanting – prescribed Slokas); Category 3 — Standards VIII, IX and X (Speech…
‘Badanavalu has highest number of cases on atrocities against women’
July 22, 2017Nanjangud: Nanjangud Taluk Panchayat Standing Committee Chairman Shivanna has said that it was a matter of shame that Badanavalu Police Station in the taluk has most cases of atrocities against women. Addressing a meeting with officials of various Departments at the Taluk Panchayat here yesterday, Shivanna said that Badanavalu Police Station had registered 302 cases…
44th National Women’s Challenger Chess: Rindhiya shocks Bhakti
July 22, 2017Lowly rated V. Rindhiya from Tamil Nadu (Rating 1485), playing a excellent game on the fifth board with white pieces, shocked fifth-seeded WGM Bhakti Kulkarni of Air India (Rating 2255) in 39 moves in the lone upset, on the inaugural day of the nine-day 44th National Women’s Challenger Chess Championship-2017, conducted by the Mysore Chess…
Four thieves arrested; 37 cell phones recovered
July 22, 2017Mysuru: The CCB Police, who arrested four mobile thieves, have recovered 37 cell phones allegedly stolen by them. The arrested have been identified as Nadeem, Wasim, Zameer and Tousif Pasha, all in their mid-twenties and residents of Udayagiri. Acting on a tip off, the CCB sleuths picked up the four while they were attempting to…
T.R. Ranga Rao
July 22, 2017T.R. Ranga Rao (83), a retd. Agricultural Officer and a resident of Jayanagara 16th Cross, passed away early this morning at his residence following a brief illness. He leaves behind his wife Vedavathi Bai, son Arun Rao, daughter Arathy Prasanna and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites will be performed at the foot…
Calling MLISc graduates
July 22, 2017Mysuru: The Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, has invited applications for the vacant post of a temporary technical assistant in the Department under the UGC-SAP-DRS-II programme. Interested MLISc graduates can apply for the temporary post along with their bio-data to the Co-ordinator, UGC-SAP-DRS-II Programme, Department of Library and Information Science, University…
Pitru Tharppanam at Nanjangud
July 22, 2017Karnataka Nair Services Society, Mysore Karayogam, is organising Pitru Tharppanam on Sunday (July 23) in Nanjangud near Sree Ayyappa Swamy Temple, on the banks of River Kabani river. Bali Tharppanam will start at 5.30 am onwards till 10 am. Entry is free and breakfast has also been arranged for the participants. For details, call Mob:…
Shubharamba: Date extended
July 22, 2017The District Administration has extended the last date to enrol for ‘Shubharamba,’ the mass marriage to be held in the first week of August at Chamundi Hill. Prospective brides and grooms may submit their applications at the respective Taluk Panchayat offices before July 25, according to a press release from Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep.
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