The first time I heard of Dera Sacha Sauda was in 2008 when Mysuru Assistant Commissioner issued notice to the sect for violating the Karnataka Land Revenue Act. The sect had bought agricultural land in Kalasthawadi village near Siddalingapura on Bengaluru-Mysuru highway and built huge structures without alienating the land. Interestingly, back then the Dera…
Mysuru: A woman reportedly ended her life by hanging at her residence in Saraswathipuram Police Station limits yesterday evening upset over her husband’s alleged illicit relationship with another lady. The deceased has been identified as B. Gayatri (38), wife of Shivakumar and a resident of No.25, ‘D’ Block, Anandnagar in Sharadevinagar in the city. Gayatri…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government is mooting setting up of a Silk University. Announcing this at a press meet here on Thursday, Minister for Higher Education Basavaraj Rayareddy said that the University aims to hone the skills of technical graduates for employment. Pointing out that the Government is looking to bridge the gap between skills and…
The ratio of all adults in the land willing to work, whether employed or unemployed, to its total population is being tracked by a private agency monitoring Indian economy. That index juxtaposed to unemployment rate, namely the ratio of unemployed to total labour force in the population of the land. The two ratios, according to…
Mysuru: A special Youth festival, featuring highly meritorious, talented young musicians is being organised by JSS Sangeetha Sabha today and tomorrow (Aug. 26 and 27) from 6 pm at ‘Navajyothi Sabhangana’ of JSS Women’s College in Saraswathipuram. Some of the best known, young musicians are being showcased in this 2-day festival. The music festival includes…
Sir, Apropos our PM Narendra Modi’s Mann ki Baat programme, we have been facilitating people listen to the talk by arranging big speakers, chairs to sit and erecting shamiana in public places. For two consecutive times previously, while listening to Mann ki Baat we faced a common problem — thanks to power cut by CESC….
Mysuru: Flute recital by Pandit Ronu Majumdar marked the inauguration of the 56th Heritage Music Festival organised by SPVGMC Trust at V.V. Mohalla as a part of Ganesha Festival in city yesterday. Ronu Majumdar was accompanied by Pt. Durgaprasad Majumdar on Pakhawaj and Pt. Prithviraj Mishra on tabla. Earlier, the Music Festival was inaugurated by…
Bengaluru: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar has been appointed the BJP’s election in-charge for the high-stake Karnataka Assembly poll while his Cabinet colleague Arun Jaitley will oversee Gujarat election. Union Minister Piyush Goyal will be co-incharge for Karnataka while BJP Chief Amit Shah has appointed four Union Ministers — Narendra Singh Tomar, Nirmala Sitharaman, Jitendra Singh…
Mysuru: Like every year this year also Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) is going to celebrate Hindi Pakhwada from Sept.1 to 15 at its premises in Manasagangothri. During this programme a series of competitive events will be organised for Hindi and Non-Hindi speakers such as translation and noting, essay writing, dictation and Hindi typing,…
The District Administration, led by Legislator M.K. Somashekar, Mayor M.J. Ravikumar, Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep, offered puja to the Dasara elephants yesterday as part of the Ganesha festival. Priest S.V. Prahalad Rao did the ‘Shodashopachara Puja’ to the elephants in front of the Ganapathy Temple at the Balarama-Jayarama Gates, the eastern entrance to the Mysore…
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