Mysuru: Mysuru Dasara Film Festival (MyDFF) will be on the lines of International Film Festival from this year onwards with inclusion of Foreign Panorama. Disclosing this at a press meet at Varthabhavan here this morning, Dasara Film Festival Sub-Committee Deputy Special Officer and Additional DC T. Yogesh said that the Film Festival would be inaugurated…
Minister Umashree to inaugurate Dasara Kannada Book Expo
September 20, 2017Mysuru: Dasara Kannada Book Exhibition will be organised from tomorrow till Sept.29 under the aegis of Department of Kannada and Culture, Kannada Book Authority and Dasara Sub-Committee at CADA premises here. Disclosing this at a press meet at Maneyangala in Kalamandira premises here yesterday, Book Authority Chairperson Dr. Vasundhara Bhoopathi said that the expo would…
Dasara Mushaira on Sept. 26
September 20, 2017Mysuru: Dasara Sub-Committee will be hosting a Mushaira — an evening gathering where Urdu poetry is recited before an audience — at the Golden Palace Convention Hall, Mysuru-Bengaluru road, on Sept. 26 at 9 pm. It will be inaugurated by Minister R. Roshan Baig. Interested persons, who wish to attend the Mushaira, may contact Mob:…
Music Director Hamsalekha to open Dasara Kavi Goshti
September 20, 2017Mysuru: Music Director Hamsalekha will inaugurate Dasara ‘Kavi Goshti’ on Sept. 24 at 10 am at Jaganmohan Palace here. Programmes will be held for four days till Sept. 27. The inaugural programme will have Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa, District in-charge Minister and MLA Vasu as chief guests. ‘Vikasa Kavi Goshti’ will also be organised for young…
Dasara Poets’ Meet Head quits
September 20, 2017Manasa says he can’t be a “namesake” President Mysuru: Former District Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Manasa, who was recently appointed as the President of Dasara Poets’ Meet Sub-Committee, tendered his resignation on Monday stating that he can’t be a “namesake” President. Manasa said though he has stayed away from politics to which his wife (Manjula…
Dr. Gangubai Hangal Music Varsity celebrates Foundation Day
September 20, 2017Mysuru: The Foundation Day of Karnataka State Dr. Gangubai Hangal Music and Performing Arts University was celebrated at Veene Seshanna Bhavan in Kuvempunagar here on Monday. Inaugurating the programme, Bharatanatyam exponent Dr. Vasundara Doraswamy expressed apprehension that the advent of western music and new experiments were interfering with classical art. She regretted that fine art…
Innovative initiative
September 20, 2017The appearance or emergence of Planet Earth in the boundless universe, compared to a mere dust particle for its relative volume has been chemically determined to have taken place about 4.5 billion years ago or 450 crore years ago. The tenure of human beings on the Planet, as they physically appear in our times, has…
Polymer products are integral part of our daily life: VTU VC
September 20, 2017Mysuru: “Just within a period of five years, plastic recovery has increased from 6.2 million tonnes to 17.9 million tonnes; environmentalists can take note of this and heave a sigh of relief,” said VTU Vice-Chancellor Karisiddappa. He was speaking after inaugurating the two-day Polycon-2017, a National Conference on ‘Novel Polymeric Materials’ organised by the Department…
Let not Nada Habba Dasara be just a ritual to spend budgeted allocation!
September 20, 2017Sir, Nada Habba Dasara begins this Thursday and the authorities are busy in window dressing festival venues. City roads are in a pathetic condition and no one is bothered except talking about Dasara. Potholes are filled with roadside dust or soil with a sprinkle of tar on the surface which will come back to its…
SWR celebrates Engineers’ Day
September 20, 2017Mysuru: South Western Railway Engineers Association (SWREA) celebrated Engineers’ Day coinciding with the birth anniversary of scholar Bharat Ratna Sir M. Visvesvaraya at the Chamundi Railway Officers’ Club here on Sept.15. On the occasion, K. Ravichandran, Dy. Chief Engineer – Construction, was felicitated by the Mysuru Chapter of the Association for contributing significantly in successful…
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