By D. Lalitha Rao A few weeks ago I had written about how we were waiting for a certain happy event, now it’s in the next stage. It has finally happened after months of anticipation. We have become grandparents to a fine baby boy and he is all of two-months-old as of now. He is…
Amicable settlement to land dispute at Bettageri in Kodagu
November 27, 2017Gonikoppal: The long-standing dispute between Chowrira family and a Bettadapura Kannada Mutt over a land measuring 193 acres at Bettageri in Kodagu was amicably settled on Saturday with the Mutt head Sri Chennabasava Deshikendra Swamiji taking possession of land records. The documents were signed and handed over to the Seer along with land acquisition mahazar…
‘Media joining hands with capitalists, spoiling health of society’: Professor Dr. Vinaya Okkunda expresses concern
November 27, 2017Mysuru: Today’s Media is joining hands with capitalists and disturbing the health of the society. The way language is used flippantly is also a cause for concern, regretted Professor Dr. Vinaya Okkunda. She was speaking at the seminar on “Contemporary Circumstances: Many Challenges” at the 83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana at the Maharaja’s College…
Dissolving negative Chi
November 27, 2017The Wu Lou (bottle gourd) originates from a vegetable. When dried, it is very durable and its shape renders it useful as a receptacle for medicine. Most often the Wu Lou is carried by aged people as a charm of longevity and a charm to dissipate or ward off pernicious influences. The Wu Lou is…
Annual get-together of Jayalakshmi Kodava Association held
November 27, 2017Mysuru; The thirteenth annual get-together of Jayalakshmi Kodava Association was held recently at Kodagu Sahakara Sangha premises in Jayalakshmipuram. On the occasion, merit scholarship was awarded to Kadira Honal Appachu. Maneyapanda Sachi Ponnamma, Principal of MICA College, was honoured on being nominated as the Syndicate and Academic Advisory Council member of the University of Mysore….
Sri Igguthappa Kodava Assn. get-together
November 27, 2017Mysuru: The 14th annual get-together and general body meeting of Sri Igguthappa Kodava Association was held recently at Kodava Samaja premises in Vijayanagar here. Moodera P. Belliappa, Association President, presided. Muccatira T. Nanaiah, Senior Advocate, Bengaluru, and his wife were the chief guests on the occasion. The day-long programme started with invocation by Udiyanda Yukta…
Government for liquor ban in State: Minister Thimmapur
November 27, 2017Mysuru: Maintaining that the Government was in favour of banning liquor in the State, Excise Minister R.B. Thimmapur has said that however, a decision cannot be taken in this regard instantly. Speaking to press persons after holding a meeting with Excise Officers from Mysuru division districts at the Government Guest House in Nazarbad here on…
Beating the dead horse(s)
November 27, 2017An idiom in Kannada conveys the simple message that you don’t have cause for fear or bother in any situation as long as the going is good. A philosopher has simplified the phenomenon of fear as the fear of fear itself. The fear of an impending nuclear holocaust resulting in the decimation of all life…
Congress to hold State-level Minorities Convention in Mysuru on Nov.30
November 27, 2017T. Narasipur: In order to publicise the Congress Government’s programmes for the welfare of Minorities, a State-level Meet of Minorities will be held in Mysuru on Nov.30. Announcing this at a press meet here recently, KPCC Minorities Wing Mysuru Division Vice-President N.K. Fareed said that the Convention will take place at the District Congress office…
Save the lung space around Chikka Gadiyara
November 27, 2017Sir, The space around Dufferin Clock Tower, also called Chikka Gadiyara on the South of Devaraja Market, was developed a few years back into a nice social gathering place. It is a little lung space in that busy surrounding. But, what has become of it nowadays? It is getting gradually converted into another place for…
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