Mysuru: Strongly condemning the 83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana President Prof. Chandrashekar Patil (Champa) for refusing to don the Mysuru Peta and to enter Bhuvaneshwari Devi Temple, Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj rode on a chariot yesterday in the city to register his point. In a symbolic way of registering his opposition to Champa’s actions,…
Balancing diet versus soaring prices
December 4, 2017The monetary value of food produced annually in the country is some hard-to-guess portion of the size of its economy, currently doing round at a bit more than two trillion dollars. The figures for the top four or five other economies of the world, including the United States of America, China and Japan are many…
Workshop on ‘New trends in Biotechnological approach for life sustenance’
December 4, 2017Mysuru: A Science Academies Lecture Workshop on ‘New trends in Biotechnological Approach for life sustenance’ was organised by the Department of Studies in Biotechnology, Microbiology & Biochemistry, PBMMEC Post Graduate Wing of SBRR Mahajana First Grade College, Metagalli, KRS Road, in collaboration with Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru, National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad and Indian …
Awareness Prog. on ‘Legal Rights of Women’
December 4, 2017‘Show zero tolerance for harassment of women’ Mysuru: An awareness programme on ‘Legal Rights of Women’ was organised by ATME College of Engineering (ATMECE), Mysuru in association with National Commission for Women recently. The event was inaugurated by Dr. K. Dharanidevi Malagatti, Principal, Police Training School, Mysuru. Dr. Dharanidevi Malagatti shared her abundant knowledge and…
Act against encroachments, haphazard parking in residential areas
December 4, 2017Sir, Many residents in various extensions brazenly encroach public space. It is normal that many convert open spaces in front of their homes as gardens, reducing space for road users. In addition, parking vehicles in front of the shops and other establishments are always a haphazard. Vinaya Marga of Siddarthanagar has become notorious for rash…
Seminar on ‘Impact of GST on Business Environment’
December 4, 2017Mysuru: The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), Mysore Chapter, had organised a half day- seminar on ‘Impact of GST on Business Environment’ in association with Department of Studies in Business Administration, Pooja Bhagavat Memorial Mahajana Education Centre, Metagalli at MTA Auditorium recently. Dr. C.K. Renukarya, Director, Mahajana PG campus was the chief guest…
Parents Day out at St.Joseph School
December 4, 2017On account of Jo-Fiesta event, St.Joseph School, Jayalakshmipuram, conducted Rangoli and Cooking-without-Fire competitions for parents of the students recently. Winners of Rangoli Competition — Ashwini Deepak (2nd place), Grishma Patil (1st place) and winners of Cooking-without-Fire Competition — Dr. B. Pramodini (1st place), Anjali Walimbe (2nd place) — are seen with (sitting from left) Preseilla,…
No greater deed than blood donation: Ln.Nagaraj Bairy
December 4, 2017Mysuru: A blood donation camp was organised by Andhra Bank, Shivarampet, in association with Lions Club of Mysore Garden City, to commemorate the Founder of the Bank, Dr. B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya, in the Bank’s premises recently. Inaugurating the camp, 2nd Vice-Governor of Lions Club International 317-A Ln.Nagaraj V. Bairy said that if one person donates…
Rotary-Muktaka Sahitya Award conferred
December 4, 2017Satyesh N. Bellur, an engineer and a Muktaka poet from Bengaluru was conferred Rotary-Muktaka Sahitya Award recently at a programme organised jointly by Rotary Mysore North and Karnataka Muktaka Sahitya Academy, Mysuru. He is seen with (from left) Academy President Rtn. S. Ramaprasad, Prof. N. Girigowda, Rotary Mysore North President Rtn. Rajashekhara Kadamba and chief…
Mysurean Madhu Nagaraja swims across Strait of Magellan
December 4, 2017Canada: Madhu Nagaraja, a resident of Oakville in Canada and a native of Mysuru, became the first Canadian to swim across the treacherous Strait of Magellan. Madhu Nagaraja completed the 3.9 km swim on Nov. 29 becoming the 23rd person on the planet to accomplish this feat. To put that in perspective, 536 people have…
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