Mysuru: “There is a need to thoroughly revamp our current educational set-ups if we aim to provide quality education to learners in all areas,” said Prof. D.G. Rao, Director, Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL). He was speaking after inaugurating the five-day (from Mar.26 to Mar. 30) training-cum-workshop on Testing and Evaluation and question Item…
Niranthara to stage play No Man’s Land tomorrow
March 30, 2018Mysuru: Niranthara Foundation will be staging the play “No Man’s Land” at Mini Theatre in Kalamandira premises tomorrow (Mar.31) at 7 pm. B.T. Raghavendra Reddy and V. Pratap have directed the play and Srinivas Bhat (Cheeni) has scored the music. For details, contact Mob: 99806-36620 or 99802-73167, according to a press release.
Remembering Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait
March 30, 2018Sir, Fortieth Anniversary Commemorative Issue was good. I also received an autographed copy of KBG’s book “Star of Mysore — Story of a Unique Evening English Newspaper” via his good friend, K. Vijaya Kumar. As I was then reading a historical-cum-semi-religious Kannada book, it took me some time to start reading this book. Going through…
Moonlight Music on Mar. 31
March 30, 2018Mysuru: Vidushi K. Vrunda Acharya will present a vocal music concert at the monthly moonlight music programme organised at Suttur Mutt at the foot of Chamundi Hill at 6 pm on Mar. 31 (Saturday). Suttur Mutt Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji will grace the occasion. A talented vocal artiste, Vrunda learnt her elementary lessons in…
Chief Secretary Ratna Prabha gets 3-month extension
March 30, 2018Bengaluru: The services of Karnataka State Chief Secretary K. Ratna Prabha due for retirement on Mar. 31, have been extended by three months to June 30, 2018. The State government had recommended to the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) of the Union government to extend the service of Ratna Prabha by three months considering…
Woman ends life along with two children at Malavalli
March 30, 2018Malavalli: In a heart rending incident, a 36-year-old woman ended her life along with her two children by hanging at her residence in Gulagatta of the taluk late last night. Sunitha (36) and her children Priyanka (16), Prajwal (13) are the deceased. While Priyanka had appeared in the ongoing SSLC exam, Prajwal was awaiting his…
Intl. Conference on Data Analytics and Learning begins
March 30, 2018Mysuru: “In the 1990s everything was knowledge-based but the whole way of looking at things changed with the arrival of www,” said former Director of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata and distinguished scientist Prof. Shankar K. Paul. He was speaking after inaugurating a two-day international conference titled ‘Data Analytics and Learning-2018’ (DAL-2018) jointly organised by Department…
Businessman found murdered at Metagalli
March 30, 2018Mysuru: A businessman was found murdered by passersby, who found the body with injuries dumped on the roadside at Metagalli here yesterday morning. The deceased businessman has been identified as Harish (30), son of Siddappa and a resident of Chamundeshwari Layout, opposite Vikrant factory in city. Harish owned Shivashakthi Fabrication in Metagalli. It reported that…
SSLC student commits suicide
March 30, 2018Mysuru: An incident of a SSLC student committing suicide by hanging self has been reported from Belawadi here yesterday. The deceased student has been identified as Varalakshmi (16), a native of H.D. Kote, who was studying at the Government High School at Yelwal and staying at the Girls Balamandira in Vijayanagar 4th stage in city….
Bags Best College Magazine Award
March 30, 2018Mysuru: The annual college magazine ‘Ananthayatre’ brought out by Maharaja’s College has bagged the first prize of the ‘University Yearly Magazine Award (2016-17)’. It was adjudged the best magazine among 224 colleges belonging to University of Mysore. Ananthayatre’s Editor Dr. D. Vijayalakshmi from the Kannada Department, her colleagues and the Editorial team had worked hard…
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