Mysuru: Nearly 250 to 300 students, majority of them girls belonging to Mysore University Vidyarthi Horata Samithi, staged a protest against the gang rape and killing of eight-year old Asifa in Kathua District of Jammu and Kashmir, in front of the Centenary Clock Tower in Manasangangothri campus here this morning. Holding placards and raising slogans…
Poll Code violation: FIR lodged against MP C.S. Puttaraju
April 16, 2018Mandya: An FIR has been lodged against MP C.S. Puttaraju, who is the JD(S) candidate from Melukote Assembly segment at Pandavapura Police Station for allegedly violating the Model Poll Code of Conduct. Puttaraju is accused of violating the Poll Code of Conduct by campaigning at a place of worship on Apr. 13 and a notice…
Alumni Association urges for permanent VC to Mysore Varsity
April 16, 2018Mysuru: The members of the University of Mysore Alumni Association (UMAA) have urged for the appointment of a permanent Vice-Chancellor (VC) to the century-old University of Mysore. The members made this demand at the Annual General Body meeting of the Alumni Association held at the Crawford Hall recently. The members unanimously passed a resolution to…
Chilambu, male anklet from Kerala on display at IGRMS
April 16, 2018Mysuru: Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), Southern Regional Centre (SRC), Mysuru, has displayed Chilambu, a ritual male anklet from Kerala, at the Wellington House, Irwin Road here in continuation of its Exhibit of the Month Series. The expo, inaugurated by IGRMS Officer-In-Charge J. Vijay Mohan on Apr.11, will be open from 10 am to…
Veerappan’s aide Simon dies of illness
April 16, 2018Bengaluru: Simon Anthoniyappa (56), an accomplice of the slain forest brigand Veerappan, who was the prime accused in the Palar Bomb Blast case died at the prison ward in Victoria Hospital here yesterday morning. Simon, a native of Vaddaradoddi village in Kollegal taluk, was a diabetic and was also suffering from kidney ailments. He was…
Maryada Sahadharmini Award conferred on writer Shanta Girigowda
April 16, 2018Mysuru, Apr.16 (SPN&US)- N. Girigowda Students and Fans Association had organised a function at Sarada Vilas Law College in Krishnamurthypuram here on Saturday to confer ‘Maryada Sahadharmini’ award on writer Shanta Girigowda, who had also completed 65 years. Conferring the award, poetess Dr. Latha Rajashekar recalled the adage, ‘there is a woman behind every successful…
SWR Women’s Welfare Organisation presents Annual Awards
April 16, 2018Mysuru: An Annual Awards function was conducted by South Western Railway Women’s Organisation (SWRWWO) at Railway Officer’s Club, Hubballi, recently. The chief guest for the event was A.K. Gupta, General Manager of South Western Railway. Merit Scholarship Certificates along with cash prizes amounting to Rs. 1,86,500 were distributed to 72 children of Railway employees of…
Call to nurture Mysuru’s cultural heritage
April 16, 2018Mysuru: R.G. Singh, Honorary Secretary, Ramsons Kala Pratishtana (RKP), called for a concerted effort to nurture the many intangible forms of cultural heritage, especially in relation to the rich legacy of Mysuru left behind by the rulers of Wadiyar dynasty. He was speaking at the day-long National Conclave on the ‘Economic of Urban Heritage Conservation:…
Y.N. Shankaregowda is Mysuru Dist. Congress Campaign Committee President
April 16, 2018Mysuru: Senior Congress leader Y.N. Shankaregowda took charge as the Mysuru District Congress Campaign Committee President at the Congress Bhavan near City Railway Station here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, former MP C.H. Vijayashankar said that the people of the country are fed up with Narendra Modi Government as the NDA Government had failed to…
Farmers demand release of water to VC Canal
April 16, 2018Mandya: Police took farmers and BJP activists who were protesting in the town yesterday into custody. The protest led by farmer leader and BJP aspirant from Srirangapatna K.S. Nanjundegowda near Visvesvaraya Circle on Bengaluru-Mysuru road was aimed against the officials for stopping water discharge to VC Canal from KRS reservoir. In the context of low…
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