Date: April 17th, 2018

Hindustani flute recital at Ganabharathi on Apr. 20
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Hindustani flute recital at Ganabharathi on Apr. 20

April 17, 2018

Mysuru: Ganabharathi has organised a Hindustani flute recital by Sameer Rao at Veene Seshanna Bhavana, Kuvempunagar here on April 20 at 6 pm. He will be accompanied by Milind on tabla.   Profile: Sameer started learning Hindustani classical music and playing the Bansuri under the tutelage of Pt. Veerabhadraiah Hiremath in Mysuru. In the year…

Promoting bad governance is bad
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Promoting bad governance is bad

April 17, 2018

By T.J.S. George So it’s the mixture as before — Arun Jaitley is wise, Ministers of Southern States are dumb.  The south objected to the centre taking the 2011 population figures as the yardstick for the devolution of tax revenues to the States. Jaitley dismissed the objections in convoluted phraseology.  To wit: “Population proxies very well…

House burgled: Cash, valuables worth lakhs of rupees looted
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House burgled: Cash, valuables worth lakhs of rupees looted

April 17, 2018

Mysuru: House burglars, who gained entry into a locked house in Bogadi here on Apr.14, by breaking open the door of the house, have decamped with gold jewellery, silver articles and cash worth lakhs of rupees from the house. The burglary took place at the house of Thibbegowda, a resident of Bank Colony in Bogadi….

Selected for Basaveshwara Award
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Selected for Basaveshwara Award

April 17, 2018

Mysuru:  FKCCI Vice-President Sudhakar S. Shetty has been selected for Manavathavadi Sri Basaveshwara Award instituted by Sri Limbayyaswamy Prathishtana of Lakshmeshwara in Gadag. Shetty, who is also the Founder-Chairman of Jnanasovara International Residential School Mysore (JIRSM), has been selected for the award in recognition of his social service. The award, carrying a cash prize of…

ICSSR Senior Fellowship for Prof. N. Usha Rani
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ICSSR Senior Fellowship for Prof. N. Usha Rani

April 17, 2018

Mysuru: Prof. N. Usha Rani has been awarded with the prestigious ICSSR Senior Fellowship for two years (2018-20) to work on Media Indexing in the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Mysore. According to ICSSR, Senior Fellowships are awarded to outstanding Indian Social Scientists for conducting full-time research on themes and issues of…

Workshop on water conservation
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Workshop on water conservation

April 17, 2018

Mysuru:  Cauvery Neeravari Nigam (CNN) Ltd.,  University of Mysore (UoM)and National Service Scheme (NSS) had jointly organised a workshop titled ‘Awareness on water conservation’ for NSS Programme Officers and Engineers at Vignan Bhavan in Manasagangothri here yesterday. Inaugurating the programme by pouring water to an earthen pot, CNN Managing Director B. Shivashankar pointed out that…

Rotary Midtown Journalism Award
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Rotary Midtown Journalism Award

April 17, 2018

Mysuru: Rotary Mysore Midtown will be conferring Silicon Journalism Award for Excellence in Journalism to columnist and writer G.P. Basavaraju, Deputy Editor (retd.) Prajavani and Wildlife Photographer and International Awardee R.K. Madhu, at Rotary Centre, JLB Road on Apr. 18 at 6.30pm. Prof. G.H. Nayak, Critic and Retired Kannada Professor of Kuvempu Institute of Kannada…

Urban biodiversity
Editorial

Urban biodiversity

April 17, 2018

Mysuru’s administration as well as residents seem to have chosen not to be engaged on issues of stray dogs, wandering cattle and prowling pigs in the city’s streets for now. The disappearance of sparrows and shrinking presence of crows, nature’s cleaning brigade did not receive attention in any quarters among the citizens to the extent…

Dangerous intersection
Voice of The Reader

Dangerous intersection

April 17, 2018

Sir, The picture above is that of the intersection between Sewage Farm Road and the Road leading to D.A.V. Public School, Vidyaranyapuram. This intersection has loose gravels and debris scattered after the road was dug up for pipe laying works. Motorists have to be extremely careful while manoeuvring this intersection because there are high chances…

Footpath encroachment on Vishwamanava Double Road
Voice of The Reader

Footpath encroachment on Vishwamanava Double Road

April 17, 2018

Sir, In the last two months, work was undertaken to lay slabs on either side of Vishwamanava Double Road, starting from Kukkarahalli Lake Junction. A borewell was also sunk and later connected, crossing the Double Road to Kukkarahalli side stretch. Now, the footpath in front of Kukkarahalli side is used for parking two-wheelers, cars, water…

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