Month: April, 2018

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…

Kolkata Knight Riders score facile win over Delhi Daredevils
Sports

Kolkata Knight Riders score facile win over Delhi Daredevils

April 17, 2018

Andre Russell and Nitish Rana starred with the bat before Kolkata’s spin pair of Kuldeep Yadav-Sunil Narine strangulated the Delhi batsmen as Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) registered a comprehensive 71-run victory over the Delhi Daredevils (DD) and spoiled Gautam Gambhir’s return to Eden Gardens. Chasing 201 to win, Delhi were never really in the game…

Akshayakalpa State Open Chess: Thejkumar scores over Balkishan
Sports

Akshayakalpa State Open Chess: Thejkumar scores over Balkishan

April 17, 2018

Grand Master M.S. Thejkumar of Mysuru (2493), playing with white pieces on the top board, yesterday scored a well-earned win over A. Balkishan (2026) and is in joint lead with two other players — D. Yashas and Mysuru’s IM Girish A. Koushik — with six points from six rounds in the Akshayakalpa Karnataka State Open…

Wins VTU Inter-Collegiate Kho-Kho
Sports

Wins VTU Inter-Collegiate Kho-Kho

April 17, 2018

National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru, emerged winners in the VTU Inter-Collegiate Mysuru Zone Kho-Kho Men Championships-2018-19 by defeating BGSIT, Bellur Cross. The Championship, organised by the Department of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, NIE, Mysuru, on Apr.6 at NIE Golden Jubilee Sports Complex Sports Field, was inaugurated by Dr. K. Pushpalatha, former Kho-Kho player…

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