Mysuru: The State Election Commission (SEC) has appointed the following officers as Poll Observers for the MCC polls to take place on Aug.31. IAS officer B.S. Satish, Deputy Secretary (Mines), Department of Industries and Commerce, Vikasa Soudha, Bengaluru, has been appointed as the Special Observer covering all the 65 MCC Wards in city. [e-mail: [email protected];…
164th Jayanti of Brahmasri Narayana Guru celebrated
August 28, 2018Mysuru: Marking the 164th Jayanti of Brahmasri Narayana Guru, the District Administration and the Department of Kannada and Culture had organised a function at Kalamandira here yesterday. Inaugurating the programme after showering flowers to the portrait of Narayana Guru, Additional DC T. Yogesh opined that good thoughts and principles of any person coming from any…
Rafale deal proves lack of transparency in BJP-led Govt.: Former Union Minister
August 28, 2018Mysuru: “The Narendra Modi-led NDA Government at the Centre is lacking transparency in the multi-crore Rafale Aircraft deal causing huge loss to the public exchequer,” asserted former Union Minister M.M. Pallam Raju. Addressing a press meet at a private hotel here on Sunday, Raju said that as per the international bid opened by the UPA…
CM’s public contact programme only on Saturdays
August 28, 2018Bengaluru: Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy will hold public contract programme on all Saturdays when he is in Bengaluru. The programme will be held between 11 am and 4.30 pm at the CM’s home office ‘Krishna’ on Kumarakrupa Road, during which the public can submit representations or air their grievances. However, representation on transfers, personnel issues…
Swami Vivekananda Leadership Award for city Yoga Guru
August 28, 2018Mysuru: Integrating Spirituality and Organisational Leadership (ISOL) Foundation, Chicago (USA), will confer ‘Swami Vivekananda Leadership Award’ on Yoga Guru Dr. K. Raghavendra Pai of Mysuru for his outstanding achievement and service in the field of Yoga. Dr. Raghavendra Pai will be conferred with the award at the World Congress on Vedic Foundations of Management Science…
Retired Professor passes away
August 28, 2018Mysuru: Dr. H.S. Devaraj (63), retired Professor of JSS Medical College, Mysuru, passed away at DM Wayanad Institute of Medical Sciences (DM WIMS) Hospital in Wayanad, Kerala, yesterday. He leaves behind his wife, two sons and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites were performed at Veerashaiva Burial Grounds in Banashankari, Bengaluru, today, according…
Woman held in fake currency notes racket
August 28, 2018Mysuru: Vidyaranyapuram Police have arrested a woman for her involvement in printing and circulating fake currency notes in city. The arrested has been identified as 40-year-old Gowramma, a resident of J.P. Nagar in city. Gowramma, who purchased clothes from a roadside vendor near the library in Vidyaranyapuram, gave the vendor fake note which the vendor…
Lecture on V.S. Naipaul
August 28, 2018Mysuru: The Department of English, Teresian College, Siddarthanagar, had recently organised a lecture at the College premises to pay tribute to the Nobel Laureate and Booker Prize winner V.S. Naipaul, who passed away on Aug.11 at the age of 85. Both UG and PG students attended the programme which started with an introduction to Naipaul…
Bags “Outstanding Scientist in Biotechnology” Award
August 28, 2018Mysuru: Dr. P.V. Ravindra DBT Ramalingaswami Fellow-cum-Assistant Professor, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) at CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru, has been conferred “Outstanding Scientist in Biotechnology” Award for research contributions in the field of Biotechnology by the “Board of Management of the Venus International Foundation”, Chennai recently. Dr. Ravindra obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Veterinary…
The Best and the Worst on Show
August 28, 2018By T.J.S. George, How many will learn how many lessons from the floods that devastated Kerala and Kodagu? The most important lesson is bound to go unlearned — that, ultimately, these were again examples of Nature collapsing under the impact of human greed. We were warned of it five years ago when cloudbursts and landslides…
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