Mysuru: Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra visited the Lansdowne Building area recently and directed the officials from Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to provide water and underground connections to the toilets there. The MLA was on a padayatra in Ward 23 that comes under his Constituency and was appalled by the state of affairs around the Lansdowne…
Jayant Mammen Mathew elected as President of INS
October 7, 2018Bengaluru: Jayant Mammen Mathew of Malayalam Manorama has been elected as President of Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for the year 2018-19 at its 79th Annual General Body meeting held here recently. Shailesh Gupta of Mid-Day was elected as the Deputy President, L. Adimoolam of Health and The Antiseptic as Vice-President, Sharad Saxena, Hindustan Times (Patna)…
Woes of Parasayyanahundi residents
October 7, 2018Mysuru: The residents of Parasayyanahundi, near Police Check-Post, Srirampura, have urged Srirampura Gram Panchayat to ensure adequate drinking water besides completing road repair, underground drainage works and repair of street lights in their area. In a memorandum submitted to the Panchayat Development Officer (PDO), they took strong objection for slow pace of works. They pointed…
ULB polls in Kodagu on Oct.28; Counting on Oct.31
October 7, 2018Mysuru: The Urban Local Body (ULB) polls in Kodagu, which was postponed due to floods and landslides across the district in August, will now be held on Oct. 28. The polls will be held for Somwarpet Town Panchayat, Virajpet Town Panchayat and Kushalnagar Town Panchayat. The Election Commission issued a notification in this regard on…
Embracing the core elements of Classical Music: 57th Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross Ganapathi
October 7, 2018By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan One of the distinguished singers of the younger generation, Vinay Sharva from Bengaluru presented an energetic concert at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla on the 20th of September. He was accompanied on the violin by M.A. Sundareshwaran, on mridanga by Arjun Kumar and on morching by M. Gururaj. Opening his concert with…
Government to nominate members for MCC and other Urban Local bodies
October 7, 2018Mysuru: With elections to the Urban Local Bodies (ULB) completed, the State Government has decided to nominate members to all ULBs including the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). The JD(S)-Congress coalition Government has decided to nominate their respective party members where the two parties have a majority on their own and to nominate consensus candidates to…
Advocates boycott Court proceedings
October 7, 2018Mysuru: Alleging that office-bearers of an organisation had unnecessarily lodged a complaint against a Lawyer with Police, Advocates under the aegis of Mysuru District Bar Association boycotted the Court proceedings and staged a protest yesterday near the bust of Gandhiji in front of Law Courts Complex here. The Advocates said that the complaint has been…
Macbeth, Kannada play by Parivartana
October 7, 2018Captures the nuances of Shakespearean language Macbeth, staged by ‘Parivartana Theatre Troupe’ at Kiru Rangamandira was a near perfect combination of a good translation, creative direction, lighting, music and spirited acting coming together. While the story of Macbeth is well-known to most, it is the language, both of the word and the action on the…
‘Mellusire Savigana’ aids Kodagu flood victims
October 7, 2018Mysuru: Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar inaugurated ‘Mellusire Savigana’ musical event by Vidyullahari Association held recently at Kalamandira. “Organising such programmes gives an opportunity to listen old songs. I appreciate the decision of the organizers to donate the funds collected to flood relief activities at Kodagu. I had worked as Assistant Commissioner at Kodadu….
Excel in ‘Triathlon’ technical contest
October 7, 2018Mysuru: B. Namratha and Javeriya Firdose, 3rd Semester students of CSE Department, GSSSIETW, have bagged 1st prize (Rs.3,000) in the technical competition ‘Triathlon’ organised by the Mechanical Department of Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE) at the VVCE premises recently. Also, K.B. Sindhu and B. Surabhi, 3rd Semester students of ECE Department of GSSSIETW bagged 3rd…
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