Mysuru: In a reported incident, a 7-year-old kid was saved from fire by members of the public at Rajivnagar here yesterday. Syed Hussain, a resident of Rajivnagar, had gone out along with his family members, after leaving his 7-year-old child alone. But after sometimes a fire broke out in the house, reportedly due to a…
Forum Mall conducts drawing competition for children
November 27, 2018Mysuru: Forum Colorama, the drawing competition for children, was held at Forum Centre City Mall on Nov.24. More than 650 children participated in four categories putting down their vision on the most burning issue of our country ‘Agriculture in India.’ The event, hosted by Forum Centre City, had Agriculture expert Chaitra, Artist Sangeetha and Professors…
‘Bharatiya Samskruthi Utsava’ at Vijayapura in December
November 27, 2018Mysuru: Bharat Vikas Sangam, Sri Siddeshwara Samsthe, Vijayapura, along with Sri Basaveshwara Veerashaiva Vidyavardhaka Sangha of Bagalkot, have organised ‘Bharatiya Samskruthi Utsava’ from Dec.24 to 31 at the premises of Ramanagouda Bapugouda Patil (Yatnal) Goraksha Kendra in Kaggodu village of Vijayapura. Disclosing this at a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan here on Thursday, Sri Siddeshwara…
Women Self-Help Groups’ representatives stage protest
November 27, 2018Alleged misuse of women federation money Periyapatna: Alleging that Periyapatna Circle Inspector was not taking serious action against Dhan Foundation for misusing women federation’s money, hundreds of representatives of various Women Self-Help Groups, staged a protest in front of the office of the Circle Inspector in Periyapatna. The Women Self-Help Groups representatives and members, alleging…
Defying disability, special children showcase their talents
November 27, 2018Mysuru: Marking World Disabled Day, the District Administration, Department of Women and Child Welfare and the Department of Empowerment of Disabled and Senior Citizens had organised a District-level Cultural Competition for disabled children at Government School for the Deaf and Blind in Tilaknagar here recently. The special children showcased their talent and proved that they…
BSP programme turns out into condolence meeting
November 27, 2018Mysuru: The Constitution Day, Kanaka Jayanti and Arthik Sahayog Divas celebrations organised by the city unit of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) at Ambedkar Park in Ashokapuram yesterday, turned out into a condolence meeting, with party workers paying tributes to Actor Ambarish, former Union Minister and veteran Congress leader C.K. Jaffer Sharief and 30 passengers who…
City street vendors appeal for extension of micro-loan scheme
November 27, 2018Mysuru: City’s Sri. Chamundeshwari Shramjeevi Rastebadi Vyaparigala Rakshana Samiti has appealed Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to extend ‘Badavara Bandhu’ micro-loan scheme to street vendors, to the city as well and come to the rescue of the city street vendors by assuring them of social security. In a press release, Samiti President Doddamane Manjunath said that…
‘Gurunadaparva’ Music Festival on Nov.28, 29
November 27, 2018Mysuru: ‘Gurunadaparva,’ a Music Festival with two unique Karnatak Music Concerts, has been organised at Sri Vasudevacharya Bhavana (Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha) on JLB Road in city on Nov.28 and 29 at 6 pm. On Nov.28, three stalwart musicians, G.S. Ramanujam (mridanga), Dr. Srivani Yalla (veena) and Yogeswaran Manickam (vocal), will be conferred with the…
The Rotary Journey: To S. Korea and Japan – 1
November 27, 2018The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page”. —St. Augustine For once, I have discovered that good news too could spread as fast as bad news! I had decided to keep my travel to Japan and Korea under wraps, but it seems the whole town knew of my…
Torrent of tongues
November 27, 2018Mysuru hosts the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), set up in 1969 to help in evolving and implementing the language policy of Government of India, essentially based on research covering language analysis, language pedagogy and language use in society. Its Regional Language Centres conduct teacher-training programmes for secondary school teachers deputed by States and…
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