Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar has said that the State–level Sports Meet of Government Employees will take place in the city at the end of January 2019. Presiding over a preliminary meeting at his office on Thursday, the DC said that the three-day event has been tentatively scheduled to take place on Jan.27, 28…
Ph.D Awardees
December 30, 2018Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) has awarded Ph.D in Social Work to S. Kavitha for her thesis titled “A Comparative Study on Psycho-Social Problems and Socio-Cultural Issues of Institutionalised and Non-Institutionalised Elders” submitted under the guidance of Dr. Kumudini Achchi. K.M. Girisha has been awarded Ph.D in Jainology and Prakrits by the UoM for…
Unidentified body found
December 30, 2018Mysuru: The body of an unidentified girl aged about 20 years was found between Hassan and Mavinakere Railway track of Mysuru-Arasikere section on Dec. 26. The girl is 5.6 ft. tall, oval faced, wheatish complexioned and medium built. The body is kept at Sri Chamarajendra Government Hospital mortuary at Hassan. The kith and kin of…
Baby girl killed as lorry runs over
December 30, 2018Mysuru: A one-and-a-half year-old girl was killed on the spot, when a M-Sand laden lorry reportedly ran over her at Vidyaranyapuram here on Saturday night. The deceased child is Ankitha, daughter of Ravindra and Shobha couple and residents of Railway Layout in city. The couple along with their daughter had come to an internet cum…
Woman’s gold chain snatched in city
December 30, 2018Mysuru: A miscreant has snatched a gold chain of a woman, who was returning home from a temple at Ramakrishnanagar here on Thursday night. The woman, who lost her gold chain is Kempamma, a resident of Ramakrishnanagar E&F Block. On Thursday night at about 10.15 pm, Kempamma was returning from Ganapathi Temple located on the…
Construction of building in Park Court orders status quo
December 30, 2018Mysuru” City’s Principal Civil and JMFC Court has ordered status quo in connection with a building that is coming up at the Park on seventh cross, Ramakrishnanagar I-Block in city. One Stephen Sujith, a resident of the locality, accusing that the building was unauthorisedly coming up in the Park with support from local Corporator M….
Winners of Y.R. Muralidhara Memorial Rolling Trophy
December 30, 2018Mysuru: Students of Vijaya Vittala PU College have bagged prizes in “Samartha Sadvidya” Inter-Collegiate Cultural Contests organised by Sadvidya Composite PU College recently and were awarded with ‘Y.R. Muralidhara Memorial Rolling Trophy.’ Rapid Chess: M. Supraja – 1st prize; Classical Music: Instrumental – Sai Prajwal – 1st, Film Hits – Vilas Patel – 2nd; Vocal…
Prize-winning students
December 30, 2018Mysuru: The students of Sharada Vidya Mandir, Sri Jayachamarajendra PU College, Mysuru, participated in the Inter-College Cultural and Literary Competition conducted by Sadvidya Composite Pre-University College and won second prize in Quiz and Bharatanatyam contest. The students also got a bronze medal in Karate conducted by Sikka Open Indo-Sri Lanka Karate Championship at Kerala. T….
Admission to Residential Schools
December 30, 2018Mysuru: The Education Department has invited applications from eligible students for admission to sixth to tenth standards in Morarji Desai/ Dr. B.R. Ambedkar/ Indira Gandhi Residential Schools and for admission to sixth to twelfth standards in Kittur Rani Channamma/ Ekalavya Model/ Atal Behari Vajpayee Residential Schools in the district, through an entrance exam. The admission…
Kuchela, Lord Krishna’s friend
December 30, 2018By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Mysore We have seen hundreds of people who are friends of kings, rich people, Maharajas, administrators and others. But we are not familiar with an ordinary person like Kuchela having friendship with Lord Sri Krishna, who is supposed to have…
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