Mysuru: Dr. K.C. Prashant Kumar has taken over as the Deputy Conservator of Forests, Mysuru Division. He replaces H.T. Hanumanthappa. Prashant Kumar hails from Dhannur Village in Bidar district and has a Ph.D. (Genetics), from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), the country’s premier national institute for agricultural research, education and extension, New Delhi. He completed…
Former Rangayana Director Prasanna to inaugurate Bahuroopi on Jan.12
January 6, 2019‘Mysuru: Bahuroopi-2019, with the theme ‘Gender Equality,’ will be inaugurated by former Rangayana Director Prasanna at 6 pm on Jan.12 at Vanaranga, said Additional Deputy Commissioner T. Yogesh. He was addressing a press conference after releasing a poster at the Rangayana premises here yesterday and said that there will be 18 plays in all, staged…
Financial support to NGOs
January 6, 2019Mysuru: As part of its social responsibility activities, Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara – Institute for Management Development (SDM-IMD), Mysuru, has extended financial support to several NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations) on Jan.3. The Institute has been providing financial aid to NGOs over the years. Through social response activities, the students play an active role to find solutions to…
Life-time Achievement Award to former CFTRI Director
January 6, 2019Mysuru: The All India Food Processors’ Association, as part of its Platinum Jubilee Celebrations, decorated Dr. V. Prakash, former Director of CFTRI, Mysuru, with “Life-time Achievement Award” for his extensive contribution to the field of Food Science, Food Technology and Innovative Processes. The award was given by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind in…
City teacher selected for State-level artwork competition
January 6, 2019Mysuru: To lend creativity to the ideas that form in the mind and bring it out in art form is a talent very few people possess. One such artiste who is giving his creative juices a free run is city’s Sri Paramahamsa Vidyaniketana School teacher M. Nagaraj. He has been selected to display his artworks…
Terrorism, internal security expert delivers talk at ATI
January 6, 2019Mysuru: The Probationary Officers of the 174th and 175th batch of Common Foundation Course at the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) were exposed to fresh thinking on internal security and terrorism by advisor Tobby Simon at a talk he delivered in the ATI recently. The newly appointed Probationary Officers from State Audit and Accounts Department, Animal…
Two-wheeler lifter held
January 6, 2019Three vehicles worth about Rs.1 lakh recovered Mysuru: Devaraja Police, on Dec.4, arrested a 28-year-old youth who was moving around on a scooter in a suspicious manner and subjected him to interrogation during which the Police came to know that he was a two-wheeler lifter. The accused is Shekar of Kurimandi in Kesare 1st Stage….
Police complaint lodged against miscreants demanding ‘hafta’
January 6, 2019Mysuru: A driver, ferrying passengers to and from H.D. Kote, has lodged a complaint with K.R. Police, alleging that a group of miscreants were demanding hafta besides threatening to burn down his vehicle if he failed to give the same. According to the complaint lodged by driver Raju, when he was dropping passengers from H.D….
Vehicles without registration number plate: Police seize more than 50 vehicles, verify documents
January 6, 2019Mysuru: Suspecting that vehicles plying without registration number plates were indulging in crime, the Police have begun checking of vehicles sans number plates at all Sub-Division limits in city since yesterday morning. During the checking taken up by the Traffic and Civil Police personnel, they seized over 50 such vehicles and verified the documents. DCP…
Unidentified person run over by train
January 6, 2019Mysuru: The Mysuru Railway Police, on Jan.3, have found a body of an unidentified man between Mysuru and MNGT Railway Stations who was run over by a train. The deceased is about 50-year-old, 5.2 ft. tall, oval faced, normal built, wheatish complexioned and was wearing a black stripped full arm shirt and a grey pant….
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