Mysuru: The students in the University of Mysore (UoM) will also have the benefit of academic knowledge from Professors of Foreign Universities in the near future. This issue was taken up for discussion at the Academic Council Meeting held at the Crawford Hall here on Monday and a decision taken to invite Professors from abroad….
Mysuru: Strongly protesting against lacunae in the implementation of the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS), students of University of Mysore gathered in large numbers in front of the Crawford Hall yesterday. The agitation was led by All India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO) and All India Democratic Youth Organisation (AIDYO). Students alleged that as the CBCS…
Social play “Gandhi Kannadaka” to be staged on Jan. 20 The world is celebrating 150th year of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth. Gandhiji and his ideas have always been intriguing with many possible interpretations at the same time. Historians, philosophers, businessmen, administrators, political thinkers, sociologists and even common people perceive Gandhiji in different ways and all of…
Mysuru: Historian and former Vice-Chancellor of Calicut University Prof. K.K.N. Kurup opined that vicious propaganda against erstwhile ruler of Mysore Tipu Sultan, demonising him as a religious bigot still continued across the country. He was speaking after inaugurating a two-day National Symposium on ‘Peasants and Rural Economy in Mysuru and Hyderabad-Karnataka Region’ organised jointly by…
Bengaluru: All eyes are on the crucial Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting in the State capital this afternoon as it is expected to be a true test of State Congress leaders and their ability to keep their house in order, even as the party is apprehensive that those learning towards the BJP may not show…
Mysuru: Corporator SBM Manju has been elected unopposed as the President of The Mysore Co-operative Bank Limited, Gandhi Square, at the Bank elections held on Jan. 16. The election was necessitated following the resignation of former Bank President and ex-Mayor B.K. Prakash. Manju, who has been chosen as Director of the Bank three times in…
Mysuru: The first edition of ‘S.L. Bhyrappa Sahityotsava-2019’ will be inaugurated at Kalamandira here tomorrow. This literary meet is organised by S. L. Bhyrappa Sahitya Pratishtana on Jan.19 and 20 as a tribute to the city’s living legend Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa, who is one of India’s foremost Kannada litterateurs. Dr. Chandrashekara Kambara, President, Sahitya Akademi…
Mysuru: In a reshuffle of bureaucrats, senior KAS Officer B.R. Poornima has been appointed as the Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) of Mysuru District. She replaces T. Yogesh, who has been transferred. Daughter of renowned writer Besagarahalli Ramanna of Mandya district, B.R. Poornima is the sister of IPS Officer B.R. Ravikanthe Gowda, who is serving as…
Mysuru: As part of Savitribai Phule Jayanti celebrations, the Karnataka Dalit Sangharsha Samithi (KDSS) had organised an awareness meet at the Institution of Engineers Hall on JLB road here this morning. Addressing the meet, KDSS District Convenor Ningaraj Malladi regretted that Constitutional rights and facilities are being grabbed by the rich. Bemoaning that Constitutionally mandated…
Mysuru: The rumours of question paper leakage regarding the written examination for recruitment of 190 posts of Police Sub Inspector (Civil), is far from truth, said Additional Director General of Police, Recruitment, Raghavendra Auradkar. In a statement, he said that the Police Department had conducted the exam on Jan.13 at Bengaluru, Mysuru, Davanagere, Belagavi and…
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