Mysuru: Over 50 contract employees of BSNL, under the aegis of CITU, staged a protest in front of the office of the General Manager, BSNL in Jayalakshmipuram here this morning seeking fulfilment of their various demands. The contract employees alleged that their salaries were not paid for the last six months. They sought regular payment…
Nutrition Carnival at Gangothri on Mar.1
February 25, 2019Mysuru: To facilitate understanding of “Anaemia Mukht Bharat” and to create awareness about healthy lifestyle along with good nutrition, the Department of Studies in Food Science & Nutrition, University of Mysore (UoM), has organised an ‘Open Day’ for the benefit of public and University staff and students on Mar.1 from 10 am to 5.30 pm…
J&K: When is the final solution?
February 25, 2019Revisit Simla Agreement and take the final call It was Napoleon Bonaparte who famously declared that in his dictionary there was no word called ‘impossible.’ Today, for we Indians too, it is imperative to forget the existence of the word ‘impossible’ in our lexicon in relation to the problems arising out of Jammu and Kashmir…
Short-term training at CIST, UoM
February 25, 2019Mysuru: The Centre for Information Science & Technology (CIST), University of Mysore (UoM), Manasagangothri, is offering the following short-term training programmes from March 1: 2D Animations, 3D Studio Max, Action script, Video Editing, Computers and Operating System, Web Designing, Image Editing, Designing with CorelDRAW, Desktop publishing (DTP), Educational Information Technology, Internet Awareness, Office Automation, Oracle,…
NSS volunteers excel in State-level Camp
February 25, 2019Mysuru: NSS volunteers of JSSPW participated in the State-level NSS Camp organised by DTE at Kagatti village Chintamani taluk, Kolar district. Nearly 150 volunteers, representing 70 different Polytechnics, had participated in National Social Service Camp with immense dedication. Volunteers of JSSPW were honoured and awarded for selfless social service. M. Sneha of E&C Department was…
A Memorable Music Concert
February 25, 2019Gayana Sabha, Mysuru, had recently organised a Hindustani Music Concert by A.K. Gurudutt at Kalpa Kshetra, Vijayanagar 4th Stage. He was accompanied by Pandit Ramesh Dhannur on tabla and Vighnesh Bhagawat on harmonium. Gurudutt hails from an illustrious family of musicians and Sanskrit scholars of Mysuru. His great-grandparents were revered by the erstwhile Royal family…
Ph.D awardees
February 25, 2019Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) has awarded Ph.D in Microbiology to Manasa Ravindra Walmiki for her thesis ‘Evaluation of Essential Oils against Foodborne Bacteria’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. V. Ravishankar Rai. B.R. Jayanna has been awarded Ph.D in History by the UoM for his thesis ‘Chamaraja-nagara Pradeshada Veerashaiva Matagalu – Ondu Samskrithika…
Heavenly visitor ‘iwamoto’ at its best this month
February 25, 2019By Dr. S.A. Mohan Krishna, Amateur Astronomer The most beautiful celestial object perceptible in the night sky is the ‘Comet.’ Most of the time, Comets remain in deep-frozen “sleep” in outer space, but occasionally they are dislodged from their orbits and fall forward the inner Solar System. Comets are at their brightest when they are…
Empowering symbols
February 25, 2019To activate luck entering the home, it is recommended to place a pair of statue of elephants at the foyer near main door facing inward to signal good luck and blessings entering the home Symbolism in Feng Shui is often perceived as a placebo effect, however in reality each of the Feng Shui symbols have …
Leadership Lessons For Daily Living: Lessons from auto driver Arumugam…
February 25, 2019By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam To Our Readers Leadership is traditionally seen as a specialised ability that only a few are endowed with, generally people in position of power or authority. While this could be intuitively easy to understand, leadership in the real world operates differently. In this series of fortnightly articles titled ‘Leadership Lessons for…
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