Mysuru: Rakshitha, a 15–year-old Lioness was operated for severe uterine infection at Mysuru Zoo recently. The Zoo Veterinary team identified the problem immediately and conducted the operation. In a press release, Zoo Executive Director Ajith Kulkarni stated that the animal is recuperating and is under post-operative care with close veterinary care.. The surgery was conducted…
Girl injured in stray dog attack
March 19, 2019She was playing in front of her house when the dog attacked her Mysuru: A two-and-a-half-year-old girl was injured when a stray dog attacked her while she was playing in front of her house at Chamundi Vihar Layout here yesterday. On hearing the girl screaming, her parents rushed to her help and rescued her from…
Ideathon: Army Tracker, Smart Glasses and Smart Travel win prizes
March 19, 2019Mysuru: JSS Science and Technology University (JSS S&TU), formerly SJCE, under the Institutions Innovation Council (IIC), had organised an Ideathon Competition recently at their campus commemorating National Science Day celebration. A total of 65 Novel Ideas were received from the students of the University. Three ideas were chosen out of 13 short-listed ones by the…
‘Singara Kala Rathna’ conferred
March 19, 2019Mysuru: Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy was recently conferred the prestigious award ‘Singara Kala Rathna’ by Singapore Kannada Sanga, in the presence of house-full audience with standing ovation for her Kshthra Draupadi of Kumara Vaysa and for her yeomen service to Bharatanatyam. The Award was presented by President of Singapore Kannada Sangha Vijayaranga Prasad. Director of Sadhana…
International Meet on Material Science
March 19, 2019Mysuru: A three-day International Conference on ‘Advanced functional materials for energy, environment and health care’ organised by Centre for Materials Science and Technology, Mysore University, at Vigyan Bhavan in Manasagangothri here, will conclude tomorrow. Inaugurating the programme, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Senior Executive Director, Professor Dr. BVR Choudhary opined that science and technology usage should…
Ph.D Awardees
March 19, 2019Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) has awarded Ph.D in Food Science and Nutrition to S.N. Prabhavathi for her thesis titled ‘Studies on Flavour Potentiating Effect of Monosodium Glutamate with Special Reference to Synergism Between Spices and Salt in Different Food Matrices’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. Jamuna Prakash. H.K. Kumara has been awarded…
Values, customers mean a lot to us, says Excelsoft MD D. Sudhanva
March 19, 2019Very few industries have flourished in Mysuru as the city is considered not that conducive to economic growth. In such a scenario, to set up a software unit at a time when hardly anyone had heard about the word ‘Software’ takes some guts to do. This is exactly what the low-key, publicity shy and Mysuru-homegrown…
Will this be the last battle?
March 19, 2019By T.J.S. George This is going to be the make or break election. It will either make the idea of India viable, or it will break it completely. The ruling dispensation knows that if they don’t win this time, they won’t win for a long time. And if they win, they’ll make sure they don’t…
Protecting privacy
March 19, 2019Extramarital affairs and intramarital aberrations are so commonplace all over the world that prompts one to wonder at their news value, given their appearance in cold print in dailies of all hues, including this one. The only difference in the way the related episodes earn space column of news papers seems to be that the…
Extend Shivamogga-Yeswantpur Jan Shatabdi Express up to Mysuru
March 19, 2019Sir, The recent introduction of a new Jan Shatabdi Express to Shivamogga Town from Yeswantpur is a welcome move. Train number 12089/12090 serves as an ideal 4-hour connectivity between the towns. The train departs now 6 days a week, from Shivamogga Town at 5.30 am to arrive at 10 am in Yeswantpur and return to…
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