Month: March, 2019

Mahashivaratri events at Ganapathy Ashrama from Mar. 3 to 5
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Mahashivaratri events at Ganapathy Ashrama from Mar. 3 to 5

March 2, 2019

Mysuru:  Mahashivaratri will be celebrated at Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashrama in Dattanagar, Ooty Road here from Mar. 3 to 5.  The detailed programmes are as follows: Mar. 3 (Sunday): 8 am – Ganapathy, Navagraha and Shiva Panchakshari Homas; 11 am – Girija Kalyana; 12.30 pm – MahaMangalarati, Prasada distribution; 12.45 pm – Tailabhishekam to Lord…

Mahashivaratri on Mar.4: City Police issue guidelines
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Mahashivaratri on Mar.4: City Police issue guidelines

March 2, 2019

Mysuru:  To ensure smooth conduct of Mahashivaratri festival on Mar.4, City Police have issued a few guidelines to prevent any untoward incidents. According to the Police, wheeling and over-speeding by two-wheelers, drunken driving, gambling, use of loud-speakers without prior permission and screening of films on roadsides have been banned. The Police have warned of initiating…

Vid. T.P. Vaidyanathan passes away
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Vid. T.P. Vaidyanathan passes away

March 2, 2019

Mysuru: Vid. T.P. Vaidyanathan (85), renowned vocalist and a frontline artiste in the musical lineage of Mysore Vasudevacharya, passed away yesterday at Apollo BGS Hospital here after a brief illness. Born in 1934 to a family from Trissur that had just then migrated to Mysore, Vaidyanathan was attracted to music at a very early age…

Youth killed in hit-and-run accident
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Youth killed in hit-and-run accident

March 2, 2019

Mysuru:  A 20-year-old youth was killed in a hit-and-run accident that occurred in the wee hours of today. The victim has been identified as Mahendra, son of M. Nagaraja Murthy. Mahendra is a resident of Ukkalagere Village in T. Narasipur and was travelling daily from Bilugali village in Nanjangud. He worked as a loader at…

Five-day training for Hindi Assistant Professors and School Teachers
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Five-day training for Hindi Assistant Professors and School Teachers

March 2, 2019

Mysuru: National Testing Service-India (NTS-I) of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Manasagangothri, Mysuru, is organising a five-day Workshop-cum-Training Programme on Testing & Evaluation and Question Item Writing in Hindi for the Assistant Professors and School Level Teachers from South Indian States from Mar.11 to 15. Assistant Professors and School Teachers engaged in teaching Hindi…

Hero is Home. What Next ?
Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy, Columns

Hero is Home. What Next ?

March 2, 2019

Free J&K of Article 370 & 35A and do not play cricket with Pakistan till terror attack stops He who lives by the sword shall perish by the sword, says the Bible. It means one who uses violence can expect a violent response. This is what has happened to Pakistan today. Muslims of British (undivided)…

Air-strike Afterthoughts…
Columns, In Black & White

Air-strike Afterthoughts…

March 2, 2019

Financial Shield Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman is back on Indian soil and some say with his return a war has been averted. But we doubt if there would have been a war at all. Because apart from loss of lives, war also causes economic devastation and India today is a “financial asset” that super powers…

Milky Way
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Milky Way

March 2, 2019

By Ramesh Kebbehundi Think milk and only ‘Nandini’ comes to your mind, despite tough competition from other brands. After being a household brand, Nandini has now forayed into the market of snacks and namkeens, taking on the more powerful brands with aggressive marketing and customer-friendly strategies. And as if to give a shot in the…

Cramped cities, restive residents
Editorial

Cramped cities, restive residents

March 2, 2019

The ratio of urban and rural populations to the country’s total headcount has begun to be noticed with more than academic interest even as the number of cities, their spread of land, density of residents as well as their personal transport vehicles are all rising at a rate never witnessed in the past. Bengalureans who…

Silk Mark Expo begins
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Silk Mark Expo begins

March 2, 2019

Dr. Shimada Toru, Director, Laboratory of Insect Genetics and Bioscience, University of Tokyo, Japan, inaugurated the five-day Silk Mark Expo Mysore at Hotel Southern Star in city this morning. The expo, organised by Silk Mark Organisation of India, will be open to visitors till Mar. 6 between 10.30 am and 7 pm.

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