Ganavisharada Shri Bidaram Krishnappa’s Sri Prasanna Seetarama Mandira will be holding its 103rd year Ramanavami Music Festival from today (Apr.13). The 11-day festival will be inaugurated by President of the Trust R. Guru at 5.30 pm. This will be followed by the inaugural Nadaswaram Recital by Mysore V. Krishnamurthy. The following 10 days will witness…
Amrita ranked 8th in NIRF
April 13, 2019Mysuru: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham headquartered at Coimbatore, with one of its campuses in Bogadi, Mysuru, has emerged as the 8th best University, for the second consecutive year, in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) – 2019 in the ‘University category.’ Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, with over 20,000 students and 1800+ faculty members (including about 200…
Special arrangements for physically challenged to vote welcomed
April 13, 2019Mysuru: The Election Commission of India (ECI), District Administration and Mysuru Vikala Vikasa Trust has lauded the efforts of the Administration for creating facilities to the Physically Challenged (Persons with Disabilities) and weak senior citizens to freely cast votes without any hindrance. Trust’s Managing Trustee S.S. Vaidyanath, addressing a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan here…
Woman, daughter die of electrocution while bathing in river
April 13, 2019Chamarajanagar: In a tragic incident, a 40-year-old woman and one of her daughters, who were taking a bath at Suvarnavathi river waters in the taluk, died of electrocution while another daughter sustained injuries when an electric wire snapped and fell on them yesterday. The deceased have been identified as Manjula (40), a native of Hebsur…
Awareness Jatha for ‘Special’ voters
April 13, 2019Mysuru: A massive Jatha marked voter awareness campaign for specially abled persons, jointly organised by the District SVEEP Committee, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), JSS Polytechnic for Differently Abled and other organisations in city yesterday. JSS Mahavidyapeetha Executive Secretary Dr. C.G. Betsurmath flagged off the rally at Bisilu Maramma Temple in T.K. Layout. Speaking on the…
Kathak and Hindustani music at Kalpa Kshetra tomorrow
April 13, 2019Mysuru: Jhankar, a programme of Kathak and Hindustani music, is scheduled to be held at 6.30 pm tomorrow (Sunday) at Kalpa Kshetra auditorium, # 581/1, Vijayanagar 4th Stage, 1st Phase, Mysuru. The event will showcase talents of a group of Bengalis in music and dance. Papri Bhattacharyya will be singing in Hindustani style along with…
Mysore Iconic Talent Auditions in city on Apr.14
April 13, 2019Mysuru: Mysore Iconic Talent Auditions will be held on Apr.14 at Hotel Crystal Park in Nazarbad. The talent auditions comprise dancing, cooking, modelling, singing, painting, mimicry and much more. Selected contestants will join the Indian finals and after the final selection they will represent India in world finals of Mister, Miss and Mrs. Icon World-2019….
Will Ashoka’s Navaratnas produce a great leader for India?
April 13, 2019Plato the Greek Philosopher had said that an unexamined life is not worth living. I am unable to get the sense of this precept. Whose life? If it is my own life, life of each individual, how to examine it? What are the standards and parameters? Does it also mean introspection? Further, does it mean…
Gag Tactics
April 13, 2019On April 1st, I received a Court order. But I had not written an article in two weeks so I could not have offended anyone. Then I thought it might be an April Fool’s prank. But alas, it turned out that the Court order was real and it was pertaining to the young lawyer-turned-politician, Tejasvi…
Mysuru-Kodagu voters will not let me down
April 13, 2019Very few people know that Congress- JD(S) coalition candidate from Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha Constituency C.H. Vijayashankar was in the Police Department 30 years ago. He hails from Haveri and was a Police Sub-Inspector, Hunsur Circle. He later plunged into politics and saw success by becoming MLA and two-term MP. Vijayashankar says that he is always…
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