Mysuru: It was a day they wished that would never come to an end. Nearly 140 children, all from poor families had enjoyed the free summer camp at the District Jawahar Bal Bhavan, Bannimantap, for the last 15 days and yesterday was the last day. There was cheer and joy all around as the children…
Basaveshwara Centre for Research at UoM soon
May 11, 2019Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji performs bhoomi puja Mysuru: University of Mysore (UoM) is all set to get an exclusive Sri Basaveshwara Research and Extension Centre for Social Reformation. The foundation stone for the new centre was laid by Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji this morning near the Sericulture Study Centre in Manasagangothri…
Plastic use is problematic not plastic per se
May 11, 2019Open House at CIPET throws light on plastic engineering, technology Mysore: A two-day Open House organised by Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology -Centre for Skilling Technical Support (CIPET-CSTS), Mysuru in association with Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, began in city yesterday. The event was open for public to showcase how plastic is used…
Austria Ambassador to India visits AT&S Plant
May 11, 2019Mysuru: Ambassador of Austria to India Brigitte Öppinger-Walchshofer visited the AT&S Plant at Nanjangud recently. After a ceremonial welcome, she was given an overview of the company and its footprint in India by Robert Grobbauer, outgoing Managing Director and Chief Operations Officer, AT&S India. During the facility tour, she saw the state-of-art PCB manufacturing line…
Mango Mania: Mysureans go gaga over Mangoes
May 11, 2019Summer is soaring and the ‘King of Fruits’ has occupied its throne in Mysuru. Luscious mangoes have piled up in make-shift shops, carts, street corners and stalls at various junctions and prominent places. It is that time of the year when other fruits are sidelined and mango is placed on top of the fruit ladder….
Tranquillised leopardess dies en-route to Mysuru Zoo
May 11, 2019Mysuru: The leopardess that was tranquillised by the Forest Department at Kyathanahalli village near Gaddige in H.D. Kote Taluk died last evening while it was being shifted to Mysuru Zoo for treatment. The two-and-a-half-year-old feline was in a weak condition and it had sustained serious injuries as it was caught in a wire snare placed…
School admission counselling
May 11, 2019Mysuru: District Department of Social Welfare is conducting counselling for admission to 6th standard in Morarji Desai, Kittur Rani Chennamma, Ekalavya, Vajpayee, Ambedkar and Indira Gandhi Residential Schools from May 21 to 25 at Pre-metric Boys students hostel in Nazarbad. On May 21, counselling will be done for general, special, disabled, nomads, ex-servicemen children and…
Conservation conversation
May 11, 2019Tracing the origins of the multitude of life forms on planet earth and their arrival on its surface, including the different water bodies in the range of oceans-rivers-lakes-streams-ponds-wells-and-what-have-you, followed by their departure, read disappearance for good, popularly described as extinction, over the time span of the planet’s existence, estimated chemically at 4.5 billion years, has…
ITC Chairman passes away
May 11, 2019New Delhi: Yogesh Chander Deveshwar, the longest-serving Chairman of the ITC Group, who transformed cigarette business into one of India’s leading FMCG players, died this morning after a brief illness at a private hospital in Gurugram. He was 72. He is survived by his wife and son. Deveshwar, who stepped down from an executive role…
Mother, daughter go missing
May 11, 2019Mysuru: A woman who had reportedly gone to her parents house along with her daughter have gone missing. Bhuvaneswari, 43 along with her daughter C. Lakshita, 13 from Kuvempunagar had left for her parents house in Mandya on Apr. 7 according to a complaint lodged by the woman’s husband. He stated that he had texted…
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