Mysuru: Dr. K. Leela Prakash, Founder-Director & Chief Editor, Dr. K. Krishnamurthy Samshodhana Pratishtana, Mysuru, has been conferred with ‘Jagguva Kulabhushana Bhatta Award’ given by Karnataka Sanskrit University, for her translation work ‘Kannada Charudattam.’ The award carries a cash prize of Rs.10,000 and a citation. The author received the award at a programme organised by…
Tenders invited Mysuru: It has been decided to hire a private vehicle for official use of the District Family Court Judge on a monthly rental basis and tenders have been invited for the same from registered Travel Agencies. The vehicle must be capable of travelling a minimum of 2,700 kilometres or 300 hours in a…
Mysore: Dr. Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist, International Monetary Fund (IMF), will deliver a lecture on the topic ‘The challenges of globalisation,’ as part of JSS Mahavidyapeetha’s Ninth Endowment Lecture Series, at Sri Rajendra Centenary Hall in JSS Hospital premises at 10.30 am on May 20. For registration, contact Ph: 0821-2548211 or 2548212. Profile: Dr. Gita…
Mysuru: Vijay Foundation, along with Heartfulness Education Trust, has organised a book release ceremony at Rotary Centre, JLB Road, here on May 16 at 6 pm. The book ‘Health Education – A guide to promote wellness in children’ authored by Dr. B.R. Pai, Promoter of Health and Wellness, will be released by Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja…
Mysore: The State Pharmacists Association has demanded filling up of vacant pharmacy posts in the Health Department. Addressing a press meet here yesterday, Association State President B.S. Desai said that there were many pharmacist vacant posts in the Health Department which have not been filled since many years. Claiming that unqualified persons were dispensing medicines…
Mysuru: A driver of a tourist vehicle, who had brought tourists to the Chamundi Hill, allegedly assaulted a Security Guard for not allowing the vehicle near the Temple yesterday. While the Security Guard, who was assaulted, is Mahesh, the driver who assaulted him is Ayaz Shariff of city. Ayaz, who had brought tourists to Chamundi…
Car, mobile phone and knife seized; gold ornaments recovered Nagamangala: Nagamangala Police have arrested one member of a gang which was looting passengers after picking them on Bengaluru-Mangaluru National Highway in the guise of dropping them. The arrested is Venkatesh, a resident of Huliyur Durga in Kunigal taluk of Tumakuru district. Accused Venkatesh had formed…
Not everybody is fortunate to get opportunities to work in different fields that are related. There are a few, however, who do manage to straddle many areas and successfully at that. Star of Mysore Features Editor N. Niranjan Nikam met one such person Colin Hughes, Managing Director, HarperCollins, who has been a journalist, publisher and…
The two digits, 0 and 1, together described as binary code, also called bits, used for representing words and also images, traced to the binary number system, invented by Gottfried Leibniz (1646 – 1716) in 1689, accounting virtually for the heart and soul of all electronic devices, may not be familiar to anyone among lay…
Sir, I knew Narasimha Murthy, more popularly known as Master Hirannaiah, for more than sixty years. A multi-faceted personality, his death is a great personal loss to me and equally in the field of drama and society at large. He was our family friend from the time he came to study in Sarada Vilas College….
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