Mysuru: Department of Kannada and Culture Assistant Director H. Channappa has said that Kalamandira will have an international standard infrastructure shortly. He was speaking at the valedictory of Ashada Rangasuggi, a two-day theatre fest organised by Apravarambe Samskrutika Samsthe at Kiru Rangamandira in Kalamandira premises here on Sunday. Pointing out that Kalamandira will have a…
Shreya Kolathaya to perform at Raaga on Saturday
July 19, 2019Raaga Music Academy, as part of its Music for Wellness programmes, is featuring Vidu. Shreya Kolathaya, the multi- talented artiste on Saturday, the 20th July at Prajna Kuteera, Kuvempunagar at 5.30 pm. She was initiated into Karnatak Music at the age of eight by Guru Ganacharya Kanchana Narayana Bhat. Her tutelage continued under Vid. Ravikiran…
City Hospital performs critical valve in valve procedure
July 19, 2019Mysuru: Doctors at city’s Cauvery Heart and Multispeciality Hospital have performed the first case of valve in valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) procedure on a 57-year-old critically ill patient with failure of the surgically implanted valve recently. The patient had undergone an open heart surgery with replacement of his aortic valve and aortic root…
Increasing debts: Four persons commit suicide
July 19, 2019Mysuru: In separate incidents, a couple and two farmers have committed suicide following increasing debts. In the first case, a couple, unable to repay the loans they had taken, committed suicide by hanging self at K. Shettalli, Maddur taluk in Mandya district. The deceased are Manjunath (55) and his wife Indramma (45), both native of…
CESC public grievances meet tomorrow
July 19, 2019Mysuru: The CESC (Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation), V.V. Mohalla Sub-Division, will be conducting a public contact programme at the Office of the Assistant Executive Engineer, CESC, V.V. Mohalla, near Mathrumandali Circle at 11 am tomorrow (July 20). Power consumers coming under the said CESC office are appealed to participate in this programme and air their…
Talk on French Comedy ‘La Source Des Femmes’
July 19, 2019Mysuru: Mysore Open Forum has organised a Talk & Analysis on the French comedy film La Source Des Femmes by K. Manu on July 20 at 5.30 pm at Kalpa Kshetra auditorium, 581/1, Vijayanagar 4th Stage, 1st Phase, Mysore (Mob:9449819536). The film is a comedy which acts as a mirror to society about gender inequality…
‘NGOs claiming to protect tribals must be brought under scanner’
July 19, 2019Mysuru: A two-day national seminar on ‘Tribal development in India: Issues and challenges’ organised by Karnataka State Tribal Research Centre (KSTRC), Mysuru was held at the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) here on Wednesday. About 50 research scholars participated in the seminar. Inaugurating the programme, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Study Centre, Karnataka University, Dharwad Co-ordinator Subhashchandra Natikar…
Zoo Educators Selection and Training programme
July 19, 2019Mysuru: Here is an opportunity for animal-lovers to serve as volunteers in Zoo. Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens (Mysuru Zoo) has invited applications to select “Volunteer Zoo Educators.” Zoo Educators are volunteers who will help the zoo in educating about the zoo and wildlife conservation. The selected 50 candidates will be given four days training and…
Theatre of the Absurd, Karnataka: Arabian Nights of a Sort!
July 19, 2019The confidence motion moved in the Karnataka Assembly yesterday by the Congress-JD(S) coalition’s Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy was expected to have a smooth passage, either way, because its procedures were vetted by the Supreme Court, as we know. Sadly, the proceedings took a turn towards an unprecedented pandemonium with the leading coalition partner Congress raising…
A German Baker’s Sourdough offering for Mysureans
July 19, 2019By Arathi Menon There is something about Dina’s sourdough bread and you need to eat it to believe it. To the uninitiated, sourdough is perhaps the oldest form of bread there is. It is believed that the ancient Egyptians discovered this style of fermentation by accident around 1,500 BC. It spread first to Greece and…
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