Month: July, 2019

Government postpones KMF Chairman’s Election
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Government postpones KMF Chairman’s Election

July 31, 2019

Bengaluru: In a shock to former PWD Minister H.D. Revanna, new Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa postponed the polls to elect the Chairman of the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) just a couple of hours before the election was to take place on Monday. Revanna, who was very keen on becoming the Chairman of KMF, had reportedly…

Dr. Kambara to deliver Sardar Panikkar Memorial Lecture at RIE  tomorrow
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Dr. Kambara to deliver Sardar Panikkar Memorial Lecture at RIE tomorrow

July 31, 2019

Mysuru: The  Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Mysuru, will celebrate its 57th Foundation Day on Aug.1 at 11 am in the Institute Assembly Hall.  Dr. Chandrashekara B. Kambara, Jnanpith Awardee and President of Kendra Sahitya Academy, will be the chief guest and deliver the Sardar Panikkar Memorial Lecture.  Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, University of…

Selected for National Chess and Gymnastics contests
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Selected for National Chess and Gymnastics contests

July 31, 2019

Mysuru: The following students of Acharya Vidya Kula (AVK), Mysuru, have excelled in Chess and Gymnastics contests: Prasiddhi  Bhat (Class VIII) secured the first position and M.N. Spurthi (Class VII) secured fifth place in the Regional Chess Tournament conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) at Bengaluru recently. They have qualified…

Annual Nataka Academy Awards
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Annual Nataka Academy Awards

July 31, 2019

None from Mysuru make it to the list; Amateur Artistes Association condemns Academy’s decision Mysuru: Mysuru Amateur Artistes Association has condemned the Karnataka Nataka Academy for failing to  recognise the services of theatre artistes from Mysuru district while announcing the Annual Nataka Academy Awards for the year 2019-20.  Association Secretary B. Rajesh, in a press…

‘Digitalisation leads to boom in media industry’
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‘Digitalisation leads to boom in media industry’

July 31, 2019

Mysuru: “Journalism is a different ball game with post internet and digital media. The social networking sites, internet, apps and digital media have  laid a path of rapid development in the field of new era media. Emerging technologies have helped various media platforms to evolve and see their own development,” said senior journalist and retired…

Training for DLSA Panel Advocates
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Training for DLSA Panel Advocates

July 31, 2019

Mysuru: A two-day training programme for newly-selected Panel Advocates of Mysuru District, organised jointly by District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) and Mysuru Bar Association, was inaugurated at the meeting hall of the new Court Complex in Jayanagar here yesterday. Totally, 119 Panel Advocates are participating in the programme who are being groomed by Resource Persons….

Negilayogi Trust to celebrate Doctors’ Day this evening
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Negilayogi Trust to celebrate Doctors’ Day this evening

July 31, 2019

Mysuru: Negilayogi Seva Trust will be celebrating its 10th anniversary and Doctors Day today (July 31) at Vidyavardhaka Sangha auditorium on Seshadri Iyer Road at 7pm.  The function will be inaugurated Dr. P.J. Girish, Director, Department of Medical Education, Government of Karnataka. A.M. Annaiah, Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (retd.), will be the chief…

World Breastfeeding Week from tomorrow
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World Breastfeeding Week from tomorrow

July 31, 2019

Mysuru: World Breastfeeding Week will be celebrated in different parts of the city from Aug.1 to 7, according to Indian Academy of Paediatrics, Mysuru District Branch President Dr. Rajeshwari Madappa. Addressing a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan here yesterday, Dr. Rajeshwari Madappa said that the Week will be celebrated in association with JSS Hospital, MMC&RI…

Tale of three business Tycoons
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Tale of three business Tycoons

July 31, 2019

What you don’t see with your eyes, don’t invent with your tongue.—Jewish Proverb While writing about V.G. Siddhartha, the Big Boss of the omnipresent Cafe Coffee Day with its signature logo of an inverted comma with the legend, who had gone missing in this column yesterday, I had promised to write about three business tycoons…

Pet Talk
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Pet Talk

July 31, 2019

In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka tells about keeping rabbits as pets, its diet, life span and health care. By Maneka Gandhi Do rabbits make good pets? Rabbits have strikingly distinctive personalities. They can be as playful and silly as puppies or kittens, as independent and fascinating as cats, or as loyal and openly affectionate…

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