Mysuru: The students of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB) won Rolling Shield in Samskruta Story Telling and Amarakosha Chanting contests while Amrita Vidyalayam students bagged the Rolling Shield in Speech Presentation Contest held as part of ‘Samskrutotsava’ at Acharya Vidya Kula in city recently. The category-wise list of winners is as follows: Samskruta Story Telling for…
Winners of ‘Sangeetha-Jnana Sudha’
September 17, 2019City-level Inter-Collegiate Bhavageete and GK Quiz Competitions Mysuru: ‘Sangeetha-Jnana Sudha,’ an Inter-Collegiate Kannada Bhavageete and GK Quiz Contest, was organised by Vijaya Vittala PU College, Saraswathipuram, at its premises recently. Over hundred students from various PU Colleges participated in the competitions. Following is the list of prize winners: Bhavageete: 1st prize – C. Sanjana (Gurukula …
Sweety, the gold medal winner German Shepherd of Dist. Dog Squad passes away
September 17, 2019Mysuru: Sweety (5), the crime detecting German Shepherd dog of the District Dog Squad, which had won gold medals for three continuous years for detecting crimes, passed away last evening following illness. Sweety was suffering from fever since about two-and-a-half months and was under treatment but passed away yesterday at about 5 pm. Last rites…
Unidentified body found
September 17, 2019Mysuru: Nanjangud Police have found a body of an unidentified person near Muddanahalli Gate on Nanjangud-Gundlupet Main Road on Sept.14. The deceased is aged between 50 and 55 years, 5.2 ft. tall, wheatish complexioned, normal built and was wearing a faded red coloured shirt, blue T-shirt and white pant. The kith and kin of the…
Gayana Sabha to host Hidustani Music Concerts
September 17, 2019Gayana Sabha, Mysuru, has organised two Hindustani Classical Music Concerts at Vasudevacharya Bhavana, Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha on Sept.22 at 5.30 pm. The programme includes sitar recital by Ustad Shafique Khan and vocal recital by S. Hiranmayee. They will be accompanied by Bhimashankar Bidanur on tabla, while Vighnesh Bhagavat provides harmonium support. Ustad Shafique Khan…
Kulbhushan Jadhav case at ICJ: An insider’s account
September 17, 2019Mysuru-born Kartikeya Garg, now a final year degree Law student of Christ University, Bengaluru, had an opportunity to undergo a month-long course on Public International Law at the famed International Court of Justice (ICJ), The Hague, Netherlands, in July this year. The selection was through competitive process. During his stay there, he was witness to…
Butterflies and all things good
September 17, 2019By T.J.S. George When you are a downside-up man condemned to horizontality in bed, you start imagining that the world is plotting against you. A butterfly on the window or an itch on the left hand are seen as messages meant for you. Across cultures, the butterfly is a symbol of hope indicating good days…
Democracy in 3-D mode
September 17, 2019Agreeing to disagree or disagreeing to agree on a viewpoint as well as an action between two parties led to peacetime in the first case and to souring of relationships in the second. When one of the sides is administration embarking on measures ostensibly for the good of citizens, the other side comprises sections of…
Stop throwing waste food articles at street corners
September 17, 2019Prevent ‘dogs dinner’ menace Sir, Mysureans, who are increasingly responding to the call for swachchata in the city, are finding it difficult to counter situations like the ones in the photo above. Reasons: First, MCC is finding it difficult to control the ever-increasing population of street dogs in the city for reasons known to everybody…
Bags ‘Nightingale of Yoga’ title
September 17, 2019K. Krishnaveni has been conferred the title ‘Nightingale of Yoga’ by International Multidisciplinary Research Forum (IMRF) and Voice of Teachers during an International Workshop held at Nagarcoil, Tamil Nadu, recently, for selfless services in the field of yoga, for more than 20 years, as a Yoga trainer, teacher and therapist.
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