Mysuru: Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysuru, conducted Apollo Cardiovascular Symposium (ACVS) – 2019 for city doctors at a private hotel in city recently. More than 250 doctors from Mysuru and surrounding places attended the symposium, which enhanced the knowledge of doctors on the relationship of cardiology with other fields of medicine. The following doctors presented papers…
‘More research needed in the field of Artificial Intelligence’
November 19, 2019Mysuru: The Department of Studies in Computer Science, University of Mysore had organised a workshop on ‘Artificial Intelligence and Learning’ at Vigyan Bhavan in Manasagangothri here yesterday. Inaugurating the programme, Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh Director Dr. P. Nagabhushan opined that more research was needed in the field of Artificial Intelligence…
JSS employees hold Deepotsava at Nandi Statue premises
November 19, 2019Mysuru: As part of third Monday of Karthika Maasa, special puja and Deepotsava was held at the Nandi Statue premises atop Chamundi Hill by JSS Hospital Employees Association. Special pujas and prasadam distribution was done under the leadership of Association President Chandrashekar. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the ritual of performing special pujas…
Student drowns in ditch near Harangi Dam
November 19, 2019Kushalnagar: A college student, who had come on an excursion, drowned after he accidentally fell into a big ditch caused by the water being let out from Harangi Dam. The deceased student is Puneeth (17), a first year PU student at Srisai Gurukula at Honnalli in Davanagere district. He was among 90 students, who had…
Alleged kidnapper sent to Judicial Custody
November 19, 2019Accused faces charges under POCSO Act Nanjangud: A 27-year-old man was sent to judicial custody under Prevention of Children from Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act after he was arrested on charges of kidnapping a minor girl and keeping her under house arrest. The accused is Balu, a construction labourer and a resident of Golur village in…
Labourer goes missing from city
November 19, 2019Mysuru: A Tamil Nadu-based tiles labourer has gone missing from city and Labour Contractor K. Ravi has lodged a missing complaint at Vidyaranyapuram Police Station. The missing person is 37-year-old S. Vijay, who was working since 33 days with Ravi but did not come for work after Deepavali festival on Oct. 28, according to the…
State-level Chutuku Kavigoshti held
November 19, 2019Mysuru: The State-Level Chutuku Kavigoshti, jointly organised by Chutuku Sahitya Parishat and Kannada Sahitya Parishat was held at Kannada Sahitya Bhavan at Vijayanagar in city, this morning. Inaugurating the programme, Littérateur Dr. C.P. Krishnakumar said that limericks and short poems had importance of their own as it is one of the ways to express friendship…
Lingambudhi Kere: The lake for all seasons needs a makeover
November 19, 2019By M.T. Yogesh Kumar The vast ‘Lingambudhi Kere’ (lake), which was considered as the only all-season lake with pristine water in the city decades ago, is now in a poor state as the water body is polluted by drainage and sewerage water. The pollution of the lake is threatening the fragile ecosystem of the surrounding,…
Unique, unputdownable multi-authored publication
November 19, 2019Title: India Before Independence: Memories Editors: Subodh Mathur / Sfoorti Mathur Pages: 292 Year: 2019 Being a collection of true stories related to the lives of people before India became independent in 1947, the publication is unique in many ways. The narratives by 31 writers make the publication multi-authored, itself a strikingly unique feature. The …
When everything turns communal
November 19, 2019By T.J.S. George Come to think of it, everything in our country has a religious dimension to it — food, clothing, Universities, Hospitals, Civil Service, the professions like Law and Journalism, and even this column because its byline has a religion’s brand on it. (I gave up religion long ago. I retain my belief in…
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