Bengaluru: Mysuru-based former NASA (North American Space Agency) Scientist and scholar Dr. N.S. Rajaram (Navarathna Srinivas Rajaram) passed away in Bengaluru on Wednesday. He was 76. Born in Mysuru in 1943, Rajaram had his early education in Mysuru. After obtaining his Doctoral degree in Mathematics from the University of Indiana in USA, Dr. Rajaram served…
MyBuild Expo: A must-visit for people building, decorating houses
December 12, 2019Mysuru: The six-day exhibition of construction materials, interiors and lifestyles, ‘MyBuild-2019,’ organised by Builders’ Association of India (BAI), Mysore Centre, began at Maharaja’s College Grounds in city last evening. The expo was inaugurated by Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath. In her inaugural address, the Mayor said “Those constructing houses and those who are looking to decorate their…
Mysuru Kodava Samaja keeping tradition alive by hosting ‘Puthari’ get-together
December 12, 2019Mysuru: Huthri or Puthari festival was celebrated with grandeur and traditional fervour in Mysuru and Kodagu districts yesterday. It is a festival of harvest and getting the harvested paddy crop home. Kodavas and members of Kodagu Gowda community visited paddy fields in their traditional attire and harvested the new crop after offering prayers. The festival…
Siddharamaiah undergoes Anglioplasty, shifted to ward
December 12, 2019Bengaluru: A day after he underwent an Anglioplasty procedure at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Wednesday, former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah was shifted to the special ward of the hospital this afternoon. The Congress leader, who resigned as CLP leader and opposition leader barely a couple of days ago, was under observation in the Intensive…
NSS Programme Officers groomed on prevention and control of cancer
December 12, 2019Mysuru: National Service Scheme (NSS) wing of University of Mysore, Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports and Yenepoya University had organised a State-level training programme on ‘Enhancing Knowledge and Skills of NSS Programme Officers to educate community on prevention and control of common cancers’ this morning at Vigyan Bhavan in Manasagangothri here. About 50 NSS…
Minister C.T. Ravi to inaugurate seminar on Kuvempu at KSOU
December 12, 2019Mysuru: Marking the birth anniversary of Poet Laureate Kuvempu, the Kuvempu Research and Extension Centre of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) has organised a seminar on the topic ‘Kuvempu – Yuga Samvedane’ on Dec. 30, which will be inaugurated by Kannada and Culture Minister C.T. Ravi at 9.45 am at Cauvery Auditorium in KSOU. Littérateur…
Opposing toll collection, KRRS to stage protest on Dec.14
December 12, 2019Mysuru: Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene will stage a protest near the Toll Plaza at KN Hundi on Mysuru- Nanjangud Road on Dec.14 at 11 am to oppose the collection of toll from vehicles plying on the road. Disclosing this at a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here on Tuesday, KRRS leader…
AP Cabinet clears Disha Bill to ensure rape verdicts in 21 days
December 12, 2019No bullets found in bodies of accused in Disha rape and murder case Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet yesterday approved a draft legislation that mandates disposal of cases of atrocities against women within 21 days and handing out the death penalty. The legislation, an amendment to the AP Criminal Law, will be called the “AP…
Tiger, elephant carcasses found in Bandipur Forest
December 12, 2019Leopardess electrocuted in H.D. Kote Gundlupet: The carcases of an elephant and a tiger in a decomposed state was found by the forest staff at Gopalaswamy Hill range and N. Begur Range coming under Bandipur Tiger Reserve. The Forest staff found the body of a 50-year-old male elephant. Bandipur Project Tiger Director T. Balachandra, Range…
Walk Within, an 8-day walk through rural Bharat from Dec. 22
December 12, 2019Experience Bharat; Explore Yourself… Mysuru: Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement (SVYM) and Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement (GRAAM), Mysuru, are embarking on a unique “Walk” titled “Walk-Within” — a walk that will help participants experience Bharat and explore their own selves during the last week of December 2019. “Walk Within” is an 8-day walk traversing 41…
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