Mysuru/Mysore: A city Court yesterday granted interim bail to Nalini Balakumar, an alumna of University of Mysore (UoM), who had displayed ‘Free Kashmir’ placard during a demonstration held in Manasagangothri campus on Wednesday evening in protest against the mob violence in New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus recently. The Jayalakshmipuram Police had registered a…
‘Evict unauthorised occupants of Ashraya houses’
January 11, 2020MLA G.T. Devegowda instructs officials Mysuru/Mysore: MLA G.T. Devegowda has instructed officers concerned to evict people staying unauthorisedly in Ashraya houses in Ekalavyanagar, Amruta Layout and those in Chamundeshwari constituency. Speaking at a meeting held at the Old Council Hall of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) regarding implementation of Ashraya Housing Schemes, Devegowda said that the…
Nalini appears at Police Station for enquiry
January 11, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: A day after a city Court granted interim bail to her, Nalini Balakumar appeared at Jayalakshmipuram Police Station this morning where a sedition case was registered against her. She appeared before the Police to record her statement regarding the charges framed against her for holding ‘Free Kashmir’ placard. After her arrival at the Police…
Schools to have bagless day a week from next year: Minister Suresh Kumar
January 11, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Announcing that all schools in the State will have a ‘Bagless Day’ in a week from next academic year, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar said that the Government is also working on the ways to considerably reduce the weight of bags of school- going children. He was speaking after…
500-plus varieties of roots and tubers on display at Mela
January 11, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: “Tubers are precious gift to our life given by nature and they represent our unique culture. Unless we preserve that knowledge, there is no future for us,” opined senior Folk Scholar Prof. Kalegowda Nagawara. Speaking after inaugurating the two-day ‘Roots and Tuber Mela’ which began at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry in city this morning, he…
Supreme Court to hear curative pleas of Nirbhaya convicts Mukesh, Vinay on Jan. 14
January 11, 2020New Delhi: A five-Judge Bench of the Supreme Court (SC) of India will hear the curative pleas filed by two of the four convicted in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case on Jan. 14. This Bench will consider the petitions filed by convicts Mukesh and Vinay Kumar in chambers. All of the four remaining convicts are…
International Seminar on “Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities”
January 11, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: The Department of Computer Applications at JSS Science and Technology University, Mysuru, is organising a one-day International Seminar on “AI in Real Time: Challenges and Opportunities” on Jan.13 from 9.30 am at its Seminar Hall I in Golden Jubilee Bhavan. Intelligent machines are becoming increasingly important in modern life and playing an important, even…
‘Profit should not endanger harmony among resources’
January 11, 2020Prof. K. Chidananda Gowda delivers Convocation address at Bhavan’s Priyamvada Birla Institute of Management Mysuru/Mysore: “Profit should not endanger the harmony among the resources of six Ms — Men, Money, Material, Machine, Management and Mother Earth,” opined Prof. K. Chidananda Gowda, former Vice-Chancellor, Kuvempu University. He was delivering the address at the Convocation of the…
International Workshop on ‘Borderless Biology: From Basics to Business’ held
January 11, 2020Experts emphasise importance of snakebite treatment in rural areas Mysuru/Mysore: A three-day International Workshop on the theme ‘Borderless Biology: From Basics to Business’ and a half-day CME session on ‘Snakebite Treatment’ was inaugurated at JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER) recently by Dr. P.A. Kushalappa, Director-Academics and Prof. Manjunatha R. Kini, Professor,…
Padma Shri Dr. Aruna Sairam to perform at Hill Temple
January 11, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: A Karnatak Vocal Music Concert by Padma Shri Dr. Aruna Sairam has been organised at Chamundi Hill Temple premises from 6 pm to 8.30 pm tomorrow (Jan.12) under the aegis of TVS Motor Company Ltd., Mysuru. She will be accompanied by Shraddha Ravindran on violin, K. Praveen Kumar on mridanga and S.V. Ramani on…
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