After meeting PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah Operation Rangpanchami: Over 20 Congress MLAs loyal to Scindia flown to BJP-ruled Karnataka in a chartered flight 15-month-old Kamal Nath-led MP Govt. on the brink of collapse Scindia to address Press Meet later today Bhopal/New Delhi: In a sensational twist to the Madhya Pradesh political crisis,…
COVID-19: No holiday for Schools in District
March 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Even as Karnataka reported its first COVID-19 case in Bengaluru yesterday and with the State Government announcing a week-long holiday (Mar.10 to 17) for classes from Pre-Nursery to 5th standard in BBMP and Bengaluru Rural District limits, the Education authorities in Mysuru said there will be no such holiday in the district. Speaking to…
Zoo subway works on schedule
March 10, 2020Road above subway to be open for traffic by March end; Subway to be completed by June Mysore/Mysuru: The subway works taken up from Mysuru Zoo parking lot to the Zoo entrance gate is going on at a brisk pace and the Zoo Road is expected to be thrown open from this month end. The…
Losar festival concludes amidst Corona scare
March 10, 2020Bylakuppe: In spite of the coronavirus scare gripping the nation, the last day ceremony (15th day) of Tibetan New Year ‘Losar’ of the Tibetan calendar of Iron Mouse year 2147, was celebrated vibrantly at Namdroling Nyingmapa Monastery, the Golden Temple at Bylakuppe, with all the necessary measures in place as directed by the State and…
Suicide over alleged harassment by husband: Minister orders suspension of Assistant Child Project Officer
March 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Minister for Women and Child Development Shashikala Annasaheb Jolle has ordered the suspension of Venkatappa, Assistant Child Project Officer, T-Narasipur and husband of deceased Nagaveni, who breathed her last yesterday morning. Nagaveni was battling for life for six days following a suicide attempt over alleged harassment by her husband Venkatappa. Nagaveni (41), had attempted…
Natl. Education Policy-2019 to provide Foundational Literacy and Numeracy for all by 2025
March 10, 2020Faculty Development Programme on NEP-2019 held Mysore/Mysuru: The Draft National Education Policy-2019 (NEP-2019) is out in the public domain. Drawing inputs from the T.S.R. Subramanian Committee Report and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), the K. Kasturirangan Committee has produced the policy document. Rashtriya Shiksha Aayog or the National Education Commission, an apex body,…
National AYUSH Mission initiative: Yoga training for PE teachers
March 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A two-day yoga training programme for Physical Education (PE) teachers was held at a private hotel in Bannimantap recently. This programme was organised to promote yoga in schools for children through educational initiatives under the aegis of National AYUSH Mission (NAM). Over 50 PE teachers from selected Government High Schools of Mysuru district participated…
In Neglect the Warriors Rest
March 10, 2020Sad saga of forsaken tombs of British Officers, Soldiers in Madikeri By Prasad Sampigekatte Madikeri: Centuries ago, the battlefields of Coorg (Kodagu) thundered with their war cry as they took on marauding armies of the invaders. The British had their own army in Kodagu with thousands of soldiers and officers assisting the Empire to rule…
Women hone skills in Archery
March 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Tiger Adventure Foundation, in association with The Mountain Goat, conducted an Archery Programme as part of International Women’s Day at Seervi Samaj premises in city recently. About 51 women from different walks of life like — Doctors, Nurses, Teachers, Digital Marketing Freelancer, Excise, Speech Pathologist, Audiologist, Housewives, Techies, Journalist, Tailors, Beautician, NSS Volunteers, Domestic…
Kittur Rani Chennamma Award conferred on Anitha Cariappa
March 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Noted theatre personality from Kodagu, Addanda Anitha Cariappa was among the 20 women achievers from different fields who received the coveted Kittur Rani Chennamma Award at a programme organised by Women and Child Development Department at Ravindra Kalakshetra in Bengaluru, marking International Women’s Day on Sunday last. Women and Child Development Minister Shashikala Jolle…
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