Bronze statues of three characters in ‘Swami and Friends’ to be installed at Yadavagiri Circle Mysuru/Mysore: The famed novelist R.K. Narayan’s iconic ‘Swami and Friends’ of ‘Malgudi Days’-fame will come alive at the popular Joy Ice-cream Circle in Yadavagiri. The bronze statuary will be installed at the sprawling Circle where five roads meet and which…
Former Corporator’s husband assaulted
March 6, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: A former Corporator’s husband has been assaulted at Yeraganahalli last night and the injured man has been admitted to a private hospital in city. He is now said to be out of danger. The injured is Annaiah, son of Siddegowda of Yeraganahalli and husband of former Corporator Rajini. Details: Yesterday night, drummers, who were…
EPF money to fetch lowest interest rate in over five years
March 6, 2020New Delhi: The Central Board of Trustees of Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has recommended interest rate of 8.5 percent — the lowest interest rate in over five years — on Provident Fund deposits to around six crore subscribers for the current financial year (2019-20). This is lower than the 8.65 percent interest rate given…
Kittur Rani Chennamma award for Anitha Cariappa
March 6, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Noted theatre personality Addanda Anitha Cariappa has been selected for the prestigious ‘Kittur Rani Chennamma’ award given by the Department of Women and Child Development in recognition of her services for overall development of women. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 25,000 and a citation. Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa will present the…
Stray dog menace continues in Nanjangud
March 6, 2020Pack of dogs bites toddler in front of her house Nanjangud: A pack of stray dogs attacked a two-year-old girl at Thyagaraja Colony here yesterday injuring the toddler seriously. The injured child is Sukrutha, daughter of Savitha, a resident of the Colony. The little girl was playing in front of her house when a pack…
CITB’s many pro-people schemes ignored by MUDA
March 6, 2020208 houses built by CITB not distributed; 441 houses distributed then not occupied By S.T. Ravikumar If Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), previously known as City Improvement Trust Board (CITB), distributing just 50,445 sites in over five decades comes as a surprise to many, it has to be noted that many pro-people programmes launched by…
Three-day State-level Para Games-2020 begins
March 6, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: The three-day State-level Para Games-2020, organised by Karnataka Sports Association for the Physically Handicapped, Bengaluru, began at Chamundi Vihar Stadium, Nazarbad in the city this morning. On the first-day today, the event was held for specially-abled children aged between 6 and 12 years of the district under four categories —Cerebral Palsy (CP), Deaf and…
National Integration Camp at JSS AHER
March 6, 2020Youth Exchange Programme Students from Kashmir attend Mysuru/Mysore: The NSS (National Service Scheme) Wing of JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research (JSS AHER), under the aegis of Youth Empowerment and Sports Department, Government of Karnataka, in association with Nehru Yuva Kendra (NYK), Mysuru, had organised a ‘National Integration Camp’ under the theme ‘Ek Bharath…
Do we need to stoop to Casino Tourism?
March 6, 2020By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD My morning newspaper today says that our State Budget does not have much funds earmarked to boost tourism except for a very modest allocation to promote it in the North and the Coastal belt. Yes, the Northern reaches of our State do have some of the finest places of…
Conference on ‘Corporate Wellness’
March 6, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: “Due to lack of trust between banks and industrialists, in the last two years, more than 7,000 industrialists have left this country which is really not a good sign,” said Sri Ravishankar Guruji, founder of Art of Living Foundation, Bengaluru. He was addressing the participants during the ‘Corporate Wellness Conference 2020’ on the theme…
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