Month: August, 2020

COVID-19 restrictions dampen spirits of traditional idol-makers
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COVID-19 restrictions dampen spirits of traditional idol-makers

August 19, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Following the State Government’s guidelines restricting the Ganesha Chaturthi Festival celebrations in order to check the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most affected people are traditional Gowri-Ganesha idol-makers in the region.  In Kumbarageri alone, which is located near Gandhi Chowk in city, there are over 20 families, who have been depending on…

Cleanliness Drive by SWR Mysuru
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Cleanliness Drive by SWR Mysuru

August 19, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: As per the directives of Railway Board, a Cleanliness Drive was launched over Indian Railways from Aug. 10  to 16 to clear the debris/garbage accumulated at different corners of Offices, Station buildings, Colonies etc., with the volunteering of Railway staff along with Officers and other staff employed under agencies. The Officers and Station staff…

Online workshop for Hindi Teachers and Research Scholars at CIIL
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Online workshop for Hindi Teachers and Research Scholars at CIIL

August 19, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: A five-day online Training-cum-Workshop on Testing and Evaluation for Assistant Professors, Lecturers and Research Scholars from all over India, began at National Testing Service-India (NTS-I) of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru on Aug.17.  Prof. P.R. Dharmesh Fernandez, Deputy Director CIIL and Head, NTS-I, introduced the activities of CIIL and emphasised on the…

Webinar on ‘Solar Astronomy’  by Dr. Dipankar Banerjee on Aug. 23
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Webinar on ‘Solar Astronomy’ by Dr. Dipankar Banerjee on Aug. 23

August 19, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore Astronomical Society (MAS) has organised a webinar on ‘Solar Astronomy with Forthcoming ADITYA L1 Mission’ on Aug. 23 (Sunday) at 6 pm.  The resource person will be Dr. Dipankar Banerjee, who has been recently appointed as the Director, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital.  An astrophysicist working in Indian Institute of…

Ex-MLA C. Guruswamy passes away
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Ex-MLA C. Guruswamy passes away

August 19, 2020

Chamarajanagar: Former Chamarajanagar MLA C. Guruswamy (68) passed away at a private hospital in Mysuru this morning. He leaves behind his wife Sheela, two daughters including former ZP President and District BJP General Secretary, advocate Nagashree Pratap and a host of relatives and friends. Last rites will be held at his native village Yanagahalli. Guruswamy,…

I-Day celebrations at RCIS
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I-Day celebrations at RCIS

August 19, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Royale Concorde International School (RCIS), Mysuru, celebrated the 74th Independence Day with immense patriotic fervour on Saturday last. The chief guests, Shivprasad, Chairman, RCIS, Mysuru and Nikhil Shivaprasad, Managing Trustee, escorted by Dr. P. Arokia Raj, Principal and Roopalatha, Director-Academics, hoisted the Tricolour on the occasion. The National Anthem echoed in the entire campus….

Unidentified body found
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Unidentified body found

August 19, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru Railway Police have found a body of an unidentified man between Maddur and Hanakere Railway Stations on Aug. 17. The unidentified man is aged about 40 years and is 5.6 ft. tall, wheatish complexioned, normal built, oval faced, sports moustache and beard and was found wearing a full arm white coloured shirt…

Gold chain snatched in city
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Gold chain snatched in city

August 19, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Miscreants on a scooter have snatched a gold chain from a woman on Seetharamarao Road in Agrahara here on Monday night. The woman, who lost her gold chain, is Suchitra, a resident of Seetharamarao Road. On Monday night at about 9.30, Suchitra was taking her pet dog for a walk when two miscreants on…

Guest Lecturers Continue Weekly Protest
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Guest Lecturers Continue Weekly Protest

August 19, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: Continuing their weekly protest seeking fulfilment of their various demands, Guest Lecturers, under the banner of Government First Grade Colleges Guest Lecturers State Co-ordination Committee and Athithi Upanyasakara Rakshana Vedike, staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) office here yesterday. From the past seven weeks (every Tuesday), protesting Guest Lecturers have…

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