Mysore/Mysuru: Offering of floral tributes to Forest Martyrs’ Memorial and to the portrait of martyred Conservator of Forests S. Manikandan marked the observance of Forest Martyrs’ Day at Aranya Bhavan here this morning. Also, Forest Department Personnel offered a Gun Salute by firing three rounds in the air. Speaking as chief guest on the occasion,…
Mysore/Mysuru: The pension scheme sanctioned by the State Government to artistes will be streamlined and all the pensions that have been delayed so far due to various reasons will be settled within 15 days, directed Kannada and Culture Minister C.T. Ravi. The monthly pension of over 2,934 artistes in Karnataka has been delayed. Chairing a…
Mysore/Mysuru: All pensioners who have accounts in Indian Bank Mysuru and Indian Banks in Taluks have been asked to transfer their accounts to any one of the Government-authorised Banks to withdraw their pensions. The pension accounts that are with Indian Bank must be transferred to either State Bank of India, Canara Bank (Syndicate Bank), Union…
Mysore/Mysuru: In an encroachment clearance drive, MUDA authorities earlier this week have reclaimed 3 acre and 27 guntas of land coming under Sathagalli Survey No.68/1,2,3 worth about Rs.15 crore and three residential sites totally worth about Rs.1 crore in Kuvempunagar area. MUDA had paid compensation to land losers after acquiring 3 acres and 27 guntas…
Mysore/Mysuru: A 62-year-old man, who left his house in J.P. Nagar on Sept. 8 at about 1 pm, saying that he was going Kuvempunagar has since gone missing. But the missing person has left a note behind stating not to search him and has also left his mobile phone behind. The missing person is S….
Mysore/Mysuru: City’s Sri Thyagaraja Sangeetha Sabha has organised a special musical ensemble ‘Laya Vinyasa’, conceptualised by Vidwan Tumkur B. Ravishankar, on their YouTube channel on Saturday (Sept.12) at 5 pm. This programme is dedicated to mridanga maestro, Vidwan Guru Karaikudi R. Mani, one of the all time greatest mridanga players, on the occasion of his…
Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Muktaka Sahitya Academy Trust has appointed Senior Scholar Prof. N. Girigowda as General Secretary of the Trust, according to a press release from Trust Chairman S. Ramaprasad. Prof. Girigowda has served as the President of Mysuru Kannada Sahitya Parishat. He has also worked as Principal of Vijaya First Grade College, Pandavapura and served…
Bengaluru: Senior critic and writer Dr. G.S. Amur has been selected for the prestigious Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) Nrupatunga Award given by Kannada Sahitya Parishat. The Award carries a cash prize of Rs.1 lakh, memento and a citation, according to a press release from the Parishat. Mayura Awards Dr. Dhananjaya Kumble, Akshata Krishnamurthy, Dr….
When I read the poem ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ by the English poet Thomas Gray (1751) many years ago, I found many quotable quotes in that rather long poem. But the one that remained in my memory and used it in some of my writings about our heroes and achievers who go unrecognised…
Sir, It is with interest I read KBG’s Abracadabra “Here cometh oilman with the memories of the past” on U.B. Acharya’s (UB as often referred) 364-page tome, “Random Thoughts of an Oilman” (SOM dated Sept. 3). Since I am also an oilman, UB had requested me if I could review the book and I readily…
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