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…
MUDA reclaims site worth Rs.16 crore
September 11, 2020Mysore/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…
Man goes missing from city
September 11, 2020Mysore/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….
‘Laya Vinyasa’ musical ensemble dedicated to Mridanga Maestro tomorrow
September 11, 2020Mysore/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…
Appointed as Gen. Secretary of Muktaka Sahitya Academy Trust
September 11, 2020Mysore/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…
Nrupatunga Award for writer Dr. G.S. Amur
September 11, 2020Bengaluru: 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….
55 Years After: A Memorial to an Indian Martyr
September 11, 2020When 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…
More on oilman and his memories
September 11, 2020Sir, 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…
BCCI ACU lands in UAE to video counsel players
September 11, 2020Dubai: Preventing corrupt approaches through social media will be the focus of BCCI’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) in the upcoming closed-door IPL, ahead of which the watchdog will educate players through video-counselling rather than physical sessions. An eight-member BCCI team, led by Ajit Singh, landed in Dubai on Tuesday and is in the middle of their…
More than 20,000 Coronavirus tests planned during IPL 2020, says report
September 11, 2020Dubai: More than 20,000 Coronavirus tests will be carried out during the virus-hit Indian Premier League (IPL), the Twenty20 tournament’s medical partner said yesterday. The world’s richest cricket league, starting on Sept. 19, is being held at United Arab Emirates (UAE) this year because of the pandemic and likely with no spectators. Most of the…
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