Former CM S.M. Krishna writes to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and Mysuru District Minister S.T. Somashekar Mysore/Mysuru: The long-pending project of converting the 85-year-old house of Poet Laureate and Jnanpith awardee Kuvempu (K.V. Puttappa) in city into a Museum has just got a boost with former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna writing to Chief Minister B.S….
Yodha Habba in memory of martyred soldier Maj. Sandeep Unnikrishnan held
March 18, 2021Nanjangud: Marking the birth anniversary of Maj. Sandeep Unnikrishnan, an officer in the Indian Army serving in the elite Special Action Group of the National Security Guards, who was martyred during the November 2008 Mumbai attack, Yuva Brigade had organised ‘Yodha Habba’ in memory of the slain soldier at Nanjangud Palace Grounds on Sunday evening….
Tiny bees to shoo away jumbos from raiding human settlements
March 18, 2021Pilot project RE-HAB (Reducing Elephant – Human Attacks using Bees) taken up at five locations in Kodagu by KVIC Mysore/Mysuru: With a view to reduce human-elephant conflicts in the country, Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has launched a unique project of creating “bee-fences” to address this burning issue in several States including Karnataka. The…
COVID-19 scare: Nanjangud Rathotsava on Mar.26 cancelled
March 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: With COVID-19 positive cases on the rise once again after a brief period of downslide, the District Administration, taking no chances, has cancelled the famed Srikanteshwara Gauthama Pancha Maharathotsava at the temple town of Nanjangud in the district, that was scheduled to take place on Mar.26. Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri, in an order issued…
DC to stay at Yelehundi village in H.D. Kote taluk on Mar.20
March 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The next venue of ‘Jilladikarigala nade Halliya kade’ (Deputy Commissioner’s village stay) will be Yelehundi village in Kasaba hobli of H.D.Kote taluk, on Mar. 20. On that day, DC Rohini Sindhuri, with a host of officers of various Departments, will stay at the village to hear people’s grievances and resolve them, on the spot….
Good Samaritan Shobha felicitated
March 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Physical Education (PE) teacher Shobha Kumari (Prakash), who recently assisted a tribal woman to deliver a baby girl at a public park in city, was felicitated by Mysuru Yuva Balaga at a function held at a private hotel on Dewan’s Road here on Friday. Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) Chairman Hemanth Kumar Gowda presented a…
K. Sethuram Memorial and Snehasethu Award presentation ceremony on Mar. 20
March 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Hoysala Kannada Sangha, in association with Savigannada Patrika Balaga and Sri Matha Vidya Samsthe, has organised senior poet K. Sethuram Memorial and Snehasethu Award presentation ceremony at the Institution of Engineers, JLB road here on Mar. 20 at 4 pm. Sri Ilai Alwar Swamiji of Vangipuram Nambi Mutt, Melukote, will grace the occasion. Director…
NSS must change its activities in tune with present day: Ex-VC
March 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Prof. K.S. Rangappa, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore (UoM), has stressed the need to create awareness about health, education, social responsibility and cleanliness in rural areas through National Service Scheme (NSS) Units of all Degree Colleges that come under the Varsity ambit. He was speaking at the training programme for 4th and 5th batches…
‘The Jewellery Show’ in city from tomorrow
March 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: ‘The Jewellery Show’ has been organised at Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel in city from Mar. 19 to 21 between 10 am and 8 pm. The Show will be inaugurated by Pallavi C.T. Ravi, Lavanya Kumar Bangarappa, Arpitha Randeep, Hemamalini Lakshman, Arathy Somaiah and show organisers Jagadeesh and Hemalatha Jagadeesh. Leading Jewellers will be displaying…
One killed, two injured as scooters collide head-on at Kuvempunagar
March 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A scooter rider was killed, while another rider and pillion rider sustained serious injuries, when their scooters collided head-on at Kuvempunagar here on Tuesday night. The deceased is Goutham (22), a resident of Srirampura and the injured are Manoj and Anirudh, who are undergoing treatment at a private hospital in city. On Tuesday night…
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