Mysore/Mysuru: Shravan Manjunath Nagesh, a native of Kodagu, has been appointed as Justice of the Peace (JP) in the State of New South Wales, Australia. He took Oath of Office in Court during February 2021. After passing the ‘Justice of the Peace’ exam with 100 percent marks, Shravan was nominated by a Member of Parliament…
Workshop on Inter-Professional Education held
April 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: JSS College of Nursing, in collaboration with JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research (JSS AHER), Mysuru, had organised a virtual Inter-Professional Team Training Workshop on ‘Patient Centred Care in Diabetes: An Inter-Professional Approach’ on Apr. 7. The workshop was inaugurated by the chief guest Dr. P.A. Kushalappa, Director (Academics), JSS AHER, guest Dr….
SSLC exam to be held as per schedule, says Minister
April 15, 2021Bengaluru: Hours after the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) cancelled the Board’s Class 10 exam yesterday due to surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S. Suresh Kumar on Wednesday said that the SSLC exam of State Board will be held as scheduled from June 21. Speaking…
City Professor elected as ‘Fellow’ of Intl. bodies
April 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. S. A. Mohan Krishna, working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE), Mysuru, has been elected as ‘Fellow’ for various technical international professional bodies and invited as ‘keynote speaker’ for two international conferences recently. He has been elected as ‘Fellow’ of International Institute for Organised…
10 held for gambling
April 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The City Crime Branch (CCB) Police, who raided a coconut farm at BEML Layout (Rajarajeshwarinagar) 2nd Stage, have taken 10 persons into custody for indulging in gambling and have seized Rs. 1,73,600 cash which was in stake and playing cards from them. Those who had indulged in gambling were: 31-year-old Shivaraja, 41-year-old Jagadish, 30-year-old…
Education Dept. issues order mandating linking of Ration Card with school admission
April 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Adding one more dimension to school admission, the State Government has ordered linking of Ration Card of students during new school admissions mandatory. The Education Department Commissioner, in an order issued on Apr. 12, has directed the Department officials to demand submission of Ration Card from parents of students who are getting newly admitted…
Specially abled youth found dead at Tilaknagar
April 15, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A 24-year-old specially abled youth was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his room in Tilaknagar on Apr. 12. The deceased youth has been identified as Paulus. He was staying in a rented room along with his friend and was found dead with foam in his mouth on Apr. 12 morning. It is suspected…
Dream, Dream, Dream: Divinity and Destiny!
April 15, 2021If wishes were horses, beggars would ride, is an old saying, as old as the hills. The closest synonym of the word ‘wishes’ could be ‘dreams’ and so let us discuss about dreams. It is a pessimistic saying suggesting wishes (dreams) can never be realised. But we are often advised to have dreams, big ones…
Connecting with Yoga
April 15, 2021By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist The word yoga comes to us from the Vedic period. It basically referred to connecting the cart to the horse or the cart to the ox, ergo, it is about connecting two things. The simplest meaning of yoga is a connection, or more specifically, alignment between…
MCC property tax payment: A citizen’s woes
April 15, 2021Sir, The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has done it again. Every year its bureaucratic structure takes a toll on poor citizens who struggle in hot sun to pay the property tax. I already visited their Zonal Office in Sharadadevinagar. The website it has created for calculation and payment of taxes failed in every step. Every…
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