Yelandur: Infosys Foundation Chairperson Sudha Murty on Monday visited Biligiri Ranganathaswamy Temple atop B.R. Hills in the taluk and sought the blessings of the deity. Sudha Murty, accompanied by some of her family members, arrived at the Hill temple at about 9.30 am and offered special prayers to the deity. She also sought information about…
Hotels, shops sport vaccination status
November 16, 2021To promote safe business practices Mysore/Mysuru: After the killer second wave of the pandemic, many hotels and business establishments in the city have rolled out a new feature to show the fully vaccinated status of staff. This is to assure customers that they are safe as all staff manning the units were fully vaccinated and…
Govt. recognition sought for Kaliyuva Mane
November 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Maintaining that ‘Kaliyuva Mane’, a non-formal School at Kenchalagudu on the outskirts of the city, has been providing education to deprived children since many years, Divya Deepa Charitable Trust, which runs this School, has demanded recognition from the Government. Addressing a press meet here recently, Managing Trustee M.R. Ananth Kumar said that inspired by…
National Library Week launched
November 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Director of the Department of Libraries B. Manjunath symbolically launched the ‘National Library Week’ by offering floral tributes to the portrait of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan, who is considered as the Father of Libraries in India, at the City Central Library at People’s Park in Nazarbad here on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, Manjunath…
Apex Court to hear Karnataka’s plea on TN’s Cauvery river project
November 16, 2021Bengaluru: The Supreme Court will hear the Karnataka’s Government’s plea questioning Tamil Nadu Government’s decision to go ahead with its plans of taking up Cauvery-Vellaru-Vaigai-Gundar river link canal works near Kunnathur in Pudukkottai district , for the purpose of utilising 45 TMC of additional water of Cauvery river, this week, it is learnt. Tamil Nadu…
Workshop for Senior-level Bharatanatyam students
November 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: City-based Nrityagiri Performing Arts & Research Centre has organised a workshop titled “Shastravalokana — An Insight into the Dance Theory” for Bharatanatyam students appearing for Music and Dance exam to be conducted by Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board. The workshop will be held from Nov. 18 to 22 at Nrityagiri Centre in Preethi Layout,…
Mysuru Kannada Ratna Awards conferred
November 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra conferred ‘Mysuru Kannada Ratna’ Awards on 27 achievers from different fields at a programme organised jointly by Pragathi Pratishtana and Mysuru Kannada Vedike at Rotary Hall on JLB Road here on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, Nagendra said that Mysuru has its own identity and pride amongst the comity of…
Boy goes missing
November 16, 2021K.R. Nagar: A 14-year-old boy has gone missing since Nov. 9 from the town. The missing boy is D. Jayanth, a resident of Vinayaka Layout in the town, according to the complaint lodged by his mother Sahana. Those having information about Jayanth may contact K.R. Nagar Police on Ph: 08223-263666 or Ph: 0821-2444800.
Musings on a Tamil film Jai Bhim
November 16, 2021While leafing through the recent copy of The Week magazine, I ran into the cover-story on Justice Chandru Krishnaswamy (Chandru for short), who had retired recently and a connected interview of Suriya Sivakumar (Suriya for short), the famous Tamil film actor. Having been educated in law and seen the portals of criminal Courts and High…
Poor bus service to Udayagiri
November 16, 2021Sir, I wish to draw the attention of the authorities concerned towards the poor bus service for the residents of Udayagiri. There is a single bus numbered 153 which would be on a regular service. But a single bus isn’t enough for travelling of many people. Since the number of buses in the area is…
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