The District Backward Classes Welfare Department (BCWD), which had invited applications from eligible students belonging to backward community, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes and category-1 communities, for availing post-matric student scholarships, fee concession, Vidyasiri scheme (food and hostel facility) for the year 2021-22, has extended the last date for submission of applications to Jan. 31. Applications…
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Power disruption from Dec. 20 to 23
December 19, 2021Owing to emergency maintenance works taken up by Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC), power supply will be disrupted in the following areas from Dec. 20 to 23 between 10 amand 5 pm:Chandragupta Road, Halladakeri, behind Sub-Urban Bus Stand, Ashoka Road, Jain Temple, Sangam Theatre and surrounding places, according to a press release from N.R. Mohalla…
Sports
‘Jungfraujoch’ wins P.M. Channabasavanna Memorial Trophy
December 19, 2021Picture shows M.C. Somashekar presenting ‘The P.M. Channabasavanna Memorial Trophy’ to Namrataa Rakesh, owner of Jungfraujoch, which won the race on the 1st Extra Day of Mysore Winter Races held at MRC on Dec. 14. The winning horse, trained by Rakesh, was ridden by Jockey C. Umesh. Others seen are (from let) Yeshwanth Somashekar, Y.B….
Sports
C. Dasharatharama Shetty Memorial Trophy to ‘His Eminence’
December 19, 2021Shanta Sreenivasa Murthy presenting ‘The C. Dasharatharama Shetty Memorial Trophy’ to Ranjeet Shinde, trainer of His Eminence, which won the race on the 9th day of Mysore Winter Races held at Mysore Race Club (MRC) premises in city on Dec. 15. The winning horse, owned by Dilipkumar D. Mehta, was ridden by Jockey Antony Raj….
Sports
BWF World Championships: Kidambi Srikanth creates history
December 19, 2021Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Saturday defeated compatriot Lakshya Sen 17-21, 21-14, 21-17 in the Men’s Singles semi-finals to reach his maiden BWF World Badminton Championships final. The 28-year-old beat Lakshya in a thrilling match to become the first-ever Indian male badminton player to enter the World Championships final. In another semi-final of the BWF…
Coronavirus Update, Top Stories
Mysuru COVID-19 Update: December 18, 2021
December 18, 2021Mysuru reports 14 new COVID-19 positive cases, 17 discharges and 1 death today.
Feature Articles
A useful reference work for those interested in Indian culture & its aspects
December 18, 2021Title: Indian Culture Kannada Original: Dr. S. Srikanta Sastri English translation: Prof. S. Naganath Year: 2021 Pages: 669 Price: Rs. 800 Publisher: Notion Press Media Pvt. Ltd., Chennai Originally written in Kannada by renowned scholar and historian, Dr. S. Srikanta Sastri (1904-1974) under the title “Bharathiya Samskruthi”…
Columns, In Black & White, Top Stories
Do we need MLCs?
December 18, 2021Election for Membership to the Karnataka Legislative Council (MLC) from Local Authorities’ Constituency concluded recently. Unfortunately, there was more talk of how much money candidates paid to get tickets and how much money they distributed to voters than talk of what each candidate would do if elected. Many of us wonder, what does an MLC…
News
Rs. 100 cr. MUDA property recovered
December 18, 2021Mysuru: In a major operation, the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has recovered property worth Rs. 100 crore at Basavanahalli village this morning by taking over 5.14 acres of land that had been reserved for a layout. Many sheds that had come up on the land were demolished by earth movers in the presence of…
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Tension in Belagavi; 27 arrested for statue damage
December 18, 2021Belagavi: Large gatherings have been banned in Belagavi as the border dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra touched its latest flashpoint after a statue of Chatrapati Shivaji in Bengaluru was smeared with ink. Pro-Maharashtra activists staged a protest last night at Sambhaji Circle in Belagavi, demanding arrest of those involved in the smearing of Shivaji’s statue…
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