Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree says people wrongly think they can change course of history Mysore/Mysuru: The Sixth Season of the Mysuru Literature Festival that was inaugurated last afternoon at Hotel Southern Star on Vinoba Road had an interesting session where Booker Prize-winning author Geetanjali Shree dwelled upon translation and its inner ramifications. The festival…
Mysore/Mysuru: The second session for the day was on ‘Cricket as democracy in action’ where journalist Rajdeep Sardesai was in conversation with Charu Sharma. Rajdeep spoke about how India is the most aspirational society where the hunger to achieve comes from tier 2 cities. “A politician’s son or daughter can become a politician easily, but…
Distributes 50,000 ladoos today Mysore/Mysuru: With the last Friday in the Ashada month successfully getting over on July 22, District Minister S.T. Somashekar has thanked the people of Mysuru and the devotees for their co-operation during the four Ashada Fridays that fell on July 1, 8, 15 and 22. Speaking to press persons after the…
Mysore/Mysuru: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has initiated many schemes and programmes to bring people from the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) to the mainstream. The State Government is also working towards execution of all the programmes to provide basic facilities to the poor and needy,” said Housing Minister V. Somanna. He was speaking at ‘V. Somanna…
Kushalnagar: Adventure lovers who have been pining to get some adrenaline rush are heading towards Dubare and Barapole in Kodagu district for whitewater river rafting and rappelling in the rapids. Rafting in the Cauvery and at Barapole is an exhilarating experience. Rafting usually starts once the inflow into the Cauvery and Barapole increases and the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Setting Feb. 2023 as the deadline for completion of PMAY (Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana) Housing Project at Mandakalli, where 2,446 houses for beneficiaries of Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency is coming up, Housing Minister V. Somanna on Saturday said that the Government was ready to build 1,000 more houses if land was provided. He was speaking…
Mysore/Mysuru: South Western Railway (SWR), Mysuru Division, had organised a workshop on ‘Indian Railway Innovation Policy (IRIP) – Start-Up for Railways’ at the Chamundi Club in Yadavagiri on July 19. Addressing the participants, Rahul Agarwal, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM), SWR, Mysuru, said that the workshop aimed to encourage Start-Ups to come up with solutions to…
Thick fog, heavy rains hamper detailed inspection Madikeri: Senior geologists and experts from the Kodagu District Disaster Management team and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel on Friday visited Ramakolli Hills and other hilly areas of Second Monnangeri in Madikeri which have developed cracks due to heavy rains. Villagers and residents have expressed concern over…
Mysore/Mysuru: Stating that though the literacy rate which was just 16 percent at the time of Independence, has now grown to 78 percent, Opposition leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah bemoaned that with the rise in literacy, peace and harmony in the society is falling. He was speaking during the interaction which followed after the…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Unit of Akhila Karnataka Ex-Servicemen Association and Rotary Heritage Club Mysore have jointly organised a bike rally on July 26 to mark Kargil Vijay Diwas. Disclosing this at a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan here yesterday, Association District President K.P. Diwakar said that July 26 is celebrated as Kargil Vijay Diwas…
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