Mysore/Mysuru: With all the hurdles cleared for Swami Vivekananda Cultural Youth Centre, several noted personalities of the city have appealed for public support for setting up of the Viveka Memorial by Sri Ramakrishna Ashram. Veteran writers Dr. Prabhuprasad, Dr. C.P. Krishnakumar (CPK), N.S. Chakravarti and former MLC D. Madegowda, in a press release, said that…
Hundreds attend ‘Puthari’ festival at Kodava Samaja
December 8, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru Kodava Samaja celebrated Puthari-2022, the harvest festival of Kodagu, in traditional fervour and gaiety at the Samaja premises in Vijayanagar here last evening. Hundreds of members of the Samaja, wearing Kodava attire, attended the celebrations. Kodava men and women presented traditional dances on the occasion which won the applause of all those present….
Grand Hanuma Jayanti celebrated at Hunsur
December 8, 2022Hunsur: After a two-year gap due to COVID pandemic, Hanuma Jayanti was celebrated in a grand manner at Hunsur yesterday amid tight security. As part of the celebration, a mega Shobha Yatre was taken out on the main thoroughfares of the town and the event passed off without any untoward incident. The Shobha Yatre set…
Mysore Fashion Week in city from tomorrow
December 8, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore Fashion Week, the most glamorous fashion event in the South Mysuru, is back with its Season-6 from Dec. 9 to 11 at Mysore Union in Hebbal Industrial Area. Announcing this at a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan here yesterday, city’s ace designer Jayanthi Ballal, who is also the Founder of Mysore Fashion Week,…
‘Develop innovative foods that help reduce stress’
December 8, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A three-day national conference on ‘Futuristic strategies for sustainment of troops in different terrains,’ organised by Mysuru-based Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) laboratory, began at Hotel Southern Star in city last evening. The conference is being organised to bring together researchers, tri-service (Army, Navy & Air Force)…
Rly. Pensioner collapses in Bank, dies
December 8, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A retired Railway officer, who had gone to the Bank to draw his pension, died of a massive heart attack in the Bank itself on Wednesday morning in the city. B.G. Ramdas Nayak (90), a retired Superintendent of SWR and a resident of Aishwarya Layout in Kuvempunagar, is the deceased. Ramdas Nayak, who is…
Gold chain snatched in city
December 8, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Chain snatchers have snatched the gold mangalya chain of a woman on New Kantharaj Urs Road in city on Dec. 5. The woman, who lost her gold chain is 38-year-old Chaya, a resident of Anikethana Road in Kuvempunagar here. She was proceeding on her scooter (KA-09-EV-5439) at about 9.20 pm between Vijaya Bank Circle…
Weekend Music Concerts at Mysore Vasudevacharya’s house
December 8, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Two Karnatak Classical Music Concerts have been scheduled for this weekend at the heritage house of Mysore Vasudevacharya in city. Vidu. Uma Ranganathan from Norway will be performing a vocal concert on Saturday (Dec. 10). She will be accompanied by Vid. M.D. Arjun on violin and Vid. M.R. Manjunath on mridanga. Vidu. Kamala Deepthi…
‘Taruna Bharathi’ programme tomorrow
December 8, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Ganabharathi, Mysuru, has organised ‘Taruna Bharathi’ programme tomorrow (Dec. 9) on the occasion of Vidu. Chokkamma Memorial Day at Veene Seshanna Bhavan in Kuvempunagar. 6 pm to 7.15 pm: Veena recital by Vid. Prajwal Rangaraju accompanied by Vid. Vikram Bharadwaj on mridanga. 7.15 pm to 8.30 pm: Vocal recital by Vid. Anjali Raveendra. She…
An appeal to Railways
December 8, 2022Sir, I recently travelled to Bengaluru from Mysuru in Wodeyar SF Express (AC-C1) and my experience was pathetic. The coach has been maintained very badly and we could see so many cockroaches freely crawling near and behind the window curtains which are close to the seats. The bathrooms, both Western and Indian, were in a…
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