Mysore/Mysuru: Soumitra Dasgupta, Director (Programme), International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA), New Delhi, has observed that the increase in population of tigers, leopards and other animals belonging to the family of big cats, has helped in the conservation of forest resources. He was delivering the valedictory address during the two-day seminar on the topic ‘Roaring Forward:…
Gandhi Shilp Bazaar at JSS Mysore Urban Haat
August 1, 2024Handicrafts & Handloom Expo-cum-Sale from Aug. 2 to 8 Mysore/Mysuru: The Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, is tirelessly working for the development, prosperity and survival of Indian handicrafts through various programmes. To connect artisans with art enthusiasts, the Department is organising several events in city. One such significant…
Violin Concert at Mysore Vasudevacharya’s Residence
August 1, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Vid. S. Arunachala Karthik, an accomplished violinist from Bengaluru, will be presenting a solo violin concert at the heritage house of Mysore K. Vasudevacharya in city on Aug. 3 at 10.30 am. He will be accompanied by Vid. Trichy S. Gurushyam on mridanga. Profile: Vid. Arunachala was initiated into Karnatak Music by his mother…
Health check-up camp for Pourakarmikas
August 1, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The Department of Physiology, JSS Medical College, had organised a health check-up camp for Pourakarmikas at Metagalli recently. Over 55 Pourakarmikas attended the camp where they underwent medical examinations including BMI calculation, BP, blood sugar test and general health consultations by Dr. L. Rajeshwari, Dr. U.L.M. Vivek, Preethi, Shwetha Rai and Sakshi. They were…
World Brain Day at District Hospital
August 1, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: World Brain Day was celebrated at District Hospital in city by Brain Health Clinic Department recently. The event was organised by a team comprising B.N. Kruthika, District Coordinator, Bibi Fathima, Psychologist, Irfana Husen, Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathologist, Dr. S.K. Chitra, Physiotherapist and K. Ashwini, staff nurse, under the leadership of District Leprosy Officer, who…
AHINDA organisations to besiege City BJP Office on Aug. 3
August 1, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: AHINDA organisations have decided to lay siege to City BJP Office in Chamarajapuram on Saturday (Aug. 3), to counter BJP’s Mysuru Chalo Padayatra, planned on the same day, against the alleged scams at Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) and Karnataka State Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribe Development Corporation Limited. The AHINDA leaders arrived at this…
Unidentified bodies found
August 1, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: In separate cases, Mandi Police have found bodies of unidentified men in their jurisdiction and have registered cases. In the first case, the Cops found a body of an unidentified man at about 11.30 pm on July 9, near the private bus stand on Sayyaji Rao Road and have shifted the body to MMC&RI…
Restoration of Dewan Purnaiah Canal possible
August 1, 2024By Prof. G. L. Shekar, Former Principal, NIE As I was reading the articles and comments on Kukkarahalli Lake in Star of Mysore over the past couple of weeks, I decided to write an article about the extensive investigation carried out on the rejuvenation of the Canal related to the Lake by a group of…
Decennial celebrations of Raaga
August 1, 2024Two grand music concerts this weekend Raaga Music Academy, Mysuru, will be hosting two-day grand music concerts this weekend to coincide with its decennial celebrations (10th anniversary) and series of 99th & 100th concerts at Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha on JLB Road in city. On Aug. 3 at 5.30 pm, the 99th vocal concert will…
Electric wire poses danger in Saraswathipuram
August 1, 2024Sir, At the intersection of 12th Main and 3rd Cross in Saraswathipuram, an electrical wire from a pole passes through a tree branch (as seen in above photo). Whenever the wind blows, sparks fly from the wire. I urge the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) and Forest Department to trim the tree branch to prevent…
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