Mysuru: The Mysuru City Police have destroyed drugs and narcotics worth Rs. 1,53,95,000 that were seized in 36 cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act). The destruction was carried out in the presence of the Drug Disposal Committee, Environmental Officer and Panchayat members. The narcotics destroyed included 376 kg 276 grams…
Mysuru: The Convocation of Music Varsity was a witness to a fete, where a woman from Siddi tribal community was awarded a gold medal for her excellence in Master of Performing Arts (MPA) in Drama subject. Renuka Siddi, who won the gold medal, aims at bringing the Siddi tribal youths to the mainstream by identifying…
Mysuru: Eight eminent personalities — mridanga artiste Vid. C. Cheluvaraju, Theatre and Cine Artiste Girija Lokesh, Gamaka Vidwan M.R. Satyanarayana, Music Composer and Artiste Sadhu Kokila, Danseuse Vidu. Veena Murthy Vijay, Karnatak Music Exponent Vidu. M.G. Pushpa Srinivasan, Indian Classical Dancer Vid. Satyanarayana Raju and Senior Theatre Director C. Basavalingaiah — were presented Hon. Doctorates…
Mysuru: “While education and employment are important, health should be our priority,” emphasised Dr. Vijay Singh, Director – Karnataka Cluster and Corporate Growth Initiatives (South), Narayana Health. Dr. Singh was speaking at the Corporate Health Conclave, organised by Narayana Hospital, Mysuru, at Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering this morning. He further explained that Narayana Health began…
Mysuru: City BJP President L. Nagendra has clarified that he has forwarded the complaints received from a section of the party workers, demanding the expulsion of former MP Prathap Simha, to the State party leaders. Speaking to media persons, Nagendra admitted that party leaders Kumar Gowda and M.K. Premkumar have complained against Simha, which has…
Mysuru: Appointment of teaching and non-teaching staff to Music University will be taken up in different stages, said Minister for Higher Education Dr. M.C. Sudhakar. Speaking at the 7th, 8th and 9th Convocation of Music University, he said that the State Government was aware of the fact that University had no permanent teaching and non-teaching…
Mysuru: An incident of pharmacist being robbed at knife point has been reported at Basavanapura in Vijayanagar 4th stage in city. The incident occurred at about 10 pm on Friday, when Somashekar, the pharmacist, was returning home after closing his pharmacy for the day. According to Somashekar, he was waylaid by a masked person near…
Bengaluru: Satisfied with the success of its ambitious ‘Gruha Arogya’ scheme, which was introduced on a pilot basis in Kolar district, the State Government has planned to extend the scheme to the entire State from February this year. The scheme, which is aimed at conducting health check-up at the doorsteps of the people, was launched…
When India, with Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister, liberated East Pakistan from West Pakistan in 1971, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha hailed Indira Gandhi as Durga, the Goddess of destruction. And Indira Gandhi, according to journalist Kuldip Nayar “acknowledged the compliment with a smile, behaving in the manner…
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