Month: August, 2025

In Briefs

Scholarship

August 10, 2025

The SC/ST and OBC Student Scholarship Cell of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU), Muktagangothri, has invited applications from eligible SC/ST students who have gained admission to Under-Graduate/Post-Graduate courses of KSOU, for availing student scholarship. Eligible students, whose annual family income does not exceed Rs. 2.5 lakh, can apply through the State SSP (Student Scholarship Portal)….

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Ph.D awardees

August 10, 2025

G.P. Inchara has been awarded Ph.D in Computer Science by the University of Mysore (UoM), for her thesis ‘Energy Efficient Routing Protocols for Internet of Things (IoT)’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. J. Hanumanthappa. Anand Srivatsa has been awarded Ph.D in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Sciences by the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi, for…

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Maddikere Gopal’s birthday: Balaga invites poems

August 10, 2025

Marking the 77th birthday of Mysuru District Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Maddikere Gopal, the city’s Maddikere Gopal Abhimanigala Balaga has planned to bring out a collection of poems titled ‘Kannada Vaibhava,’ for which it has invited entries (poems) from interested poets. The poems, not exceeding 20 lines, must be self-composed focussing on Kannada land, language…

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Pre-matric student scholarship for SC students

August 10, 2025

The Social Welfare Department has invited applications from SC community students, who have hitherto not registered in SSP portal and also from those who are not getting scholarship despite registration due to various reasons, for availing pre-matric student scholarship. The annual income of parents of 1st to 8th standard students should not exceed Rs. 6…

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Sanskrit Contest

August 10, 2025

Acharya Vidya Kula (AVK), Mysuru, has organised an Inter-School Sanskrit Competition on Aug. 23. The competition will be held in the following categories: III and IV Standards – Story Telling; V, VI and VII Standards – Group Song – Samskrutha Bhajan (Sri Rama); VIII, IX and X Standards- Group Song – Samskrutha Bhajan (Sri Krishna)….

Tapped Out ?
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Tapped Out ?

August 10, 2025

Garadi Manes — Mysuru’s wrestling arenas… fight for survival Mysuru, Aug. 10- Garadi Mane, the traditional wrestling houses where budding wrestlers are trained in the nuances of bouts on ‘matti’ (a muddy surface made of red soil), have been an integral part of Mysuru’s sporting heritage since the days of princely rule. Today, they are…

KRS Dam danger zones to be fenced
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KRS Dam danger zones to be fenced

August 10, 2025

Mysuru: A 300-metre-long chain-mesh fencing will be installed along Right Bank wall of Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam to prevent tourists from straying into the hazardous water release zones adjacent to reservoir. The 93-year-old Dam, which draws thousands of visitors daily, has repeatedly faced criticism for its inadequate and sloppy safety measures. One of the…

‘Shirt photo’ code !
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‘Shirt photo’ code !

August 10, 2025

Mysuru-Mumbai drug couriers used WhatsApp ‘shirt photo’ as a code to hand over Mephedrone pack Mumbai, Aug. 10 (Agencies)- Unravelling the Rs. 434-crore inter-State drug racket originating in Mysuru, Mumbai’s Sakinaka Police have exposed a bizarre smuggling tactic — a covert ‘shirt photo’ code used to move Mephedrone (MD) between cities. According to the Police,…

Mumbai Police seize Rs. 10.07 crore Mephedrone; probe into Mysuru link
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Mumbai Police seize Rs. 10.07 crore Mephedrone; probe into Mysuru link

August 10, 2025

Mumbai: In a crackdown on city’s drug trade, the Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) of Mumbai Police seized Mephedrone (MD) worth Rs. 10.07 crore in coordinated operations across Malad, Jogeshwari, Dadar, and Dongri on Aug. 9. Five people have been arrested and investigators are probing whether the haul is tied to the large-scale MD unit on Mysuru’s…

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