The Hootagalli CMC (City Municipal Council) has invited applications from eligible MBBS and BE students from SC/ST and OBC communities domiciled in Hootagalli CMC limits, for availing various benefits under 24.10 percent and 7.25 percent grant plans. Applications are also invited from specially-abled students for admission to computer training under 5 percent grant plan. The…

Dr. D.C. Umesha, Head, Department of Chemistry, Sarada Vilas PU College, Mysuru, was conferred with ‘Research Excellence Award-2021’ by Institute of Scholars for his paper titled ‘Synthesis and Evaluation of Biological Activity of Nitrogen and Oxygen Containing Heterocyclic Analogues of Podophyllotoxin’ published in International Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. A native of Dabbeghatta in…

Ganabharathi has organised a vocal concert by young talents on Oct. 2 at its premises in Kuvempunagar at 6 pm. Tejaswini S. Varthalur, Master Ramaswamy Hosamane Iyengar and Master Haricharan Hosamane will present a vocal recital. They will be accompanied by Prithwi on violin and Vikram Bharadwaj on mridanga. The programme is sponsored by Hari…

The Mysuru branch of Bengaluru -based Krishik Sarvodaya Foundation has invited applications from economically backward students from rural areas who want to purse higher education after PUC, Degree and Post-Graduate degrees for availing student scholarship (2021-22). Children (students) from economically backward agricultural families, children of Small and Micro farmers owning dry land of less than…

The Backward Classes Welfare Department has invited online applications from eligible boys and girls from Category-1, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B and SC/ST communities studying in standards sixth to tenth, for admission to Pre-Matric Boys and Girls student Hostels run by the Department in Mysuru district. The prescribed application forms can be obtained from the Department…

The State Government has extended the Night Curfew across Karnataka till Oct. 11. As per the order issued yesterday in this regard, the Night Curfew timing will be from 10 pm to 5 am instead of the earlier 9 pm to 5 am. In the backdrop of COVID-19 third wave, the State Government has taken…

H. Ravi Kumar, Chairman, Youth Hostels Association of India (YHAI), Gokulam, Mysuru Unit, affiliated to International Youth Hostel Federation, has been elected as Vice-President of YHAI Karnataka State Unit for the period 2021-2024 during the elections held at Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on Sept. 26.

Applications have been invited for admissions to BA (Fine Arts) and Diploma courses in the University Fine Arts College for the year 2021-22. Karnatak classical music (vocal and instrumental — veena, flute & violin), dance (bharatanatyam), drama, gamaka and mridanga subjects can be taken up in BA (Fine Arts) of six semester (3 years) in…

Entry of tourists to Mysore Palace will be restricted on the following days during Dasara-2021 to facilitate carrying out Sharannavarathri religious functions by the members of the royal family and also for conduct of Jumboo Savari: Oct. 1: Entry will be restricted to the Palace from 10 am to 1 pm [Assembling of Golden Throne]….

K.S. Shilpashree has been awarded Ph.D in Botany by the University of Mysore (UoM) for her thesis ‘Screening for disease resistance in turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) against leaf blight caused by Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissl’ [Guide: Dr. M.S. Sharada].