The Department for Empowerment of Differently-Abled and Senior Citizens is celebrating World Senior Citizens Day with a Zoom Meet on Oct. 1 at 10.30 am. Interested senior citizens can participate by logging on to https://us04web.zoom.us/i/72666422224?pwd=RmhqS0c1RG8waE0wREV5RlpMSG11Zz09, meeting ID: 72666422224, passcode: 12345. For details, contact Ph: 0821-2490333.

The Women and Child Welfare Department has invited entries from children for district-level Hoysala and Keladi Chennamma awards. Children aged between 5 and 18 years can apply. The awards carry a cash prize of Rs. 10,000 each and a citation. The children must have exemplary innovative and scholastic talent in fields such as arts, sports,…

Mysuru mattu Chamarajanagar Jilla Veerashaiva-Lingayata Mathadhipatigala Goshti will be awarding cash prizes to the Veerashaiva-Lingayat students of both the districts who have secured high marks in SSLC exams, both State and Central syllabus. Eligible economically backward students may apply before Sept. 30. For details, contact C. Mahadevaprasad on Mob: 94490-30588.

All India Bhavasara Kshatriya (AIBK) Mahasabha, Yuva Parishat, Karnataka, Mysuru district, has organised the 4th year Guruvandana programme at Pathrakartara Bhavan on Thyagaraja Road in city on Oct. 4 at 12 noon. AIBK Mahasabha-Yuva Parishat National President Dr. Yogendra Varne and Bhavasara Kshatriya Mandali-Mysuru President R.V. Shivajirao Rampore will inaugurate the programme. MLA L. Nagendra,…

Owing to emergency maintenance works, power supply will be disrupted tomorrow between 10 am and 6 pm in the following areas: Janatanagar, T.K. Layout, Raghavendra Mutt and surrounding areas, according to a press release from Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC).

Suma Chandrashekar, a young writer from Mysuru, has bagged ‘Lalithadevi Gurusiddappa Sindhura Endowment Award’ for her book ‘Satya Pathada Nitya Santa.’ The award is being given by Kannada Sahitya Parishat for the year 2019. In connection with 150th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, the Government of Karnataka has published this book…

With an aim to conduct aggressive COVID-19 testing, Health Department has invited applications to recruit private Lab Technicians and Data Entry Operators due to shortage of staff members in the Department conducting these tests. In case of non-availability of sufficient number of Lab Technicians, Department is planning to employ Nursing and Paramedical personnel, Diploma Holders…

Free coaching classes will be conducted for IAS aspirants under the aegis of Karnataka State Brahmins Development Board. The classes will be conducted under the Chanakya Administrative Training scheme, through online, said Board Director and noted Vedic Scholar Dr. Bhanuprakash Sharma. Interested Brahmin candidates may submit their applications before Sept. 30 by logging on to…

The UGC has issued fresh guidelines for opening Graduate and Post-Graduate Colleges for the year 2020-21. Accordingly, colleges will reopen from Nov. 1. The Colleges will have to complete the admission process by Oct. 31 and the first year classes will commence from Nov. 1. In case there is delay in the announcement of qualifying…

The SSLC supplementary exam, which was scheduled to be conducted on Sept. 28, has been postponed to Sept. 29, due to ‘Karnataka Bandh’ called by farmers’ organisations, according to a circular issued by the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board yesterday. Accordingly, Science/ Political Science in the morning session and Karnatak/ Hindustani Music in the afternoon,…