Indian Postal Department has now launched the seventh series of the Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) Scheme 2020-21. This scheme is open from Oct. 12 to Oct. 20. Interested customers can visit the nearest post office to invest. The price is fixed at Rs. 5,051 per gram of gold. While one can apply for a minimum…

The Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) will be publishing Open Book Exam questionnaire on its website www.ksoumysuru.ac.in on Oct. 17 for those students who have got admission to first and second year BA, B.Com, first year MA, M.Com, first and third semester M.Sc and second semester MBA for the academic year 2019-20 (July session). Students…

The Karnataka Janapada Academy has invited entries from authors, publishers and editors for presenting Janapada Book Award for the year 2019. First edition of the books published between 1.1.2019 and 31.12.2020, with minimum of 150 pages, on topics including Janapada prose, poetry, criticism and research work on folk literature and compilation of Janapada works will…

The Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) will hold interviews from Oct. 19 to Nov. 18 for 221 + 88 (HK) posts of Assistant Horticulture Officer in the Horticulture Department, five posts of Chief Librarians in Department of Public Libraries and 7 + 3 (HK) posts of Urdu teachers in Morarji Desai Residential Pre-University Colleges. It…

The Second Quarterly Meeting (2020-21) of District Co-ordination and Monitoring Committee, which was earlier scheduled to take place on Oct. 14, has been postponed. The meeting will now take place on Oct. 19 at ZP Hall at 10 am. MP Pratap Simha will preside.

As L&T has taken up underground cable laying works, power supply will be disrupted tomorrow (Oct. 15) between 10 am and 5 pm in the following areas: Sharadadevinagar, Chamundeshwari Temple Road, Kavery Apartment, Orchid School, Vasu Layout and surrounding areas. Due to emergency maintenance works taken up by CESC, power supply will also be disrupted…

Bards of Mysore (Volume 2), a grand vocal concert by Vid. Manasa Nayana has been organised on his YouTube Channel [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgOAVMHUOjI]today (Oct.14) at 6 pm. He will be accompanied by Vid. Keshav Mohankumar on violin, Vid. A. Radhesh on mridanga and M.S. Archana on tambura.

The University of Mysore (UoM) has awarded Ph.D in Library and Information Science to P. Asha for her thesis ‘Information Literacy Skills among Science Faculty Members of First Grade Colleges Affiliated to University of Mysore: A Study’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. H. Adithya Kumari.

Hubballi-based Dr. D.S. Karki Sahitya Vedike has invited entries (collection of poems) from poets for awarding poetry award. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 10,000 and a citation. The collection of poems must be first published in 2019 and should not be a translated one. Also, the entry must not have won any…

P. Raju of Mysuru has been elected as the Hon. President of the newly formed Sri Madiwala Machideva Kshemabhivruddhi Seva Samiti, having office at No.763, Third Cross, Nala Beedi, Sunnadakeri, K.R. Mohalla. The other elected office-bearers are as follows: President – Sathyanarayana (Mysuru), Vice-President – Sannaswamy (Marballi), General Secretary – Raghavendra (LIC), Treasurer – Chikkanna,…