Jaya Gowda has been elected as the President of Basava Balagagala Okkoota for the year 2019, at a meeting held at Suttur Mutt, foot of Chamundi Hill, in the presence of Seers recently.

Owing to emergency maintenance works, power supply will be disrupted tomorrow (Feb.25) between 10 am 5 pm in the following areas: Koorgalli Industrial Area, Excel Public  School, Vinyas, Koorgalli Lake surroundings, Gopalan Compound, Wipro, Meriter, Pattabhi Enterprises, Millennium, L&T, Mark Batteries Road, Chamundi Silks and surrounding areas; Rajivnagar 1st, 2nd and 3rd  Stage, Shantinagar, Nehrunagar,…

The Ground Water Directorate, Bengaluru, will be conducting one-day awareness programme on ground water conservation at Horticulture College, Yalachanahalli village in the taluk at 10 am tomorrow.  

Mithi Surgery Hospital has organised a free Piles Laser Camp for Piles, Fistula, Fissure and Varicose Veins patients with theme ‘Piles-free-India’ from Feb.25 to 28 at 10 am at its premises on Ramanuja Road in Agrahara.

The Horticulture Department will be organising a week-long workshop on Mushroom cultivation and seed production at Kukkarahalli Lake farm, from Feb.26 to Mar.2. For details, contact Mob: 78290-56082. The College of Horticulture in the city will be organising a one-day workshop on ‘Improvised farming practices in Mango cultivation’ at its premises at 10.30 am on…

The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Budget Council Meeting, which was scheduled on Feb.28, has been preponed to Feb.26 at 11 am and will be held at its Council Hall, according to a press release from the MCC Council Secretary.

The District Kannada Sahitya Parishat, in association with Akhila Karnataka Gamaka Kala Parishat, will be conducting Gamaka evening (Gamaka Sanje) at the Sahitya Parishat premises located at the Palace North Gate in city tomorrow (Feb.25) at 5 pm. Dr. C.S. Anilkumar, Director, Dikshith Arogya Dhama, will inaugurate the event. District Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Dr….

Over 150 people set out on a padayatra from Mysuru to Dharmasthala, commencing from Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple here on Friday evening as part of Mahashivarathri. Speaking on the occasion, R. Anjanappa leading the group said that they would pass through K.R. Nagar, Holenarsipur and Hassan before reaching Dharmasthala on Mar.3. He further said that they…

Based on the instructions of the National Legal Services Authority (NLSA) and Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA), National Lok Adalat will be organised at all the Courts of Mysuru district on Mar.9. Civil suits, criminal cases which can be compromised, motor vehicle accident claims and other civil disputes can be resolved at this Adalat…

Noted poet of the city Hirimarali Dharmaraju and Bhoomigiri Prakashana’s  N. Bettegowda will be conferred Kuvempu Vishwamanava Kannada Ratna Award, while the city’s Janachetana Trust President Prasanna N. Gowda and translator G. Vijayanag will be conferred Kuvempu Kannada Award at a programme to take place at Ravindra Kalakshetra in Bengaluru at 5 pm tomorrow (Feb.25)….