The Department of Kannada and Culture has invited entries from folk troupes of all districts in the State to participate in the Dasara procession to be held on Oct.8. The folk troupe should send a photo of the troupe, details of the members with phone numbers to the Coordinator of Dasara Procession Sub-Committee, Police Commissioner’s…

Athmasri Kannada Samskrutika Pratishtana has invited applications from eligible persons for conferring ‘Sir M. Visvesvaraya Thantrika Sadhbhavana’ award and ‘Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Shikshana Ratna’ award on achievers in technical / IT sector and education sector respectively. A function will be organised by the Pratishtana to commemorate the birth anniversaries of the two great personalities during…

Athmasri Kannada Samskrutika Pratishtana has organised a workshop on elocution, anchoring and personality development on Sept.22 at Jnanajyoti Academy, Dr. Rajkumar Road, Rajajinagar, Bengaluru – 10. The grooming will be done by writers, movie / TV actors and professionals. For registration, Mob: 94482-60417, according to a press release.

Karnataka State Women Development Corporation has invited applications from voluntary organisations to provide skill development training to unemployed women. Eligible accredited training institutes can send their proposals in duplicate with necessary documents to the Deputy Director, Department of Women and Child Development, Sthree Shakthi Bhavana, Krishnadevaraya Circle, Vijayanagar, Mysuru, before Sept.9. For details, contact Ph:…

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Engineering (NIE) in association with OpenPOWER Foundation and Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP-3) is organising a two-day National-level Al Hackathon with the theme “Accelerating Al at Scale” on Sept. 6 and 7 in the Diamond Jubilee Sports Complex of NIE.  The competition will test…

Dr. S. Nairuthya, Chief Gastrosurgeon at Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysuru, has been invited to attend the ongoing 7th Biennial Congress of the Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (A-PHPBA) from Sept. 4 to Sept.7 at Coex, Seoul, South Korea. He will be presenting a video-lecture titled “Laparoscopic Management of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumours.” The Congress, hosted by Korean Association…

Namma Yadavagiri Residents Association has been celebrating Gowri-Ganesha Festival from past 9 years. As part of its 10th anniversary, the Association is conducting Healthy Baby Competition for children (aged 0 to 3 years) on Sept.7 (Saturday) at 10 am at Bayalu Ranga Mandira, 7th Main, Yadavagiri.  Dr. K.B. Mahendrappa of JSS Medical College and Hospital…

With Kabini dam filled to the brim, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa will offer Bagina to Kabini River at 11am on Sept.7. The Chief Minister will leave Bengaluru from Jakkur Aerodrome by an IAF chopper at 10.40 am and arrive at Kabini helipad in H.D. Kote taluk at 11 am. After offering Bagina at the reservoir,…

Owing to emergency maintenance works, power supply will be disrupted in the following areas from 10 to 6 pm tomorrow: Aravindanagar, Kuvempunagar K-Block, M-Block, N-Block, KHB Colony, near KSRTC Depot, Adichunchanagiri Road, ISKCON Temple, JTK Layout, Aishwarya Layout and surrounding areas.  As second quarterly maintenance works have been taken up, power supply will also be…

District Department of Handlooms and Textiles has organised a training workshop for 30 to 40 budding SC entrepreneurs of T. Narasipur taluk to establish textile units, on Sept.6 and 7. The desirous candidates can contact the Deputy Director, Department of Handlooms and Textiles, CTI Building, Sayyaji Rao Road, Mysuru, for registration.