The District Administration has, in principle, agreed to hold Hanuma Jayanti celebrations in Hunsur. The District Administration had withdrawn permission for Hanuma Jayanti at Hunsur on Dec.3 at the last minute, thus disappointing many. Now the Administration has given the nod for celebrating Hanuma Jayanthi and the date will be fixed after consulting all stake…

R. Madhu Sampreeth, a 10th standard student of Vijaya Vittala Vidyashala, Mysuru, has secured 10th Rank (Category-6) in the National-level Spell Bee Competition held in Kolkata on recently. He is the son of S. Raja (employee of Central Bank of India, Dattagalli) and V.B. Nalini.

Sthree Deepa Women and Child Development Organisation and Department of Handloom and Textiles will give free training for 45 days in tailoring. A scholarship of Rs.3,000 will be given. For details, contact Ph: 0821- 4242408, according to a press release from the Organisation.  

Satyadhyana Bhajana Mandali has organised a Devaranama Contest at Raghavendraswamy Mutt in Jayalakshmipuram on Jan.7 from 2.30 pm to 6 pm for children in the age group of 5 to 16 years in three categories. Children must sing only Purandara Dasa’s devotional songs. For registration, contact Ph: 0821-2511355 or Mob: 98867-21171, 97408-88224, according to a…

Uniq Detective & Security Service (P) Ltd, Bengaluru, has renewed adoption of Tiger under ‘Animal Adoption Scheme’ of Mysuru Zoo for a period of one year by making payment of Rs.1,00,000, according to a press release from the Zoo Executive Director.  

K. Jayaprakash Rao, Media Advisor, Mysuru City Police Wing, has been selected for ‘K.M. Karanth Award’ instituted by Kundha Prabha. The award will be presented at a function to be held on Jan. 21 at Rotary Lakshminarasimha Kalamandira  premises of Government PU College in Kundapur, according to Kundha Prabha U.S. Shenoy. Jayaprakash Rao has worked…

The University of Mysore (UoM) has awarded Ph.D in Food Science and Nutrition to Sowmya Rajashekar for her thesis ‘Studies on inflammatory Bio Markers of Cardio Vascular risk inType-2 diabetes mellitus and their nutritional modulation’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. Asna Urooj. B.K. Shivanna has been awarded Ph.D in Statistics for his thesis ‘Some…

A talk on ‘Pranayama’ by psychologist Devaki Mahadevan has been organised at Elder Citizen’s Council premises in Jayalakshmipuram tomorrow (Jan.1) at 5.30 pm, according to a press release from the Council.  

City-based Chamarajanagar Zilla Brahmana Balaga, having office at No.1115, JLB Road, Vidyaranyapuram, has invited applications from meritorious children of Brahmin Community members who hail from Chamarajanagar district but settled in Mysuru, for presentation of Prathiba Puraskar. Brahmin community students who have scored above 80 percent marks in SSLC and PUC (2016-17) can apply along with…

Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) has organised a State-level workshop for newly-recruited Kannada Professors from Jan. 1 to 5 at its premises on Hunsur Road here. The workshop will be inaugurated on Jan.1 at 10 am by Karnataka Central University Vice-Chancellor H.M. Maheshwaraiah.