As part of Lift Irrigation Project, the Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited (CNNL)  has decided to charge/ service the newly built Poorigali 66/6.6 KV Power Sub-Station in Malavalli taluk anytime from Mar. 17. The Sub-Station, covering a distance of 4.456 km, will pass through Talakad, T. Bettahalli and Poorigali villages before winding up at Poorigali Sub-Station…

C. Usha has been awarded Ph.D in Commerce by Tumkur University, Tumkuru, for her thesis ‘Impact of GST on Retail Sector with Special Reference to Consumer Goods in Karnataka’ [Guide: Dr. B. Shekhar].

RaagaVaibhava Charitable Trust, Mysuru, has organised a grand Karnatak Vocal Duet by Malladi Brothers — MalladiSreeramprasad and MalladiRavikumar — at Mysore VasudevacharyaBhavan on JLB Road in city on Mar. 19 at 6 pm.They will be accompanied on violin by Dr.NishanthChandran, on mridanga by Tumkur B. Ravishankar and on ghata by G.S. Ramanujam.

In commemoration of erstwhile Mysore Royal family scion SrikantadattaNarasimharaja Wadiyar, the city’s Gini’s Fitness World, Hebbal, will be organising ‘Mr. Wadiyar Classic-2023’, a State-level Body Building contest, at the Rangamantapa, opposite Indira Nursing Home, Vijayanagar Railway Layout ground, at 5.30 pm on Mar. 26.  For more details and registration, call Mob: 82172-55720 or 88674-11996.

The city’s SrideviMahila Sangha will celebrate Women’s Day at 10 am tomorrow (Mar.19) at the open space opposite Ganapathy temple in K-Block, Ramakrishnanagar. Several Desi games (Chowka-Baara,  Alugulimane, Filling water, Flower garland making, Lucky corner, Musical chair, Treasure Hunt etc) will be organised as part of the celebration. The entry fee per game is Rs.20….

The foundation stone for the construction of 1,440 houses to be built by the Mysuru City Corporaton (MCC) under Ashraya Scheme at Lalitadripura in K.R. Constituency of the city will be laid tomorrow (Mar.19), according to a press release issued by the Mysuru City Corporaton.

As Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC)  has taken up the fourth quarterly maintenance works at Kalamandira, Hebbal Industrial Area and KHB Power Distribution Centres, there will be no power supply tomorrow from 10 am to 6 pm. Areas to be affected in Kalamandira Power Distribution Centre are: Saraswathipuram 1st Main to 16th Main, New KantharajUrs…

Appu Abhimanigala Balaga, Mysuru, has organised several programmes to commemorate the birth anniversary of late actor Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar today (March 17). The life journey of the late actor will be screened on the LED screen near Chandramouleshwara Swamy Temple on D. Devaraja Urs Road at 7 pm. Vangipura Mutt Seer Sri Ilai Alwar Swamiji…

As part of ‘Kathe Kelona Banni-767,’ Kalasuruchi has organised story-telling by B. Balakrishnaiah, Retd. Teacher and State Resource Person, Mysuru  at Suruchi Rangamane, # 476, Chitrabhanu Road, Kuvempunagar, in city on Mar. 18 between 4.30 pm and 5.30 pm. [Ph: 0821-2541795 or 92435-81097 or 99459-43115]

M.S. Sunitha Patel has been awarded Ph.D in Computer and Information Sciences by the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi, for her thesis titled ‘Development of Image Processing Approaches for Safe Vehicle Driving System’ [Guide: Dr. S. Srinath].