Marking the 75th birthday of former CM Siddharamaiah, the city-based Karnataka State SiddharamaiahAbhimanigalaBalaga will be conducting several welfare programmes across the city  tomorrow (Aug.12), said Balaga President Hinkal Prakash at a press meet in city. 10 am: Garlanding of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar statue in Town Hall premises; 11 am: Distribution of sarees to street vendor…

Gayatri Enterprises and Kannada SahityaKalakoota, Mysuru, have jointly organised a programme at Dr. Sri ShivarathriRajendraBhavan, JSS Hospital premises tomorrow at 6 pm for the release of senior artist and photojournalist S.M. Jambukeshwar’s book ‘VarnadindaVishwadedege.’ Suttur Seer Sri ShivarathriDeshikendraSwamiji will grace the occasion. Karnataka Border Area Development Authority Chairman Dr. C. Somashekar will release the book….

The Department of MBA, GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women, Mysuru, is organising a Cultural and Management Fest “Prayag-2022” on Aug. 12 at its campus. PRAYAG, an inter-collegiate fest organised every year, brings together UG students from various institutions in and around Mysuru and provide them a platform to exibit their talent in…

 “Understanding Gerontology Through Theatre”, a Talk and Dramatisation by Dr. R. Purnima, formerly Professor of English, KSOU, and presently, Director, Children’s Literary Club, Mysuru, will be held tomorrow (Aug.11) at 5.15 pm at Sri Sathya Sai Baba Pre-University College, Jayalakshmipuram.

Owing to emergency maintenance works, power supply will be disrupted tomorrow (Aug.11) between 10 am and 6 pm in the following areas: Mahadevapura, Shivapura, Ramabainagar, Parasayyanahundi, Srirampura 2nd Stage, Goruru, Muniswamynagar, Halli Srirampura and surrounding areas, according to a press release from the Executive Engineer, CESC, V.V. Mohalla.

As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav and National Sports Day celebrations, Palace Sports Club, Mysuru, has organised a district-level road race competition for Higher Primary and High School boys and girls at Ramakrishnanagar Circle in city on Aug. 21 at 7.30 am. It will be a 2-km race for Higher Primary School boys and…

District Minority Welfare Department, Mysuru, has invited applications from eligible minority community students (Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Jains, Buddhists and Parsis) to avail pre-matric/post-matric and merit-cum-means scholarship for the year 2022-23. Interested students must apply online through National Scholarship Portal (NSP) http://scholarships.gov.in or https://dom.karnataka.gov.in. The last date to apply for pre-matric scholarship is before Sept. 30…

University of Mysore (UoM) and the Department of Sainik Welfare and Resettlement have invited applications from eligible students for admission to eighth standard at the Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC), a military school for boys and girls in Doon Valley, Dehradun, for the academic year 2022, through an entrance test. Application forms can be obtained…

The Karnataka State Government SC/ST Employees Association, Mysuru branch, has invited applications from meritorious students who have scored over 80 percent marks in SSLC and PUC exam (2021-22) for presentation of Pratibha Puraskar. Eligible students must submit applications along with copies of marks card, caste certificate, Aadhaar card and passport size photo at the Association…

C. Chandrakala has been awarded Ph.D in Hindi by the University of Mysore (UoM) for her thesis ‘Krishna Aganihotri Ke Upanayason Ka Samajshastriya Adhyayan’ [Guide Dr. Namadev M. Gouda]. T.M. Vishakantanayaka has been awarded Ph.D in Anthropology by the UoM for his thesis ‘Poverty and Livelihood Problems among the Iruliga Tribal Population in Ramanagara District,…