The Karnataka Khadi and Village Industries Board (KVIB) has invited applications from entrepreneurs to avail financial assistance to start micro industries and service industries after getting loans from banks under Prime Minister Employment Generation Plan (PMEGP).  25 percent to 35 percent financial assistance will be provided.  Interested can submit applications by logging on to www.pmegp…

Department of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship and Livelihood in association with Office of the District Skill Development Officer have jointly organised a day-long district-level Udyoga Mela (Job-Fair) at Maharaja College premises on Dec. 10 between 10 am and 4 pm. As many as 100 companies will attend the Mela to recruit suitable employees. Unemployed candidates who…

The ongoing discourse on ‘Bhagavad Gita: Chapter-2’ by Pt. Raghottamachar Nagasampige, Bagalkot, at Sri Raghavendraswamy Mutt premises in Jayalakshmipuram from 5 pm to 6.15 pm and at Sri Uttaradi Mutt in Agrahara from 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm will conclude tomorrow (Dec. 5).

The Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi, has awarded Ph.D in Computer Science and Information Sciences  to K. Swarnalatha for her thesis titled ‘Compact Representation of Text Data for Effective Classification’ [Guide: Dr. Basavaraj S. Anami] G.K. Gowtham has been awarded Ph.D in Physics by the University of Mysore (UoM) for his thesis ‘Studies on Nonlinear…

The Pensioners Day celebrations, organised by the Central Government Pensioners Association (CGPA), Mysuru, which was scheduled to be held on Dec. 25 at Sadvidya Educational Institution, has been postponed due to unavoidable circumstances. For details, contact Association President Dr. T.S. Sathyanarayana Rao on Ph: 0821-2514283.

Postal Department has organised a Pension Adalat at the Office of Senior Postal Superintendent on Dec. 12 at 11 am. Grievances, if any, must be sent to the Office before Dec. 7. Pensioners must attend the Adalat with their own expenses, according to a press release.

In a bid to promote vegetarianism among the population, the Pyramid Spiritual Societies Movement (PSSM), Mysuru, has organised Chamundi Hill steps climbing with the theme ‘Climbing for vegetarianism’ at the foot of Chamundi Hill at 6.30 am tomorrow (Dec. 4). Announcing this at a press meet at Patrakartara Bhavan here this morning, PSSM,Mysuru President B….

As Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) has taken up trimonthly maintenance works at Vajamangala, Devanur and Rajeevnagar  Power Distribution Centres, there will be no power supply on Dec. 6 from 10 am to 5.30 pm in the following areas: Vajamangala Power Distribution Centre: Mellahalli, Harohalli, Halekerehundi, Shivapura, Halagayyanahundi, Pillahalli, Varakodu, Badagalahundi, Moodalahundi, Kempegowdanahundi, Varuna, Dandikere,…

Dinesh Coaching Centre, Mysuru, will be presenting PratibhaPuraskar for meritorious students at a programme organisedat Kalamandira in city onDec. 4 at 4 pm.The Coaching Centre has been presenting the award for the past 25 years. Sri Ramakrishna Ashram, Mysuru, President Swami Muktidanandaji and Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Ashram, Tumakuru, President Swami VeereshanandaSaraswatiwill  be the chief guests, according to…

Urban Sketchers, Mysore Chapter, has organised a live sketching event tomorrow (Dec. 4) from 4 pm to 6 pm at City Railway Station. PrajnaKumaraswamy, an architect and artist based in Mysuru, has founded this community called ‘Urban Sketchers Mysore Chapter’ to encourage sketching among people who go to different locations every week and do live…