Prof. Diwakar Acharya, Spalding Professor of Eastern Religion at Oxford, will be visiting the Oriental Research Institute (ORI) in Mysuru on Aug. 21 at 10 am and also Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan’s Bungalow in Saraswathipuram. Prof. Diwakar’s current post in Oxford is the same position that late Dr. S. Radhakrishnan held in his time. He will…

City’s based Karnataka State Development Council has organised ‘Chardham’ Yatra (Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, Badrinath) for devotees in the month of October. The fare is fixed at Rs. 25,500 per head, while the fare for persons aged over 45 years is Rs. 20,000 with Government subsidy. For details contact Mob: 99646-83183 or 94822-47083.

The Maddaneshwara Student Hostel located on JLB Road in city has invited applications from Graduate and Post-Graduate boy students enrolled in city colleges, for admission to the Hostel at an affordable rate. Eligible boy students belonging to Category-3B, can obtain the application forms from the Hostel office during working hours. For details, contact Ph: 0821-2442012…

Pramati Hillview Academy, Kuvempunagar, will be hosting the annual ‘Samskruthotsava-2026’ on Aug. 20 at the school campus in memory of the former Trustee S.N. Balachandran. Samskruthotsava is organised with the sole purpose of reviving the heritage of the divine language, cultivate linguistic pride and encourage students to explore ancient Indian literature. The day-long festival will…

The Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) of Sri Basaveshwara Credit Co-operative Society Ltd., Mysuru, for the year 2025-26 will be held at Nataraja Kalyana Mantapa, Shankar Mutt Road, K.R. Mohalla, on Aug. 23 at 10.30 am. Society President M.S. Rudraswamy will preside.

Netaji Career Academy, located on Krishna Vilas Road, Near Jaganmohan Palace, Devaraja Mohalla in city, will be conducting a 2-month coaching classes for PSTR/GPSTR/HSTR recruitment exams, starting from Aug. 20. For registration and details, call Mob: 63641-16745 or 94807 -09611.

Rotary Ivory City Mysuru will be hold its weekly meeting and talk on ‘Survival strategies in animals’ at Vanitha Sadana in Krishnamurthy-puram at 7 pm today (Aug. 19). Dr. S.N. Hegde, former Professor and Chairman, Department of Studies in Zoology, University of Mysore, will be the speaker.

As part of the 35th Chaturmasya Vrata of Sri Vidyavallabha Teertha Sripada of Udupi Sri Kaniyoor Mutt, Akhanda Bhajan, which began at 6 am today (Aug. 19) at Sri Krishnadhama in Saraswathipuram, will go on till 6 am tomorrow.

As CESC has taken up underground cable laying works at 66/11 KV SLV Power routes coming under VV Mohalla Sub-Division, there will be disruption in power supply tomorrow (Aug. 19) between 10 am and 6 pm on Temple Road, VV Mohalla, Valmiki Road, Vontikoppal and surrounding areas.

The 13th IJCC – Onam Inter-School Drawing and Painting Competition and Children’s Painting Exhibition organised by the Infant Jesus Catholic Centre (IJCC) will be held on Aug.23 (Sunday) at the Infant Jesus Cathedral in Hinkal.  Msgr. Thomas Thennattil Augusthy, Vicar General, Diocese of Mandya, will inaugurate the competition at 2.30 pm. P. R. George, President,…