Mysore/Mysuru: The children of Karnataka State Land Survey, Revenue and Land Record Department’s District Employees Association members, who had scored over 90 percent marks in the SSLC and PUC examinations (2023-24), were presented with Pratibha Puraskar at a function organised by the Association at the Survey Office in Nazarbad here recently. S. Krupa (95.84 percent)…
Forest Department celebrates World Otter Day: Students made aware of otters at Ranganathittu
June 4, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: World Otter Day was celebrated by the Forest Department at Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district recently. DCF (Wildlife), Mysuru Division, B.M. Sharana Basappa inaugurated the programme and said that World Otter Day is celebrated across the globe on May 29 every year, with a thrust on conservation of various species…
Retired teacher’s house burgled
June 4, 2024Gold, cash worth Rs. 4.15 lakh stolen Mysore/Mysuru: Burglars, who broke into the house of a retired teacher, have decamped with cash, gold ornaments and silver articles worth Rs. 4.15 lakh from the house. The burglary took place at the house of retired teacher K.R. Kamala at Teachers Layout in city. On June 1 at…
Woman chain snatcher nabbed at City Bus Stand
June 4, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: A Tamil Nadu-based woman chain snatcher, who had snatched a gold chain of a woman at City Bus Stand and was fleeing, was nabbed by the public and handed over to Devaraja Police for further action. The woman chain snatcher who was nabbed is Gayathri. On June 1, one Sakamma, a resident of Kamanakerehundi,…
Symposium on “Food for our Future: Role of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition”
June 4, 2024Birth Centenary of Inspirational Food Scientists held at CSIR-CFTRI Mysore/Mysuru: Society of Biological Chemists (India), Mysore Chapter, in association with CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore and AFST (I), conducted a Symposium on ‘Food for our Future: The Role of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition’ on May 29 at CFTRI’s IFTTC auditorium in city. It was organised in commemoration…
Online Fraud: Private hospital employee loses Rs. 10.65 lakh
June 4, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Online fraudsters, who lured a private hospital employee by offering high returns to his investment, have duped him of Rs. 10.65 lakh. The person, who lost his money is 35-year-old M.N. Puneeth Kumar, a Senior Executive at a private hospital in city. Puneeth, who received a WhatsApp message pertaining to investing money, believed it…
Sandal Urus Shariff of Hazarath Tipu Sultan Shaheed on June 6
June 4, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The 232nd Annual Sandal Urus Shariff of Hazarath Tipu Sultan Shaheed, organised by Tipu Sultan Welfare & Urus Committee, Lashkar Mohalla, will be held on June 6 at 11 am at Meelad Park on Ashoka Road in city, said Committee Secretary Afroz Pasha. The celebrations will be held under the guidance of Sir Khazi…
Suicide no solution to failing in exams: Akshata Ganesh
June 4, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: “Study to empower yourself and for your progress, not to impress others or the society,” said Akshata Ganesh, a TV Personality and Professor in English. She was speaking at the valedictory of Cultural, Literary and Sports Forum, at Navajyothi Auditorium, JSS College for Women at Saraswathipuram in city recently. Akshata said, “In case if…
Pt. Hadapada Award conferred
June 4, 2024‘Hadapada introduced tabla to the common man’ Mysore/Mysuru: National wrestler Shankar S. Kaligonnavar said it was Pt. K.S. Hadapada who introduced tabla to the common man and popularised it. He was speaking at the ‘Pt. K.S. Hadapada Award-2024’ conferment programme organised by Sri Guru Puttaraja Sangeetha Sabha, Mysuru, marking the 18th death anniversary of Pt….
Actor Mandya Ramesh releases two books of Rangayana artiste
June 4, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Noted actor and theatre director Mandya Ramesh released two books (‘Drama Club’ and ‘Shadguna’), written by Rangayana artiste Ramnath (who retired on May 31, 2024) during the inauguration of Anubhuti Trust at B.V. Karanth Rangachavadi in Rangayana premises here recently. Speaking on the occasion, Mandya Ramesh recalled his close association with the books author…















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