Mysore/Mysuru: With less than a month left for Assembly elections in the State on May 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be coming to the State on a campaign tour shortly. According to BJP sources, “The Prime Minister will be launching the State tour from Mysuru district, followed by Chamarajanagar, but the schedule is not…
Efforts on to bring back tribals stuck in Sudan: DC
April 22, 2023Deputy Commissioner visits H.D. Kote’s Tiger Block, Hunsur’s Pakshirajapura, speaks with families H.D. Kote: Over 116 members of the Hakki-Pikki tribal community from Hunsur, Pakshirajapura and Tiger Block in H.D. Kote are stuck in violence-hit Sudan, even as the government is making efforts to bring them back. Hakki-Pikki community, one of the important nomadic communities…
Sudan helpline launched
April 22, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration has received information that around 108 nomadic Hakki-Pikki community people from Pakshirajapura, Shankarapura in Hunsur taluk, and Tiger Block hamlet in H.D. Kote are stranded in a strife-torn Sudan. In Sudan, there is an ongoing gunfight between the army and paramilitary groups and reports said that firing was going on…
Students form human chain at Vivekananda Circle
April 22, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: To spread the message of compulsory voting, students formed a human chain at Vivekananda Circle in Vivekananda Nagar in the city yesterday. The inmates of Post-Matric Boys Hostel, Kuvempunagar, took out a jatha organised by District SVEEP Committee, Taluk Panchayat and Department of Backward Classes Welfare, till Vivekananda Circle, where they formed a human…
Writer Bannur Raju feted on his 60th birthday
April 22, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Suttur Mutt Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji said just as knowledge has no limit and engaging in studies helps in expanding the horizons of knowledge, writer Bannur K. Raju too is a writer whose quest for knowledge has kept him continuously engaged in studies. He was speaking at ‘Bannur K. Raju-60’ programme marking the…
India making strides in health care: NIMHANS Director Dr. Pratima Murthy
April 22, 2023205 students receive MBBS Degrees, 11 get gold medals and 12 cash prizes at JSS Medical College Graduation Day Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. Pratima Murthy, Director of National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, has said “Undoubtedly India is making huge strides in health care, but we still have miles to go and millions to…
Evaluation of SSLC answer scripts begins in city
April 22, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A week after the SSLC exams of the State Board got over, the evaluation of answer scripts began at seven centres across the city yesterday (Apr.21). The SSLC exam (2022-23) was held across the State from Mar.31 to Apr.15. The evaluation centres in the city are: Gopalaswamy Higher Primary and High School, Lakshmipuram, Cauvery…
Simple Basava Jayanti celebrations tomorrow
April 22, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: In the wake of model code of conduct for the Assembly polls, the Akhila Bharatha Veerashaiva Mahasabha, Basava Balagagala Okkoota and other Veerashaiva-Lingayat associations and organisations have decided to celebrate Basava Jayanti in a simple and symbolic manner tomorrow (Apr. 23) in the city. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, Basava Balagagala…
Dr. P.G. Halkatti Foundation announces Annual National Award
April 22, 2023Bengaluru: Dr. P.G. Halkatti Foundation has announced a new Annual National Award for distinguished contributors in the field of literature, academics and philanthropy to commemorate Vachana Pitamaha Dr P.G. Halkatti’s birth anniversary which falls on July 2. The decision to institute the National Award was taken by the Trustees of the Foundation, Sheela Hara Halkatti,…
Co-operate in checking poll illegality: DC
April 22, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner and District Election Officer (DEO) Dr. K.V. Rajendra has appealed all to cooperate in checking election related irregularities. Rajendra addressed the meeting of booth level awareness committee organised at Ambedkar Bhavan, H.D. Kote taluk yesterday and said that “Steps should be taken for moral voting and increase the percentage of polling in…
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