State Higher Education Council to recommend Govt, says its Vice-Chairman Prof. Niranjana Mysore/Mysuru: Vice-Chairman of Karnataka State Higher Education Council Prof. S.R. Niranjana said he would recommend the State Government to provide funds and other facilities to Universities on the basis of quality of research works, with the sole motive of strengthening education sector. He…
UGC Chief urges Karnataka to reconsider scrapping NEP
November 21, 2023Opposing NEP-2020 for non-academic reasons undermines students’ future Mysore/Mysuru: University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Prof. Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar has expressed concerns regarding the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. He pointed out that there is opposition to NEP-2020 in some quarters, questioning the rationale behind such opposition and emphasising the policy’s significance as…
Young farmer ends life as factory fails to provide job to land loser
November 21, 2023Case registered against factory HR, Plant Head Nanjangud/Mysuru: Alleging that the factory to which he had given his land had failed to provide him a job and registered a case against his family members for questioning it, a young farmer committed suicide by hanging self at Adakanahalli village in Nanjangud taluk on Sunday night leaving…
Collapsed manhole on Irwin Road crying for attention since a month
November 21, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A manhole, which has collapsed on the ever-busy Irwin Road is crying for attention since a month for repairs. Irwin Road saw beautification and development last year but now a manhole on the road has collapsed and its cover has come off posing danger to motorists since a month but the authorities concerned have…
Unscientific barricades on B.N. Road removed
November 21, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The unscientifically placed barricades on the Bengaluru-Nilgiri (B.N.) Road near the Sub-Urban Bus Stand were removed by the Devaraja Police last evening. Over a stretch of more than 250 metres on the road leading up to the Maharaja Hotel, a barricade spanning over 15 feet wide had been installed. The Police took this action…
‘Meet the Australia-New Zealand University Representatives’ programme evokes good response
November 21, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Overseas Educational Services (OES) “Meet the Australian and New Zealand Universities representatives in Mysuru” programme held at OES Office in city on Nov. 18 evoked a good response from parents and students. They were able to gain guidance for the February 2024-July 2024 admissions of these the top Universities of the two countries. Students…
Lorry Owners Federation seeks allotment of sites, facilities at Truck Terminals
November 21, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Urging for allotment of sites for transport offices and facilities such as canteen and rest rooms among others to truck drivers at the Truck Terminal in front of Bandipalya on Nanjangud Road, members of the Federation of Mysuru Lorry Owners’ Association, have decided to meet Chief Minister (CM) Siddharamaiah and Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr….
Maharaja’s students stir for postponement of exams
November 21, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Demanding postponement of exams till the recruitment of teaching faculty, students of Maharaja’s Degree College near Ramaswamy Circle, staged a protest in front of Centenary Hall in the campus yesterday. The students, who staged protest under the banner of All India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO), alleged that “Following the lack of adequate teaching faculty even…
‘Opportunities await young Indian scientists, researchers’
November 21, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The three-day 12th IEEE International Conference on ‘Cloud Computing in Emerging Markets’ (CCEM) was organised at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru Campus, in collaboration with IEEE from Nov. 2 to 4. In his inaugural address, Chairman and Managing Director of Catamaran Ventures M.D. Ranganath expressed optimism about the rapidly growing technology of cloud computing, anticipating…
Kanaka Jayanti on Nov.30: Preliminary meeting held
November 21, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: At a preliminary meeting held at Kanaka Bhavan in Siddarthanagar here recently under the leadership of Kanakadasa Jayantyotsava Samithi President and former MLA M.K. Somashekar, it was decided to celebrate Kanaka Jayanti on a grand scale in city on Nov. 30. The meeting decided to invite Kaginele Kanakaguru Peetha’s Swamiji and Urilinga Peddi Mutt’s…















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