Bylakuppe: The Losar festival celebrated from the first week of March at the Tibetan colony at Bylakuppe in Mysuru District on the way to Kodagu, concluded yesterday with prayers and wishes of long and healthy life for everyone. Losar marks the beginning of the New Year as per the Tibetan calendar. The main festival of…
Plays on life and livelihood, societal issues at Bahuroopi
March 19, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Life and livelihood, societal problems, mental trauma arising out of helplessness and such other human issues came to the fore on the seventh day of the ongoing Bahuroopi National Theatre Festival at Rangayana here yesterday. Bengaluru’s Thema Theatre Group enacted ‘LSD’ Kannada play at Sampat Rangamandira. The play highlighted how human beings who are…
Melukote Teppotsava held
March 19, 2022Melukote: The delightful Teppotsava of the presiding deity of Melukote — Sri Cheluvanarayanaswamy — was held here with grandeur at the South India’s biggest Kalyani on Friday night, the 8th Tirunal of Vyramudi Jatrotsava. The Teppotsava Mantapa and the Kalyani itself was decorated with colourful lights and flowers. The idol of Cheluvanarayanaswamy adorned with diamonds…
Shyamala’s knitting art expo at Suchitra Art Gallery to conclude tomorrow
March 19, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The Knitting Art Exhibition at ‘Bahuroopi Rashtriya Rangotsava’ is drawing large crowd and has received huge appreciation from those who visited the expo at Suchitra Art Gallery in Kalamandira premises. The exhibition under the theme ‘Mounada Henigeya Dhyana,’ is a collection knitting works of city’s 86-year-old Shyamla Krishnamurthy, which has won the appreciation of…
Rs.36 lakh surplus budget for Bogadi Town Panchayat
March 19, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The newly formed Bogadi Town Panchayat has announced a Rs. 36.78 lakh surplus budget. Presenting the Rs. 8.99 crore budget for the year 2022-23 here on Wednesday, the Town Panchayat Executive Officer D.N. Vijayakumar said that the Panchayat has recorded a surplus budget of Rs. 36.78 lakh. He appealed the Panchayat limits residents to…
More than 300 take part in job fair for disabled youth
March 19, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: More than 300 youths with disabilities took part in the day-long district-level Job Mela, organised by Bengaluru-based Samarthanam Trust for the disabled, an NGO working towards empowering people with disabilities, that began at JSS Polytechnic for the Differently Abled, located in JSS Technical Institutions campus, Manasagangothri this morning. Senior Civil Judge Devaraj Bhoote, who…
Cultural events captivate crowd
March 19, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The traditional dance performances and an exhilarating display of Martial Arts captivated the crowds on the seventh day of Bahuroopi National Theatre Festival (Bahuroopi Raashtriya Rangotsava) at Rangayana here yesterday. Artistes from Karnataka and Manipur performed traditional dances, while artistes from Kerala presented ‘Kalaripayattu’ martial arts, which drew thunderous applause from the gathering. The…
‘Include left out Integrated Development works in forthcoming MUDA budget’
March 19, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) directed officials to include all works that have been left out of Integrated Development Plan, in the forthcoming MUDA budget. Addressing MUDA’s Pre-budget Meeting here on Friday, GTD said that several works have been left out with the purpose of developing all MUDA formed layouts at a time. As…
Bathing units sought in all 65 Wards for Pourakarmikas
March 19, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Pourakarmikas or sanitation workers regularly deal with hazardous waste and sometimes, enter high-risk confined spaces like sewers and septic tanks for cleaning. They are exposed to dangerous viruses and bacteria that would ruin their health. “To save them from the risk of being infected, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) must construct bathing units in…
Social workers should work for the weak and oppressed: VC
March 19, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: University of Mysore Vice-Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar has said that social workers should work for the upliftment of the weak and oppressed. He was speaking at the day-long symposium on ‘Ecological Social Work,’ organised by University of Mysore’s Department of Studies in Social Work at Senate Bhavan in Manasagangothri campus, as part of…















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