Mysore/Mysuru: The first stage of conserving rare and priceless palm leaf scripts and paper manuscripts of many centuries stored at Oriental Research Institute (ORI), governed by the University of Mysore (UoM), has begun. ORI, established 130 years ago, is a repository of about 70,000 manuscripts that date back to more than 700 years in languages…
Yuva Brigade, NIE-IT volunteers restore fallen Kalyani pillar
May 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The collapsed concrete pillar in the middle of the Kalyani on the way up to the Chamundi Hill near the burial grounds has been restored last Sunday by the side of the pond so that the source of water inside the Kalyani can remain intact and the Kalyani can once again fill up with…
‘Kasturirangan had effectively tackled communal violence’
May 17, 2022Former IGP Ulfat Hussain felicitated Mysore/Mysuru: Former IGP Ulfat Hussain, who had served as Mysuru DCP when H.R. Kasturirangan was the City Police Commissioner, said that Kasturirangan had effectively tackled communal violence. Speaking at the programme organised by Police Constables who were recruited in 1993, to honour Kasturirangan, who was then Mysuru Police Commissioner, at…
Skill necessary along with education: Dr. Sudha Murty
May 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: “It won’t be enough for students if they get just a degree. They should acquire the needed professional skills,” said former Chief of Infosys Foundation and writer Dr. Sudha Murty. She was speaking at a programme ‘Jeevana Pata mattu Hastakshara’ organised at Sapna Book House yesterday. “Many Engineering graduates are working as auto drivers,…
Rs. 13.5 crore grant released for year-long Dasara Expo
May 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) Chairman Hemanthkumar Gowda has disclosed that the State Government has released Rs.13.5 crore towards holding Dasara Exhibition throughout the year. ‘A detailed discussion was held at Bengaluru with Tourism and Environment Minister Anand Singh with regard to holding the Exhibition on all 365 days of the year and it was…
Online work from home: Student loses Rs. 3.84 lakh to fraudsters
May 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Fraudsters, who convinced a student that he could earn Rs. 3,000 a day by working online from home and got Rs. 3.84 lakh transferred to their bank account, have cheated him and the student has lost his money to online fraudsters. The student, who lost his money, is 19-year-old Aiyappa Chalavadi, a native of…
South Graduates Constituency election: MLC not to support JD-S candidate
May 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The JD-S leader and MLC Marithibbegowda has said that he has decided to stay neutral and will not support the party candidate H.K. Ramu in the coming South Graduates Constituency elections to be held on June 13. He was speaking at a press conference at Patrakarthara Bhavan here today. “At a function held in…
Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa mentions of Kashi Temple Shivalinga in his 2007 novel Aavarana
May 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The news that a Shivalinga has been found inside the well of the Gyanvapi Mosque in Kashi during the survey reminds one of Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa’s Kannada novel Aavarana published in 2007. In that novel, there was a mention to Kashi Vishwanath Temple and the author writes, “An order was passed by Mughal Emperor…
T.A. Vasantha Kumari elected as President of WISE
May 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: T.A.Vasantha Kumari was elected as the President of WISE (Women In Small Enterprise), the women’s wing of Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) at its Annual General Meeting and took charge on May 10 at the Chamber premises on D. Devaraj Urs Road. The other team members are as follows: Vice-Presidents: Padmini Shivanna…
Transferred Judges accorded warm send-off in city
May 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Judges who were transferred from Mysuru District Law Courts were felicitated and accorded a warm send-off at a function organised by the Mysore Bar Association in City Courts Complex premises here recently. The transferred Judges are: Ashvini Vijay Shiriyannavar, Jerald Rudolph Mendoncca, Yeshwant Kumar, Virupakshiah, V. Vijeth, Sunil S. Hosmani, Kavita Shivaray Undod, B.C….















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