Mysore/Mysuru: Two-day Mysuru District 18th Kannada Sahitya Sammelana will begin at Government PU College premises in H.D. Kote tomorrow (Feb. 23). Addressing a press meet at Pathrakarthara Bhavan yesterday, District Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Dr. Y.D. Rajanna stated that veteran scholar Prof. N.S. Taranath has been selected as President of Kannada Sahitya Sammelana which will…
Lions Regional Meet tomorrow
February 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: International Lions Association, Lions Clubs District 317A will be organising its Regional Conference (Region-V) at Sri Bandanthamma Kalamma Samudaya Bhavana, New Kantharaj Urs Road, on Feb. 23. Registration will be from 8.30 am to 9.30 am, banner presentation from 9.30 am to 10.30 am followed by Regional Conference from 10.45 am to 1.30 pm….
School declared as Non-COVID Centre
February 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The Andalus English Medium School in Rajeevnagar Second Stage, which was turned into a COVID Care Centre following the outbreak of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic last year, has now been declared a Non-COVID Centre, following decline in positive cases. Accordingly, the school can be used for teaching and other academic activities, according to DHO…
Three-day Intl. Workshop on ‘Vedic Recitation’ at Amrita Campus
February 22, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: A three-day international virtual workshop on ‘The Ideology Inherent in the Tradition of Vedic Recitation and Practices – An exposure’ is jointly organised by Amrita Darshanam – International Centre for Spiritual Studies, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru Campus and South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur (Ministry of Culture, Government of India) from Feb.25 to 27 at…
Rs. 1.50 crore collected as traffic fines every month
February 21, 20215,000 violators booked every day, netting a revenue of Rs. 5 lakh As of now no plans of reintroducing drunken driving checks: City Top Cop Mysore/Mysuru: City Traffic Police has been helping the Government to fill its coffers with the huge amounts collected in the form of fines from rule violators. Every day, over 5,000…
Tiger kills two in South Kodagu within 12 hours
February 21, 2021Elephants arrive for combing operations; Villagers resort to flash bandh Ponnampet: A tiger on the prowl in South Kodagu mauled two persons to death within a span of 12 hours. While a 16-year-old youth was killed late last evening, another woman was killed early this morning. The places of attack are close to each other…
Curbs on Kerala visitors hit hotel biz in city
February 21, 202150 percent of business hit; Footfall to tourist places decline Mysore/Mysuru: Fearing second wave of COVID-19 contagion, the State Government has issued a fresh set of guidelines exclusively for catering services and food handlers in hotels, restaurants, resorts and dhabas and has made RT-PCR test mandatory for the hotel staff once every fortnight. Meanwhile, C….
Parva seminar begins
February 21, 2021Novelist Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa calls upon people to buy tickets to watch plays Mysore/Mysuru: Ahead of staging of much-awaited theatre adaptation of Saraswati Samman awardee Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa’s novel ‘Parva’ in the month of March, a day-long seminar titled ‘Parva – Virat Darshana,’ jointly organised by Rangayana Mysuru and Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa Sahitya Pratishtana, began…
Siddharamaiah inaugurates Mysuru Photo-Journalists Association
February 21, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Siddharamaiah inaugurated the newly formed Mysuru Photo-Journalists Association (MPJA) at a programme organised at Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA) office on Thyagaraja Road here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Siddharamaiah likened Photo-Journalists to poets who see something extraordinary in everything. Noting that Photo-Journalists have their own ideas and…
All health, frontline workers must take jab to prevent second wave: Dr. Sudhakar
February 21, 2021Bengaluru: Health and Medical Education Minister Dr. K. Sudhakar said that COVID-19 vaccination is must for all health and frontline warriors to prevent outbreak of second wave of COVID-19 in the State. Speaking to media here yesterday, he said Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has issued instruction in this regard in the wake of poor response…















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