Mysuru: ‘Dahi Handi’ competition as part of Krishna Janmashtami celebrations will be held on Aug.25 at J.K. Grounds here, said former MLA Maruthi Rao Pawar. He was addressing a press meet organised by Sri Krishnajnmashtami Utsav Samithi at Pathrakartara Bhavan here on July 27 and said that Lord Krishna’s famous Makhan Chor Leela ‘Dahi Handi’…
Mysuru: The recent nominations to the Board of Management (BoM) of Karnataka State Open University (KSOU) has been stayed by the orders of the new Government. The members, who were nominated to the BoM, were all from the education field and they included Dattagalli resident Dr. Hiriyanna, Lakshmipuram resident Prof. S.P. Umadevi, Bogadi’s Prof.D.S. Leelavathi,…
Mysuru: Karnataka Dalit Vedike, marking its 10th anniversary, had organised a programme at Maharaja’s College Centenary Hall here on Sunday where pratibha puraskar was presented to meritorious SC/ST students and Karunada Bhushana award was conferred on achievers in various fields. Speaking on the occasion, Sri Jnanaprakash Swamiji of Urilingapeddi Mutt, Gandhinagar, opined that value-based eduction…
Mysuru: Tailoring is a very noble profession as it clothes a person and protects his or her dignity. However, the girls of Bhavasar Kshatriya community hesitate to marry the tailor boys, thus bringing to disrepute the tailoring profession, regretted Bengaluru’s Nazare Lalitha Bai Trust President Lalitha Nazare. She was speaking after inaugurating the 6th matrimonial…
Mysuru: Suttur Mutt Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji has said that everyone must accept sorrow and happiness equally. He was speaking at the ‘Satsang’ programme organised at the residence of Prakash Totigoudar at Denver in Colorado, USA recently. Maintaining that one should consider every work as service to God which would in turn bring success,…
Mysuru: The District Kannada Sahitya Parishat and Sapna Book House together had organised a programme at the Institution of Engineers-India (IEI) on JLB Road here on Sunday to release the autobiography of Kamala Hampana titled ‘Beru-Benki-Bilalu.’ Releasing the book, writer Dr. Banjagere Jayaprakash opined that Kannada language cannot be strengthened through Sahitya Sammelanas and emotional…
Mysuru: MKS Brigade was launched by former MLA M.K. Somashekar at Krishnadhama Senior Citizens’ Ashrama in Bhugathagalli on the outskirts of the city on Sunday. Speaking on the occasion, Somashekar opined that it is inhuman to send parents to Ashramas citing some reason or the other. He said that the stage of old age would…
Gold chains worth about Rs.2.37 lakh recovered, four cases solved in Devaraja Police limits Mysuru: Devaraja Police have arrested a woman on charges of lifting gold chains during rush hours at bus stand and have recovered four gold chains weighing about 79 grams and worth about Rs. 2.37 lakh from her. The accused is 35-year-old…
Mysuru: In separate incidents, two women committed suicide by hanging self in city. In the first incident, Sitara alias Smitha (25), wife of Anil Kumar and a resident of Ramakrishnanagar ‘K’ Block, committed suicide by hanging self at her residence yesterday. Sitara, a resident of Gandhinagar, was given in marriage to Anil Kumar of Ramakrishnanagar…
Srirangapatna: A 35-year-old man from Mysuru, who had gone on a picnic to Balamuri along with his friend was drowned in River Cauvery after he slipped and fell into it yesterday. The deceased is Jayaram, an autorickshaw driver and a resident of Manchegowdanakoppal in Mysuru. Jayaram was standing at the edge of the river when…
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