Mysuru: Among the many Circles that found new names in city is the Akashavani Circle that has been rechristened as Ta.Ra.Su Circle. Ta.Ra.Su or Ta.Ra. Subba Rao is a noted Kannada littérateur (Taluku Ramaswami Subba Rao) and is considered as a harbinger of the Navya movement of Kannada literature. The Akashavani Circle is near the…
MCDCC Bank election begins
November 12, 2018Mysuru: The voting for electing the Directors of Mysuru and Chamarajanagar District Co-Operative Central (MCDCC) Bank began at Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry on Vinoba Road here this morning. The polling is being held to elect 12 Directors, while five Directors have already been elected unopposed. The MCDCC Bank has 17 Directors on its board. Those elected…
Political interference hinders decision making at Vani Vilas Water Works
November 12, 2018VVWW Executive Engineer expresses helplessness at MGP Meeting Mysuru: The Vani Vilas Water Works (VVWW) officials many a times cannot take decisions in the interest of the public on their own because of the political interference, said Executive Engineer Harish, expressing his helplessness. He was speaking at an interaction meeting on “Distribution of drinking water,…
Mayoral race hots up as Congress-JD(S) battle for post
November 12, 2018Mysuru: Even as former Chief Minister and JD(S)-Congress coalition Government Co-ordination Committee Chairman Siddharamaiah on Sunday assured of making sincere efforts to make Congress party Corporator as Mysuru Mayor. District Minister G.T. Devegowda is said to have convened a meeting of JD(S) Corporators and party leaders at a hotel here this afternoon to discuss the…
Passport Kendra in Mysuru to serve people of Kodagu
November 12, 2018Mysuru: The Post Office Passport Seva Kendra opened at Metagalli Post Office in Mysuru will serve the people of Kodagu too. According to Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha, the service has been extended to the residents of Kodagu who had to go to Bengaluru or Mangaluru to get Passport services. Keeping in mind the inconvenience faced…
Three women die in separate incidents
November 12, 2018Mysuru: Three women died in three separate incidents in city this morning. Shyma (45), wife of Purushottam, Proprietor of well-known Ambadi Stores near Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Circle in Ramakrishnanagar died after collapsing at 7.30 am. Shyma and her family members returned from Kerala this morning after attending a wedding. Shyma, after alighting form a car, was…
Takes charge as IOCL Executive Director
November 12, 2018Bengaluru: D.L. Pramodh took charge as the Executive Director, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Karnataka State Office, Bengaluru and State-level Co-ordinator, Oil Industry for Karnataka, recently. Prior to this posting, Pramodh served as the Executive Director (Institutional Business) at Indian Oil’s Marketing Division with its headquarters in Mumbai. A Mechanical Engineer, he joined Indian Oil…
Miscreant steals cash, mobile phones kept in the boot of scooter
November 12, 2018Mysuru: A miscreant has stolen cash and mobile phones kept in the boot of a scooter belonging to Dr. Venkatesh Joshi at Jayachamaraja Wadiyar Golf Club (JWGC) in city on Nov.9. On Nov.9, Dr. Venkatesh, who had come to JWGC, had kept Rs.75,000 cash and four mobile phones in the boot of his scooter and…
Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana dates re-scheduled
November 12, 2018Literary event to take place from Jan.4 to 6 at Dharwad Bengaluru: The Kannada Sahitya Parishat has re-scheduled the dates of the 84th edition of Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana to be held at Dharwad. As per the revised schedule, the three-day event will take place from Jan.4 to 6, 2019. The Parishat had earlier…
Chairperson of District Kannada Sahitya Sammelana
November 12, 2018Mysuru: Senior Journalist and writer Indudhara Honnapura has been named as the Chairperson of the two-day 19th Mysuru District Kannada Sahitya Sammelana scheduled to take place at Periyapatna on Dec.22 and 23. The decision to name Indudhara Honnapura was taken at the District Kannada Sahitya Parishat meeting held yesterday.
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