Mysuru: As part of World Human Rights Day, activists of Jana Sangram Parishat (JSP) staged silent protest in front of Gandhi Square here last evening by holding candles and wearing black badges, condemning increase of atrocities in society. They urged the Government to sensitise public on Constitution and Human Rights as majority of people are…
Mugur Karnataka Brahmana Sangha gets administrator
December 11, 2018Mysuru: Following complaints of irregularities and maladministration, the Karnataka Government has appointed an Administrative Officer for Mugur Karnataka Brahmana Sangha, located at Chamundipuram in city. The Under-Secretary to the Co-operation Department R. Senthamarai, in an order issued recently, said that failure to convene Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) of the Sangha for eight consecutive years,…
Bengaluru Kodava Samaja to open tribal culture study centre
December 11, 2018Mysuru: Kodava Samaja Shikshana Samithi, Bengaluru and Sri Cauvery School, Indiranagar, Bengaluru, will be opening a “Tribal Culture and Language Study Centre” under the Shikshana Samithi. The Study Centre will be inaugurated on Dec. 12 at 3 pm at Cauvery School, Indiranagar. The event will be inaugurated by Dr. Kandrathanda M. Kaverappa, President of Kodava…
Urdu seminar and mushaira held
December 11, 2018Mysuru: Karnataka State Urdu Academy and Faizan-e-Adab had organised a seminar and Urdu mushaira on Sunday at Town Hall in city. Prof. Shabbir Mohammed Mustafa, Hon. Secretary, MESCO, inaugurated the seminar. Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath and Dy. Mayor Shafi Ahmed were the chief guests. Dr. Sanaulla Shariff, Associate Professor, Government First Grade College, Varthur, spoke on…
Prof. K.N. Ganganayak appointed Tumkur University Registrar
December 11, 2018Mysuru: Prof. K.N. Ganganayak, formerly of University of Mysore (UoM), has been appointed as Registrar (Administration) of Tumkur University in Tumakuru. Prof. Ganganayak, who was currently serving as Registrar (Evaluation) of Davanagere University, has been posted to Tumkur University, as per a Government order signed by M.A. Ahmed Jaan, Under-Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department…
Elected President of MES
December 11, 2018Mysuru: Prof. Syed Shakeeb Ur Rahman, former Dean, VTU and former Principal of SJCE, has been elected as President of Muslim Educational Society (MES), Tilak Nagar, at the 27th Annual General Body Meeting of the Society on Saturday. MES manages educational institutions from Primary to Degree-level. The other office-bearers are: Prof. Riyaz Ahmed and Prof….
Woman missing
December 11, 2018Mysuru: A 58-year-old woman has gone missing from Varuna Police limits since Dec. 1. The missing woman is Lakshmamma, wife of T. Siddachari and a resident of Mellahalli in Varuna limits. According to the complaint lodged by her son S. Kumar, his mother Lakshmamma had gone to her daughter’s house at Someshwarapura on Dec. 1…
Elected as President of Siddarthanagar Tax Payers Assn.
December 11, 2018Mysuru: Mamballi K. Papegowda has been elected as the President of Karanji, Siddarthanagar Tax Payers Association during the elections held at the office-bearers meeting on Saturday last. Other office-bearers are as follows: Vice-President – S. Janaki, Secretary – C. Sureshkumar, Treasurer – K. Shivaram; Directors – R.N. Dinesh, M. Yogishbabu, M.C. Vinay, T. Lakshmi Nagaraj,…
Bike-born miscreants overtake lady scooterist, yank off chain
December 11, 2018Mysuru: After a brief lull, chain-snatchers have struck again in the city this morning. Suma, 35, a resident of Vijayanagar 4th Stage, was dropping her specially-abled child to school on a scooter at about 10.45 am, when two motorcycle-borne miscreants, who came from behind, overtook her and stopped her near a drainage in RMP Layout,…
Centre rejects separate religion tag for Lingayats
December 10, 2018Decision communicated to Karnataka Government on Nov.13 NDA Govt. follows UPA’s footsteps in rejecting demand Bengaluru: The BJP-led NDA government at the Centre has rejected the demand of Lingayats for separate religion status. The Centre’s rejection was conveyed to the Karnataka High Court this morning by Union Government’s Additional Solicitor General Prabhuling Navadagi. The Additional…
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