Mysore/Mysuru: Marking 107th birth anniversary of Dr. Gangubai Hangal, Mysuru Kannada Vedike had organised a function at Freedom Fighters Park, Subbarayanakere in city recently. Addressing the gathering, writer Bannuru K. Raju said, “Gangubai Hangal was a legendary Hindustani vocalist, but the life and achievements of this renowned artiste is not reaching the students of Music…
Rural students drew inspiration from Lankesh: Journalist Mattu
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Rural students who suffered from inferiority complex looked up to Writer and Journalist Lankesh as their ‘Guru’, said senior Journalist Dinesh Amin Mattu and added that it was Lankesh who gave a new dimension to Kannada language. He was speaking at ‘Lankesh Nenapu’, a programme in memory of Writer-Journalist Lankesh organised by Mysuru Geleyara…
Science drama ‘Nilukada Nakshatra: Ramanujan’ captivates audience
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Nilukada Nakshatra: Ramanujan,’ a Science drama depicting staggering genius of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan was staged at Kiru Rangamandira, Kalamandira premises here yesterday. Born in Erode and schooled at Kumbakonam’s Town Higher Secondary School where he first discovered the joy of mathematics, Srinivasa Ramanujan’s short life of 32 years was once crowded with poverty, ill…
Prize winners in various Inter-Collegiate events
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The students of Hindustan First Grade College, J.P. Nagar, won prizes in the following Inter-Collegiate events recently: SCIENCE EXPO: The students of BCA Department — N.B. Bojamma, N. Shreyas, R. Karthik, M. Bhoomika and S. Mallikarjuna — won First Place in Science Expo held during ‘Christech 2020’ Inter-Collegiate Science Fest organised by the Department…
Tanveer Sait urges State to shut schools, colleges
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Senior Congress MLA and former Minister Tanveer Sait has urged the State Government to declare a holiday to schools and colleges as precautionary measure amid COVID-19 scare. In a letter written to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and to Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Suresh Kumar yesterday, he said that there is no time…
Poultry industry feels the pinch as prices fall
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: COVID-19 and bird flu scare have sent prices of poultry products plummeting with the bird meat being sold for as low as Rs. 110 per kg in Mysuru. “The sales have gone down drastically and we cannot return the chicken to farms, therefore we are forced to sell them at cheaper prices,” said V….
Reduction in human-wildlife conflict is the need of the hour: B.P. Ravi
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The UG and PG Departments of Zoology, JSS College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Ooty Road, recently organised a UGC-sponsored one-day State-level Seminar on ‘Prospects and Perspectives in Applied Biology’ at the College premises in city. “Conservation of biodiversity and reduction in human-wildlife conflict is the need of the hour,” said the chief guest,…
Former Karnataka Governor Hans Raj Bhardwaj passes away
March 9, 2020New Delhi: Former Karnataka Governor and senior Congress leader Hans Raj Bhardwaj passed away here on Sunday. He was 82. Bhardwaj breathed his last at Max Hospital in New Delhi’s Saket area , where he was admitted on Wednesday due to kidney-related issues. He is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters. Bhardwaj…
Woman goes missing
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A 60-year-old woman, who left her house at Siddalingapura in Metagalli Police limits on Mar. 2, has since gone missing. The missing woman is Jayalakshmamma. She is 5.3 ft. tall, round faced, oily red complexioned, normal built, has a scar on her right hand and speaks Kannada, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Those having any…
Gold chain snatched at Jayalakshmipuram
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Bike borne miscreants have snatched a gold chain from a woman at Jayalakshmipuram on Saturday night. The woman, who lost her gold chain, is Leelavathi of Jayalakshmipuram. Leelavathi was walking on the road behind Raghavendraswamy Mutt in the locality, when two miscreants on a bike, who came from the opposite direction, snatched the 30-gram…















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