Mysore/Mysuru: Traffic ACP (Assistant Commissioner of Police) Sandesh Kumar and seven other Police Officers from the city and district are among the 122 Police personnel across the State who have bagged the Chief Minister’s Gold Medal for the year 2018-19, for distinguished service. Apart from Sandesh Kumar, the other recipients from the city and district…
Tamil Nadu man arrested for attempting to transport deer antlers in plane
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysore Airport Security personnel have arrested a 38-year-old man from Tamil Nadu for attempting to transport antlers (deer horns) in a flight to Hyderabad on Saturday and have handed over the accused to Vidyaranyapuram Police. The arrested has been identified as Karthik Reddy, a resident of Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu. Reddy, who came to…
Raga Charukeshi at Ganabharathi
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Ganabharathi is organising a unique series “Raga Yagna” where different facets of various ragas are explained, described and demonstrated in the programme. Prof. R. Visweswaran, well-known vainika, musicologist, musician and vaggeyakara will be the resource person. Important features of the raga will be explained, raga and thana in the raga will be presented in…
Workshop for Hindi Teachers at CIIL
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A five-day training-cum-workshop on ‘Testing and Evaluation and Item-writing’ for Hindi teachers and research scholars of South India, was held at National Testing Service-India (NTS-I) of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru from Mar. 2. Prof. P.R. Dharmesh Fer-nandez, Professor and Deputy Director, CIIL, inaugurated the workshop. In his inaugural address, he said…
JCI hosts ‘Nari Tujhe Salaam’
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Jcrt wing of JCI Mysore Royal City had organised ‘Nari Tujhe Salaam’ on account of International Women’s Day at Prithvi Palace Club House yesterday. Vidya Natraj, Dr. Kavitha Sudhir Nayak, Sneha Ganna and Suma Hari Shankar were honoured for their valuable contribution to society in different fields. The felicitation was followed by a training…
Climbathon marks Intl. Women’s Day
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Cauvery Group of Institutions and Cauvery Heart and Multi-Speciality Hospital, Mysuru, celebrated International Women’s Day yesterday. On the occasion, more than 250 students of Cauvery Group of Institutions, comprising Para-medical, Allied Health Sciences and Nursing, participated in a Climbathon along Chamundi Hill steps. They carried placards depicting issues related to women’s health and also…
Lecture on ‘Illness to Wellness’ at Elder Citizens Council
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: As part of the monthly lecture series of Elders Citizens Council, Jayalakshmipuram, a lecture titled ‘lllness to Wellness’ by Dr. K.R. Vasanthakumar, Director, Wellness Centre and Aathma Wellness Foundation, Mysuru, was arranged at Saraswathi Samudaya Hall here recently. Dr. Vasanthakumar, who is also a Professor at Adichunchanagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, has conducted more…
City gastroenterologist gets international recognition
March 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. Rajkumar P. Wadhwa, Chief Gastroenterologist and Head of Institutes of Gastroenterology, Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysuru, has got international recognition by being invited as a faculty for ENDO 2020 — 2nd World Congress of GI Endoscopy which is being held from Mar. 7 to Mar. 10 in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. Dr. Wadhwa will…
Coronavirus scare hits city tourism
March 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: March-April is a peak time for Indians and foreigners to make travel plans. It is Spring in the northern hemisphere with a pleasant weather in many countries. In a few days, exams will also be over and schools will break for holidays. For the travel and tourism industry, the coronavirus or COVID-19 outbreak couldn’t…
Women’s Day today: Mysuru Zoo leads the way
March 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: When Deepa Kumari finished her PUC, she did not have an inclination that one day she would be driving battery-operated vehicles at Mysuru Zoo. Discontinuing her education and coming from an agrarian background, life was not easy for this resident of Bannur. Now, her life is headed in a new direction with Deepa serving…















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