Gundlupet: A couple travelling on a bike on NH-766 was killed on the spot when a car rammed into the bike from behind near Raghavapura Gate yesterday. The deceased are Papanna (57) and his wife Puttasiddamma (48), residents of Raghavapura village in the taluk. They were proceeding towards Gundlupet on bike when a Kerala-registered car…
Miraculous escape for Assistant Commissioner as vehicle rams into container truck
October 15, 2019Mandya: Mandya Assistant Commissioner (AC) and his driver had a miraculous escape, when the official vehicle in which he was travelling rammed into a container truck from behind near Hosa Boodanur yesterday afternoon. AC Suraj was travelling in his official vehicle (KA-11 G-0639) with his driver behind the wheels on some official work. As an…
Prizes distributed to winners of Dasara-2019 Tableaux
October 15, 2019Mysuru: Outstanding tableaux, which participated during this year’s Mysuru Dasara, received prizes and mementos during the prize distribution ceremony held at Zilla Panchayat Auditorium in the city yesterday. The Chamarajanagar tableau, a huge tiger with the slogan ‘Samrudhi Sampathina Naduve Huliya Santrupta Thana’ won the first prize. Kadamba-Banavasi tableau of Uttara Kannada and ‘Walking God’…
Leftists condemn economic policy of the Centre
October 15, 2019Mysuru: Members of Joint Committee of Left Parties staged a protest at Gandhi Square here yesterday alleging that the unscientific decisions of the Union Government had driven the country to a state of economic crisis. The members alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had failed to implement pro-people schemes over the last five-and-a-half-years. They alleged…
‘Labour policy slackened by amendments to IBC-2016 Act’
October 15, 2019Mysuru: “The amendments to IBC (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code)-2016 Act has slackened the country’s labour policy,” opined Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) leader L.M. Peshwa. He was speaking on ‘IBC-2016: Effect on industry and economy’ at a programme organised by CITU at Rotary Hall on JLB Road here yesterday. Peshwa contended that as per…
Awards conferred on achievers at ‘Kavya Dasara’
October 15, 2019Mysuru: Hoysala Kannada Sangha and Savigannada Pathrika Balaga in association with Sri Mahajana Sabha had organised ‘Kavya Dasara’, a poets meet and awards presentation ceremony recently at Sri Rama Mandira in Krishnamurthypuram here. Inaugurating the programme, Natyacharya Prof. K. Ramamurthy Rao advised poets not to write poems sitting in ivory tower but instead get into…
Student Counselling Centre inaugurated
October 15, 2019Mysuru: Marking World Mental Health Day, Maharani’s Arts College and PG Centre had organised a special lecture on ‘Mental Health and Suicide Prevention’ at the college premises here this morning. A student counselling centre was also opened at the college. Delivering the lecture after inaugurating the Counselling Centre, HoD of Psychiatry, K.R. Hospital Dr. B.N….
Three-day National Seminar on Sri Ramanujacharya begins
October 15, 2019Mysuru: A three-day National Seminar on ‘Sri Ramanuja’s Place in Philosophy, Religion and Society,’ organised by the Department of Studies in Philosophy, University of Mysore (UoM), Manasagangothri, in association with Indian Council of Philosophical Research, New Delhi, began this morning at Educational Multi-Media Research Centre (EMMRC) in Manasagangothri. Speaking after inaugurating the seminar, Prof. Bhashyam…
BEML employees stage ‘Tamate Chaluvali’ against privatisation
October 15, 2019Mysuru: Hundreds of Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) employees under the banner of BEML Employees Association took to street this morning in protest against the proposed disinvestment move and privatisation of the Public Sector Unit (PSU). The association members, officers and contract employees, as a part of their nation-wide protest, gathered in front of BEML…
Training and Placement Department renovated
October 15, 2019Mysuru: The renovated facility of Training and Placement Department at GSSSIETW was inaugurated recently by Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, University of Mysore (UoM). Vanaja B. Pandit, Secretary, GSSS, Srinivasa Guptha, Vice-President, O. Pratap Kumar, Joint Secretary, R.K. Bharath, CEO, GSSSIETW, Anupama B. Pandit, Administrative Officer, Ashok Shenoy, Board Member GSSS and Dr. M. Shivakumar,…













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