Wildlife First clarifies on reports that say Ponnampet, Hunsur and Periyapatna will be included in forest expansion Mysore: Wildlife First, a conservation advocacy organisation that has been intensively campaigning for nearly two decades in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot in South India, has stated that a buffer zone to support tiger populations cannot include private…
Government Schools to be developed on the lines of model schools in Delhi and Kerala
June 27, 2019Bengaluru: Primary and Secondary Education Minister S.R. Srinivas has said that government schools in the State would be developed on the lines of model schools in Delhi and Kerala. He was speaking to the media here yesterday after having a meeting with officials of the Department. Srinivas said that he, along with officials, would visit…
Grand procession marks Nada Prabhu Kempegowda Jayanti celebrations
June 27, 2019Mysuru: A grand procession marked the Nada Prabhu Kempegowda Jayanti celebrations in city this morning. The procession began from Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple in front of the Mysore Palace with District Minister G.T. Devegowda inaugurating the programme by beating the drums. He also broke into a dance to the beating of the tamate as the colourful…
Fear grips Bittangala Government School as wild tusker attacks boy
June 27, 2019Virajpet: Yesterday, a school boy was injured when a wild elephant attacked him while he was on his way to school. Today, only 10 students out of 24 in the school attended their classes out of fear. Like the innocent students, people of Virajpet taluk are living in perpetual fear of wild elephants attacking them,…
Echo of Elephant Drona’s death: HC seeks details on medical facilities at Elephant Camps
June 27, 2019Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court yesterday asked the State to file an affidavit regarding the number of elephant camps run by the State and facilities provided at these camps. The Division Bench of Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice H.T. Narendra Prasad issued this direction after hearing the Public Interest Litigation filed by city-based…
Elephant calf drowns in lake
June 27, 2019Kushalnagar: A male elephant calf, which had come along with its mother to quench its thirst at a lake in Hatur Reserve Forest area coming under Guddehosur Gram Panchayat limits near Kushalnagar, died after getting drowned in the lake on Tuesday. On Tuesday night, a herd of elephants including a mother and a one-month-old baby…
Mandya farmers stir enters seventh day
June 27, 2019Mandya: With the authorities finding no solution to their plea seeking release of water into canals from KRS and Hemavathi reservoirs for saving standing crops and cattle, the indefinite stir launched by the farmers in front of Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Ltd., (CNNL) office at Mandya, entered the seventh day today. The farmers are angry that…
Rhythm Fest: Layavadyotsava at Ganabharathi on June 30
June 27, 2019Mysuru: Ganabharathi is organising a unique Rhythm Festival Layavadyotsava-2019 on June 30 from 10 am to 7.30 pm at its premises in Kuvempunagar. Layavadyotsava is a festival to celebrate Laya in its various forms. In this direction it includes various academic sessions and performing sessions for the rasikas to enjoy. The academic sessions are aimed…
‘Meet The Achievers’ programme from June 27 to July 1
June 27, 2019Mysuru: T. Narayana Shasthry Prathisthana, Panchamantra Road, Kuvempungar, has organised ‘Meet The Achievers’ programme from June 27 to July 1 at Ganesha Hall, Kuvempunagar, at 5.30 pm daily. The achievers to be featrured are as follows: June 27 (Thursday): Achiever in Music – Vidwan T.R. Rangaswamy (Turuvekere), Classical Music Scholar. Topic: Music Voyage. June 28…
Liquidation of Co-operative Societies: Objections invited
June 27, 2019Mysuru, June 27 (DM)- Several Co-operative Societies in Mysuru Sub-Division and Hunsur Sub-Division have ceased to function in accordance with the by-laws outlined in Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act 1959. As the Societies have ceased to function, the Co-operation Department has decided to liquidate these Societies as per Section 72 of Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act 1959….















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