At least 10 persons were killed this afternoon as the bus they were travelling plunged into a 500-ft valley on the Ooty Road. While seven passengers were killed on the spot, three were declared dead at the Government Hospital, Ooty. The Tamil Nadu State Road Transport Corporation bus was proceeding from Ooty to Coonoor and…
Prof. R. Rajanna returns as UoM Registrar
June 14, 2018Mysuru: University of Mysore Registrar (Administration) D. Bharathi has been transferred and Prof. R. Rajanna from the Department of History has been appointed in her place. The State Government in an order has placed Bharathi in the service of Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR). Prof. Rajanna had served as the Registrar of University…
Mysuru hoteliers stage protest to condemn attack on Hubballi Hotel owner, staff
June 14, 2018Mysuru: The members of Mysuru Hotel Owners Association staged a protest in city on Tuesday condemning the recent attack on Hubballi Hotel owner and staff. Later they presented a memorandum to Additional Deputy Commissioner T. Yogesh. Association President C. Narayanagowda, Subramanya Shastry, Kiran, Ravi, Ravi Shastry, Suresh and others took part. It may be mentioned…
Kannada Book Authority invites applications from young writers
June 14, 2018Mysuru: The Kannada Pustaka Pradhikara (Kannada Book Authority) has invited applications from young writers for granting subsidy for their first ever publication. The candidates must be in the age group of 18 to 35 years and the work must be their first one, which is not published elsewhere in any form. Subsidy for Kannada books…
BJS to hold Smart Girl training programme in city
June 14, 2018Mysuru: Bharatiya Jain Sanghatan (BJS) has been in the forefront of addressing national concerns in the areas of Disaster Response, Social Development and Educational Initiatives. BJS has worked with Central and many State Governments and NGOs to implement many of its projects. Smart Girl programme, formerly known as EOG (Empowerment of Girls), is a unique…
Liquor licence, renewal process to go online
June 14, 2018Mysuru: The Karnataka Excise Department has decided to streamline the process of issuing licences to all categories of liquor shops, wine stores, bars and restaurants, clubs and other places that serve liquor. And for this, the entire process will be made online to ensure transparency. The Department is mulling to implement the online system by…
Dalits to stage demonstration on June 15 in Bengaluru
June 14, 2018Mysuru: The Dalita Sanghatanegala Okkota will stage a demonstration in Bengaluru on June 15 to demand promotion, reservation in jobs and for continuing the Dalit Atrocities (Prevention) Act in its present form. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, Okkoota district President and former Mayor Purushottam said that the demonstration will be held at…
Prof. K. Ramdas commemoration on June 17
June 14, 2018Mysuru: City’s Desiranga Samskrutika Samsthe will be holding a programme in memory of late Writer Prof. K. Ramdas, at Maneyangala, Kalamandira, at 10.30 am on June 17. Samsthe Secretary Krishna Janamana said that the programme features interaction on Prof. Ramdas’s achievements, a seminar on communal harmony and release of book ‘Matiyavaadada Neralalli Prajaprabhutva’ and screening…
Organic Mango Mela on June 18, 19
June 14, 2018Mysuru: Karnataka Institute of Agricultural Marketing, Akashavani, Federation of Mysuru, Mandya, Chamarajanagar Districts Regional Co-operative Organic Farmers Association, Mysuru, along with Kolar and Chikkaballapur Regional Co-operative Organic Federation, have jointly organised an Organic Mango Mela on June 18 and 19 at Karnataka Institute of Agricultural Marketing on Hunsur Road in city from 10.30 am to…
City student bags LSAT Chancellor’s Scholarship
June 14, 2018Mysuru: Sriram D. Hemmige, a student of Vidyavardhaka PU College, Mysuru and an alumnus of Acharya Vidya Kula, has secured admission to O.P. Jindal Global University, one of the top-ranked private Law Universities in India, based on his meritorious performance in LSAT exam, and has been awarded the prestigious Chancellor’s Scholarship. This scholarship will be…
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