Mysuru: Even though the city has lost a chance to host the International Day of Yoga (unofficially referred to as International Yoga Day), Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar has directed the officials of the District Administration to make all preparations for celebrating it on June 21 at the Race Course. The second rehearsal will be…
Body of 4-month baby boy found in garbage heap
June 9, 2018Mysuru: The body of a four-month-old baby boy was found dumped in a garbage heap between 9th and 10th cross near Annapoorneshwari Temple in Hebbal this morning. The body was discovered by MCC Pourakarmikas when they were cleaning the garbage heap early this morning. Hebbal Police, who rushed to the spot after receiving information, conducted…
Tumkur Varsity VC distributes certificates to 303 astrology graduates
June 9, 2018‘Sanctity of astrology should be preserved’ Mysuru: The Graduation Day of Bharathiya Jyotirvignana Samshodhana Kendra was held at Aradhya Mahasabha on JLB Road here recently. Certificates in various branches of astrology were distributed to 303 candidates who had successfully completed their courses during 2017-18. The certificates were distributed by Tumkur University Vice-Chancellor Dr. Y.S. Siddegowda…
Floral tributes to advocate, doctor and scholar
June 9, 2018Mysuru: Akhila Bharatha Veerashaiva Mahasabha, Veerashaiva Lingayat Associations and Basava Balaga Okkuta, Mysuru, had organised a programme at Rajendra Bhavan in JSS Hospital premises here recently to pay tributes to advocate H. Gangadharan, Dr. C.N. Mruthyunjayappa and scholar S. Nanjundaiah, who passed away in city recently. Floral tributes were paid to the portraits of the…
Awareness drive on COTPA held in H.D. Kote taluk
June 9, 2018H.D. Kote: District Department of Health and Family Welfare, District Surveillance Office and District Tobacco Control Cell together had organised an awareness drive on COTPA (Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act) – 2003 at Saragur in the taluk covering shops, hotels, bars and provision stores at public places recently. District Tobacco Control Cell Advisor Shivakumar…
‘Appoint Dr. Nagesh Bettakote as Music Varsity VC’
June 9, 2018Mysuru: Alleging that Dr. Nagesh V. Bettakote was not appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of KSGH Music and Performing Arts University just because he was a Dalit, the Dalit Sangharsha Samithi (DSS) has urged the Government to consider his name for appointment as VC. Addressing a press meet here recently, District DSS office-bearer Choranahalli Shivanna said…
Human Rights Commission issues notice to Talacauvery Temple Committee
June 9, 2018Proposal to ban entry of women to Brahmagiri Hills Mysuru: The Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) has issued a notice to Talacauvery Temple Committee in Kodagu district over the issue of a proposal to ban entry of women to Brahmagiri Hills at Talacauvery, the birthplace of River Cauvery. The Committee was mulling to impose…
Valmiki Corporation Dist. Manager and FDA caught red-handed while accepting bribe
June 9, 2018Chamarajanagar: The Chamarajanagar District Manager and a First Division Assistant (FDA) of Maharshi Valmiki ST Development Corporation were trapped by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuths when the duo were accepting bribe from a beneficiary here on Friday. District Manager N. Kempaiah and FDA Prakash, were the ones who were trapped by the ACB. One Mahesh…
DHO gives tips on preventing Dengue outbreak
June 9, 2018Mysuru: With the onset of Monsoon, the Health and Family Welfare Department, in association with Columbia Asia Hospital, will launch widespread campaigns across the district to sensitise the people on the measures to be taken for preventing the outbreak of dengue and such other vector-borne diseases. Addressing a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavan here this…
‘Sri Vasudeva Namana’ by Surabhi on Sunday
June 9, 2018Sri Mysore Vasudevacharya is a well-known name in the field of Karnatak Classical Music. Being an eminent scholar of Sanskrit and a great Vaaggeyakara, he was rightly honoured with the awards like Sangeetha Kalanidhi and Padma Bhushana. We should feel proud that he was a resident of Mysuru. But at the same time, it is…
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