The book highlights how the numerically small Kodava community is unique and deserves the religious minority status to safeguard its culture, ancestral homes, sacred groves, traditional land tenure systems and customary laws, which have come under threat in the recent years due to ‘outsiders’ outnumbering the local population, triggered by ‘vote bank’ politics. Mysuru: The…
TN bandh over Cauvery: Buses from Mysuru unaffected
April 4, 2018Mysuru: With the protests in Tamil Nadu escalating over the Cauvery water issue, there were fears that the bus services from Mysuru to different parts of Tamil Nadu would be affected. However, till yesterday the inter-State buses from both sides are plying regularly without any disruption in service. The buses to Chennai, Ooty, Coimbatore, Salem,…
Hike in third party insurance premium: Truckers to stage stir from Apr. 7
April 4, 2018Mysuru: Condemning the hike in the Third Party Insurance Premium amount by Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) and terming the same as unscientific, various truckers associations will be staging an indefinite stir from Apr. 7. This is in response to the nationwide strike called by the Federation of Karnataka Lorry Owners Association in protest…
JSS Academy ranked 37th, third in the State
April 4, 2018Mysuru: Even as the University of Mysore missed the NIRF ranking in the list announced by the HRD Ministry, the JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research (JSS AHER) has done the city proud by bagging the 37th rank among Universities in the country and third in the State. This is the only institution from…
Residential Retreat for Doctors at Suttur Srikshetra
April 4, 2018Mysuru: Jagadguru Sri Veerasimhasana Mahasamsthana Mutt, JSS Mahavidyapeetha and Sri Shivarathreeshwara Religious Endowment Trust have jointly organised a three-day ‘Residential Retreat for Doctors’ at Suttur Srikshetra from Apr. 12. The camp will be held under the guidance of Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji and Jnanayogashrama, Vijayapura Mutt Seer Sri Siddeshwara Swamiji. Distinguished speakers like…
Teachers urged to safeguard professional ethics
April 4, 2018Mysuru: The true hallmark of teaching profession largely depends on teachers practicing professional ethics, said Dr. N. N. Prahallada, Retired Associate Professor in Education, Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Mysuru, while inaugurating a 13-day orientation programme on “Professional Ethics and Indian Constitution” for the faculty of Governemt Polytechnic Institutions from Karnataka organised at Nagamangala Polytechnic…
Annual Drawing Camp for kids
April 4, 2018Mysuru: A 24-day Annual Drawing Camp for school students organised by JSS Mahavidyapeetha commenced this morning at the premises of JSS Balajagath School on Ramanuja Road here. About 100 students have registered for the camp, open for students from 1st to 10th standard held under three categories daily from 9 am to 1 pm. The…
Former AIISH Director bags Nepal’s Speech & Hearing Award
April 4, 2018Mysuru: All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) former Director and former dean of National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) Dr. M. Jayaram is the recipient of the newly instituted ‘Ganga-Godavari Oration Award Early Care of Hearing’ by the Speech and Hearing Association of Nepal. The award will be conferred on…
‘Sangeeta Habba’ by Bhagini Seva Samaja
April 4, 2018By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Bhagini Seva Samaja, Mysuru, will be holding a week-long ‘Sangeeta Habba’ on the occasion of Ramanavami from Apr. 9 to Apr. 15. Sri Vishwesha Teertha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt will grace the occasion. The music programmes will be held at Bhagini Seva Samaja School premises, near Ballal Circle, Krishnamurthypuram. The programme…
Lecture on ‘Growing Women: Facts and Myths’
April 4, 2018Mysuru: A special guest lecture on ‘Growing Women: Facts and Myths’ was conducted by TTL College of Business Management, Saraswathipuram in association with Inner Wheel Club, Mysuru Central for M.Com students of the college. The speaker, Dr. Nandini Keshava, Neuro-Physiologist, City Neuro Centre, Mysuru, spoke about various aspects of human sexuality-myths and misconceptions, which is…
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