New Delhi: Heavy rain accompanied with lightning in western and central parts of the country has affected four States with loss of lives in some of them. Rain accompanied by thunderstorm and lightning hit Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh in the last 24 hours. In all, over 50 people have died out of whom…
Election Commission to hold by-poll in Kundgol on May 19
April 18, 2019Hubballi: The Election Commission has announced the date for the by-poll for Kundagol Assembly constituency which fell vacant after the death of MLA C.S. Shivalli. Polling will be held on May 19 and votes will be counted on May 23. The gazette notification will be issued on Apr.22, last date for the submission of nominations…
‘Gender issues should be sensitised’
April 18, 2019AKSHARA bilingual journal released Mysuru: Sensitising the gender issues is the need of the hour, opined ex-MLC and former Chairman of National Women’s Commission Nirmala Venkatesh. She was speaking at the release of AKSHARA, a bilingual journal brought out by the Department of Journalism, Maharaja’s College here recently. She urged that men at a very…
When General Thimayya’s grandson comes calling at ‘Sunny Side’
April 18, 2019Madikeri: ‘Sunny Side’, General Kodandera Subayya Thimayya’s house in Madikeri that is being converted into a museum and a war memorial, had a special moment last week when the celebrated General’s grandson Kongetira Belliappa visited the museum. ‘Sunny Side’ is located on G.T. Road in Madikeri and it is being renovated at an estimated cost…
Winners at ‘cogNIEscience 2019’
April 18, 2019Mysuru: Sundaresh Shankaran, Vice-President, Engineer Services, Infosys, Mysuru, inaugurated ‘CogNIEscience 2019,’ a National-level Technical Paper Presentation Competition organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, The National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru, recently. Speaking on the occasion, Sundaresh conveyed the importance of research in cultivating networking skills by attending conferences and thereby attaining the skills to…
Prof. CDN Memorial Day held at Dhvanyaloka
April 18, 2019Mysuru: Prof. CDN Memorial Day was observed at Dhvanyaloka here on Apr.12. Prof C.N. Srinath, Director, Dhvanyaloka, in his welcome address observed how CDN (Prof. C. D. Narasimhaiah, founder of Dhvanyaloka) was a very distinguished teacher, scholar and an influential critic with a reputation for organisational abilities as well. CDN’s pioneering efforts in introducing American…
Mahalakshmi Sweets Charitable Trust’s welfare thrust
April 18, 2019Donations to service organisations, felicitation to sincere staff, awards to talented children Mysuru: Education is the key to progress and hence everyone must unitedly work to preserve it, said Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama President Swami Athmajnanandaji. He was speaking at a programme organised at Madhava Shenoy Kalyana Mantapa in Vishweshwaranagar recently, to present Pratibha Puraskar to…
One killed, three injured as Maruti van rams into parked tipper
April 18, 2019They were proceeding to Kodagu from Bengaluru to vote Srirangapatna: A 50-year-old woman was killed while three others suffered serious injuries, when the Maruti van in which they were travelling rammed into a parked tipper lorry at Baburayanakoppal in the taluk yesterday. The deceased is Asha (50). Her husband, 60-year-old Annaiah and two children who…
Polling Officer on duty dies at Chamarajanagar
April 18, 2019Chamarajanagar: Shanthamurthy (48), who was deputed as a Polling Officer, died of cardiac arrest while on duty at Booth No.48 in Chamarajanagar this morning. Currently, he was working as Kannada Lecturer and Additional Principal of GV Gowda Government PU College in Hanur town of Chamarajanagar district.
Injured snakes treated at city’s Veterinary Hospital
April 18, 2019Mysuru: Three Cobra snakes, which were injured when an earth-moving machine was digging a pit at Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited (BRBNMPL) premises in Metagalli, were rescued and treated at a Veterinary Hospital in city. When the earth-moving machine was digging a pit and lifting the mud, a snake was spotted in the…















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