AKSHARA 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…
Maundy Thursday and Good Friday Services at Srirampura Church
April 18, 2019Mysuru: Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services will be held at Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Church at Srirampura today and tomorrow. Maunday Thursday mass will be held from 6 pm onwards today and Good Friday adoration will be held from 6 am to 2 pm tomorrow followed by The Way of the Cross and…
Woman arrested for murdering husband
April 18, 2019Mysuru: Vidyaranyapuram Police have arrested a 28-year-old woman on charges of murdering her husband. While the accused is 28-year-old Vimala, the victim is Venugopal (43), residents of Gundurao Nagar in city. Vimala tried to convince her relatives that her husband had died in sleep on Tuesday night, but the relatives doubted her as she was…















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