Mysuru: Maintaining that languages help in bonding people across the country, Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Prakash Javadekar has said that languages also help in building friendship in a multi-cultural society like in India. He was speaking after inaugurating the new premises of the Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Kannada, CIIL,…
Koraga, Kuruba languages in Karnataka becoming extinct
February 19, 2018Mysuru-based Central Institute of Indian Languages working for preservation of endangered languages New Delhi:- More than 40 languages or dialects in India are considered to be endangered and is believed to be heading towards extinction as only a few thousand people speak them, officials said. According to a report of the Census Directorate, there are…
Chamarajanagar ZP President to join BJP today
February 19, 2018Mysuru: Chamarajanagar ZP President and KPCC General Secretary M. Ramachandra will join the BJP in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the public rally to take place at Maharaja’s College Grounds here this afternoon. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, M. Ramachandra said that he would quit Congress and also resign…
Government employees thank CM Siddharamaiah
February 19, 2018Mysuru: The Mysuru District Branch of Karnataka State Government Employees Association has thanked Chief Minister Siddharamaiah for announcing in the State Budget that the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission will be implemented in toto. In a press release, the Association said that the CM has asked the Department of Public Administration and Reforms (DPAR)…
Pourakarmikas appeal PM to provide them facilities
February 19, 2018Mysuru: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mysuru today to take part in various programmes, the Mysuru Nagara Palike Pourakarmika Sangha has appealed the PM to provide basic amenities to Pourakarmikas, who are working overtime to ensure the success of ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ launched by the NDA Government led by him. In a memorandum, the…
Expo of pen sketches of Nobel Laureates marks National Science Day
February 19, 2018Mysuru: Marking National Science Day, a day-long exhibition of pen sketches of 56 Nobel Laureates sketched by Science teacher and artist U.G. Mohan Kumar Aradhya was held at Suchitra Art Gallery in Kalamandira premises here yesterday. The pen sketches included those of Sir C.V. Raman, Subramanya Chandrashekar, Hargobind Khurana, Mary Curie, Perry Curie, Edwin Nehar…
UoM Students Federation prepare pakodas
February 19, 2018Mysuru: Upset with a statement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi about people selling pakodas too were in a profession in their own way, members of the University of Mysore (UoM) Students’ Federation said that the PM had not lived up to his pre-poll promise of generating jobs. Stating that PM Modi should become the…
Mysore Varsity Ph.D awardees
February 19, 2018Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) has awarded Ph.D in Physics to T.N. Narayanaswamy for his thesis ‘Growth and characterisation of thin films of HVI compound semiconductors on glass substrates by chemical bath deposition’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. R. Ganesha. L. Lokesh has been awarded Ph.D in Psychology by the UoM for his…
Kannada version of book on Tyagaraja released
February 19, 2018Mysuru: Swathi Prakashana had organised a function at Veene Seshanna Bhavana in Kuempunagar here yesterday for the release of the Kannada version of CD ‘Tyagaraja Geethamruta’ and the book ‘Nadabrahma Rachanamruta Part-2’ translated to Kannada by Dr. Geetha Seetharam. The book and CD were released by Swami Athmajnanandaji of Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama and Ranganath of…
Padma Shri Dr. R. Sathyanarayana, Dr. Mysore Manjunath to be feted
February 19, 2018The Sangeetha Sabhas and Dance Schools of Mysuru have gotten together to celebrate and felicitate two of its own eminent achievers — Musicologist Dr. R. Sathyanarayana and Violinist Dr. Mysore M. Manjunath. The function is at Mysuru Vasudevacharya Bhavana, Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, JLB Road, on Tuesday the 20th, from 6 pm. The icing on the…
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