Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner Abhiram Sankar has constituted a District-Level Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC) to keep a check on paid news in the district. The Committee will scrutinise print and electronic media to identify political advertisements in the garb of news in the media. The MCMC is headed by District Electoral Officer, who is…
MCC felicitates Pourakarmikas
March 12, 2019Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) felicitated Pourakarmikas and hosted lunch for them on Sunday for their valuable contributions which helped the city bag the third Cleanest City award and 5 Star status for garbage-free city in the Swachh Survekshan-2019 which were announced recently. District in-Charge Minister G.T. Devegowda, Mayor Pushpalatha Jagannath and MLA Nagendra feted…
Tyagaraja and Purandara Aradhana
March 12, 2019The Aradhana season is still going on. One of the Sabhas that celebrate Tyagaraja and Purandara Aradhana with pomp and fervor is N.R. Mohalla Sangeetha Sabha. They celebrate every year with two concerts, and on the third day, individuals offer their Sangeetha Seva followed by Goshti Gayana, honouring senior musicians and Maha Mangalarathi. This year…
Cow, calf injured in tiger attack
March 12, 2019Gonikoppal: In separate incidents, a cow and a calf were injured when a tiger attacked them at Besagur village near Gonikoppal in Kodagu. The incidents have created panic among the villagers. On Sunday night, the tiger attacked a cow belonging to one Natesh which was tied near the cowshed. When the people began to make…
Prize winners at ‘Varnatulika’ Literary Fest
March 12, 2019Mysuru: the students of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysuru campus, Bogadi II Stage, won prizes in the following events at ‘Varnatulika’ Literary Fest held at Christ College recently: Parodyze: Vivek and team (First); Captionize: Sahithya Shetty (Second); Tarjama (Hindi): Yuktimmana (Second); Debate: Someshwar Gurumath and Prakruthi (First); Tarjama (Malayalam): Atul Prakash (First) and Adi Anil (Second)…
MCC fined Rs.1,500 for collecting 70 paise excess water bill
March 12, 2019Mysuru: In an interesting case, collecting 70 paise in excess of water bill from a consumer has made the MCC to pay Rs.1,500 as compensation. Details: One S. Satish, a resident of Ramakrishnanagar H-Block in city, received a water bill for Rs.340.30 on June.17, 2018 from the MCC. He had paid Rs.340, just 30 paise…
State-level Conference on Heritage and Health Tourism from tomorrow
March 12, 2019Mysuru: Marking its 40th-year celebrations, city’s Vidyavardhaka First Grade College on Seshadri Iyer Road here, in association with the Department of Tourism, will be holding a two-day State-level Conference on ‘Heritage and Health Tourism in Karnataka’ at its premises on Mar.13 and 14. Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, College Principal Dr. S….
Discourse on ‘Yoga for Happy Life’ held for foreigners
March 12, 2019Mysuru: Over 58 foreign yoga enthusiasts undergoing training at 12 yoga schools in city took part in the one-day discourse on ‘Yoga for Happy Life’ held at Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama in city on Sunday. The Ashrama had organised this programme for foreign yoga enthusiasts for the promotion of yoga, meditation, spirituality and Indian culture across…
K.R. Pet Taluk Mysuru Residents Welfare Association formed
March 12, 2019Mysuru: Former Assembly Speaker Krishna has said that those who want to build organizations must work harmoniously and should not indulge in fight for power. He was speaking after inaugurating K.R. Pet Taluk Mysuru Residents Welfare Association at a programme organised at MMC&RI Platinum Jubilee Hall in J.K. Grounds here on Sunday. Highlighting that service…
Plumbers take out awareness rally on rainwater harvesting
March 12, 2019Mysuru: Marking World Plumbers Day, over 100 members of Sir M. Visveswaraya Plumbing & Sanitary Labour’s Welfare Union took out a rally in city yesterday morning to create awareness among people on the importance of rainwater harvesting. The rally commenced from Institution of Engineers-India (IEI), Mysuru Local Centre, on JLB Road and passed through Ramaswamy…















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