Mysuru: A large number of people had gathered at Maharaja’s College Grounds yesterday afternoon to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was scheduled to arrive in city at 3 pm. At last, the wait was over for those eyes that kept scanning the sky for the PM’s arrival when the Air Force chopper with PM…
Former Chief Justice launches Wadiyar Foundation in Bengaluru
February 20, 2018Bengaluru: Former Chief Justice of India Justice M.N. Venkatachalaiah launched HH Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar (HH SNW) Foundation by unveiling the logo of the Foundation at a function organised at the Palace Grounds here yesterday. The launching of the Foundation coincided with the 65th birth anniversary of Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar and also the third anniversary of…
State BJP Core Committee Meeting held
February 20, 2018Mysuru: The State BJP Core Committee Meeting was held at a hotel on Hunsur Road in city yesterday evening. The meeting held soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s departure from the city, has assumed significance, in the wake of forthcoming Assembly polls, which is just a couple of months away. The meeting is said to…
Inauguration of Kitchen Waste Biogas Plant at NIE Boys Hostel
February 20, 2018Mysuru: The Kitchen Waste Biogas Plant of capacity 50kg/day at NIE-Boys’ Hostel was inaugurated recently by MUDA Chairman D. Dhruvakumar and MLA M. K. Somashekar. The inauguration was followed by a programme at NIE-Diamond Jubilee Sports Complex where Dhruvakumar and Somashekar addressed the gathering and highlighted the significance of waste management and rain water harvesting…
‘Education is not just for Roti-Kapada-Makaan’: Swami Bodhamayanandaji
February 20, 2018Mysuru: Marking the 183rd birth anniversary of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama had organised a special lecture on “The need of Swami Vivekananda’s message of strength for the youth” at Crawford Hall here this morning. The occasion also marked the anniversary of Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama. Speaking on the topic after offering floral tributes to…
K.B. Changappa appointed as Member of Human Rights Commission
February 20, 2018Mysuru: B. Kokkengada Changappa, who recently retired as a Principal District and Sessions Judge of Bengaluru, has now been appointed as a Member of the Human Rights Commission by the State’s Governor Vajubhai R. Vala. Changappa, who had been selected as a District and Sessions Judge by the Karnataka High Court in 2002, had served…
CM Siddharamaiah pays surprise visit to Bharathnagar
February 20, 2018Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah who was in city yesterday paid a surprise visit to Bharathnagar in Chamundeshawari Constituency raising curiosity and fuelling speculations in political circles. Siddharamaiah has been repeatedly asserting that he would contest the coming Assembly election from Chamundeshwari Constituency claiming that it had given him a political re-birth. The surprise visit of…
Retired employees to stage protest in front of PF Office in city tomorrow
February 20, 2018Demand minimum pension of Rs. 7,500 Mysuru: Demanding a minimum pension of Rs. 7,500 per month, Karnataka State EPF Retired Employees Federation will stage a protest tomorrow from 10 am to 5 pm in front of the Regional Provident Fund office in Gayatripuram here. Disclosing this at a press meet at Patrakarthara Bhavan here yesterday,…
Workshop on Rescue and Relocation of Snakes in city from Feb. 24
February 20, 2018Bengaluru: Kālinga Centre for Rainforest Ecology (KCRE) will conduct a workshop titled ‘STORM’ (Scientific Training on Reptile Management) in Mysuru on Feb.24 and 25 in association with well-known Herpetologist, Snake Shyam. The workshop aims at practical, fun way of learning about snakes. In an effort to encourage people to learn more about snakes, KCRE has…
Annual Leadership Talk at SDM-IMD tomorrow
February 20, 2018Mysuru: SDM Institute for Management Development (SDM-IMD), Mysuru, has organised the Annual Leadership Talk-2018 on Feb. 21 at 11 am at its auditorium in city. Dr. Stefan A. Wilms, Dean, Faculty of Business and Transport Management, Heilbronn University, Germany, will deliver the talk. He is the CFO of Buy & Build AG, Gomaringen and…
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