Mysuru: The Mysuru District Administration has decided to insure the 12 elephants, Mahouts and Kavadis participating in Dasara celebrations. Besides, it has also decided to insure public and public property if the elephants damage them. Deputy Commissioner and Dasara Special Officer Abhiram G. Sankar has written a letter to the New India Assurance Company Divisional…
Crafts Bazaar begins
September 1, 2018Mysuru: The ten-day Crafts Bazaar organised by the Office of the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) under the sponsorship of Ministry of Textiles, New Delhi, began at JSS Urban Haat on Hebbal Ring Road yesterday. Karnataka Police Academy Director Vipul Kumar inaugurated the Bazaar. The artisans who have come from different parts of the country are trying…
Pramoda Devi Wadiyar opens Fun Fest at Vani Vilas Urs college
September 1, 2018Mysuru: Jayachamaraja Urs Education Trust had organised Sri Vani Fun Fest at the premises of Sri Vani Vilas Urs Girls PU and Degree College in Nazarbad this morning. The students of the college had set up 40 stalls with lot of intelligent games and food joints. A cultural programme was also held along with a…
New AC coach for Tirupati Express
September 1, 2018Mysuru: The South Western Railway is introducing one 3-AC compartment in Train No. 16219 Chamarajanagar-Tirupati Daily Express from Sept.3. In the return direction, the 3-AC service will be available from Sept.4. The fares from Chamarajanagar to Tirupati costs Rs 845 for adults, Rs.525 for senior citizen (male) and Rs.445 for senior citizen (female). The fare…
Medal winners in wrestling
September 1, 2018Mysuru: B. Chethan of TTL Independent PU College has secured 1st place in under 60 KG category at the Mysuru City Inter-Collegiate Wrestling Competition (2018 -19) conducted at Gymnasium Hall, University of Mysore, Mysuru, recently. The following students of TTL College of Business Management, Saraswathipuram, have also secured prizes in the Wrestling competition: M. Mahendra…
Kannada Research Scholars undergo 5-day training
September 1, 2018Mysuru: A five-day training-cum-workshop on Testing & Evaluation and Item writing for the Kannada Research Scholars of Karnataka, was held at National Testing Service-India (NTS-I) of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru from Aug.27. Pankaj Dwivedi, Officer In-charge of NTS-I, in his presidential remark emphasised on the importance of practice in item writing in…
INS condemns arrest of Rajasthan journalist by Bihar Police
September 1, 2018New Delhi: The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) is concerned at reports of the arrest of a journalist of Rajasthan’s Barmer district by Bihar Police earlier this month, purportedly on trumped up charges. The journalist, Durg Singh Rajpurohit, has alleged that his arrest took place at the instance of influential politicians who were miffed with his…
Sri Krishna Jayanti in city tomorrow
September 1, 2018Mysuru: Marking Sri Krishna Jayanti, District Administration and Department of Kannada and Culture have organised a function at mini auditorium in Kalamandira premises here tomorrow. Disclosing this at a meeting held at DC’s office here recently, Additional DC T. Yogesh said that the programmes have been lined up reckoning the code of conduct in force…
Former Municipal Councillor’s wife abducted
September 1, 2018K.R. Pet: A former Municipal Counsellor’s wife is said to have been abducted in broad daylight last evening in the town. The victim is Gayatramma, wife of former Municipal Councillor Raju and a resident of Hosaholalu in the taluk. Gayatramma, working as an Assistant at the Anganawadi Centre in Hemavathi Complex in Jayanagar Extension here,…
Indian culture and music have earned special status across the world
September 1, 2018Mysuru: A two-day veena recitals titled ‘Mysuru Veena Parampare’ was organised by Veena Vidwan T.V. Narasimhan with assistance from Union Ministry of Culture, at Veene Seshanna Bhavan in Kuvempunagar here recently. Inaugurating the programme, Dr. Guido Zanderigo, Director, Venetian Academy for Indian Studies, Italy, observed that Indian culture and music have earned a special status…















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