Mysuru: “Corruption questions the very integrity and credibility of a person and even media is not free from the shadow of corruption,” said senior journalist H.R. Ranganath rather curiously. Delivering the keynote address at a seminar on ‘Media: Future Challenges’ at the 83rd Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, here on Friday, he said that along…
Writer’s remarks on Lord Ram irks audience; divided listeners indulge in war of words Mysuru: Writer Prof. K.S. Bhagawan was escorted out of a seminar amidst heavy Police security while another thinker was forced to cut short his address after the audience found their speeches discursive and aimed at hurting religious sentiments and tweaking mythology….
Mysuru: Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Dr. Subramanian Swamy has said construction of the proposed Ram temple in Ayodhya will commence soon and it will be ready to receive devotees by next Deepavali. He was addressing a public meeting on “Ram Mandir – Way Forward” organised by Virat Hindustan Sangam (VHS) at Rajendra…
Mysuru: The art of pottery is something well- appreciated by people from various walks of life, evoking a sense of curiosity on how commodities are prepared with just a lump of mud. In the ongoing Khadi Utsav, a garland of appreciation is bestowed from the visitors on a potter who keeps spinning the wheel and…
Mysuru: The ongoing Kannada Literary Meet in city has another attraction – a huge collection of over 50,000 copies of old Kannada newspapers and magazines dating back beyond 50 years. The person behind such a rare collection is M.A. Venkatesh the 7th generation progeny of Narayana Iyengar, a prominent person associated with Mysore Maharajas. The…
Mysuru: On the concluding day of the Kannada Sahitya Sammelana, a seminar on ‘Janapara Chaluvaligalu’ (Pro-People Movements) was held at Maharaja’s College Centenary Hall here this morning. Delivering the keynote address, Ravi Verma Kumar, former Chairman, Karnataka State Backward Class Commission referring to prominence for women regretted that no women had occupied the post of…
Mysuru: Former Minister Prof. B. K. Chandarashekar inaugurated the 102nd birth anniversary celebrations of Dr. Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Mahaswamiji at JSS Technical Institutions, JSS TI campus, Mysuru, recently. Speaking on the occasion, he remembered various great works done by the JSS Mahavidyapeetha and the present pontiff Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji to make this world a…
Mysuru: “The government should give a serious thought to implement the recommendations put forward by the Study Committee constituted by the government to look into the problems of sex workers so that the transgenders and others were rescued from the flesh trade racket,” said Dr. Meenakshi Bali, Committee member and women Activist. She was speaking…
Mysuru: A traffic awareness programme for school children was conducted by the Traffic Wardens and the VV Puram Traffic Police Station at CFTRI School in city recently. The programme aimed at imparting students about their responsibilities on road and awareness about the different traffic rules. Mamatha, ASI, VV Puram Traffic Police Station, explained the various…
Mysuru: ‘SHIKSHAA,’ an awareness programme was carried out by the members of MAGNA Club of Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE), Mysuru, in various schools that was mainly aimed at spreading awareness about child abuse. The motive was to educate school children about the differences between a good touch and a bad touch, how they need…
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