Mysuru: Dr. Renu Agrawal, Ex-Chief Scientist, Rural Development Co-ordinator, Project Advisor, CSIR-CFTRI, Mysuru, has been nominated for National Expert Advisory Committee for Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research (AWSAR) award for three years. This new initiative of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, will be a bridge between research and communication which will…
Scholarships for Bhavasara Kshatriya community students
August 12, 2018Mysuru: The Mysore District Bhavasara Kshatriya Graduates’ Association has organised 38th annual felicitation and scholarships distribution to Bhavasara Kshatriya community students of Job-Oriented, Diploma Courses, Engineering and Medical Courses on Sept. 9 at Sri Vittala Rukmini Convention Hall, Hunsur Road, Mysuru. Interested candidates, who have scored highest marks in B.Com, B.B.M. and B.E., are eligible…
Nobel prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul dead
August 12, 2018New Delhi: His politics, behaviour and judgment were often suspect but it is difficult to fault V.S. Naipaul’s writing. The Nobel Laureate passed away on Saturday (August 11) at the age of 85. Known for his acerbic, scathing remarks, Naipaul faced both admiration and contempt from his fellow peers. Naipaul was a writer with no…
Mission Indradhanush immunisation camps
August 12, 2018Mysuru: District Department of Health and Family Welfare is organising special camps on Aug. 13, 14, 17 and 18 as part of Mission Indradhanush programme for 2018-19 which was launched by the Union Government on Dec. 25, 2014. As per the Mission, pregnant women, children in the age group of zero to two years and…
Kurubarahalli Sy. No. 4 and Alanahalli Sy. No. 41 ‘B’ Kharab land: CM Kumaraswamy promises relief for MUDA Layout site owners
August 11, 2018Mysuru: Nearly five years of struggle of thousands of residents of Siddarthanagar, K.C. Nagar, J.C. Nagar and Alanahalli, coming under Kurubarahalli Survey No.4 and Alanahalli Survey No.41 living in the MUDA-allotted layouts is likely to end with the coming to power of the new Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy. Some of these layouts were formed about…
Mysuru-Nanjangud Highway closed for second day
August 11, 2018Nanjangud: – The temple town of Nanjangud, also known as ‘Dakshina Kashi’ continued to reel under floods for the second day today. The famous Srikanteshwara temple appeared like an island with flood water rising to almost 3 feet deep all around the temple, with most of the cluster temples in the vicinity too submerged. The…
Pervert trouble at K.R. Hospital Nursing Hostel: Uppinangadi Police arrest accused in Kerala
August 11, 2018Mysuru: The pervert, who had spread terror at the Women’s Nursing Hostel of K.R. Hospital and Cheluvamba Hospital run by Mysore Medical College and Research Institute in city, has finally been arrested in Kerala. Interestingly, it was Uppinangadi (Dakshina Kannada) Police who arrested him. The pervert had entered the hostel on July 20 and had…
ACB sleuths trap MCC officer red-handed
August 11, 2018Accused demanded money from a physically challenged international sportsperson Mysuru: An office manager of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) was trapped red- handed yesterday by the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) while accepting a bribe of Rs. 4,500 for sanctioning cheques to beneficiaries under ‘three percent grant scheme’ of JnNURM project. The officer, Thejkumar, was trapped…
Flow of colours at Chunchanakatte Waterfalls
August 11, 2018Chunchanakatte: Even as the flow of colours was a sight to behold at KRS Dam in Mandya and the water released dancing to different colours is still fresh in memory, a similar spectacle awaits the visitors to Chunchanakatte here, where all arrangements have been made for Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to inaugurate the two-day Jalapathotsava…
CM seeks 20 days time to resolve Falcon Tyres row
August 11, 2018Mysuru: Even as one of the major Industries in the city Falcon Tyres Ltd., located on KRS Road in Metagalli remains closed for over 3 years, Chief Minister(CM) H.D. Kumaraswamy has sought 20 days time for reviving the factory . Kumaraswamy who arrived last night in the city on a two-day tour of the district,…















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