Mysuru:“Western education per se is not bad but the way it is being implemented in India is bad and the way we are aping Western culture can put anybody to shame,” said former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) T.S. Krishna Murthy. He was delivering the Foundation Day Lecture at Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute of Management Development…
Vedike demands suspension of KAS Officer Basavarajendra
August 23, 2017Mysuru: Karnataka Rajya Hindulida Vargagala Jagruta Vedike has demanded the suspension of KAS Officer H. Basavarajendra, who has accused ACB Police of pressurising him to sign a statement against former CM B.S. Yeddyurappa in the Shivaram Karanth Layout de-notification case. Addressing a press meet here yesterday, Vedike President K.S. Shivaram alleged that Basavarajendra was a…
Save Kodagu: Protest rally at Kutta on Aug.26
August 23, 2017Ponnampet (Kodagu): As part of Save Kodagu and Save Cauvery Campaign, a protest rally will be staged at Kutta on Aug. 26. The rally against the proposed Railway and Highway projects, is coordinated by United Kodava Organisation, Coorg Wildlife Society, Kodagu Growers Federation and Save Kodagu Forum and supported by over 30 organisations across Kodagu….
Cops seek help to identify elderly woman
August 23, 2017Mysuru: V.V. Puram Police, on Aug. 20, who found an elderly woman moving around near the Church in Brindavan Layout, have admitted the woman to the Old Age Home run by Bapuji Children’s Home in Gokulam here. The Police, when questioned the woman about her whereabouts, the woman is said to have told that her…
Minors found married
August 23, 2017Girl is five months pregnant, Cops book case under POCSO Act Hunsur: An incident of a 16-year-old boy marrying a 15-year-old girl and the girl getting pregnant has come to light at Billenahosahalli hamlet, Hanagodu hobli coming under Neralakuppe Gram Panchayat limits recently. It is learnt that the marriage between the minors were performed eight…
Water Doctor bats for traditional: Ingu Gundi to increase groundwater level
August 23, 2017Mysuru: Rainwater harvesting and letting out shower water from the bathrooms through “Ingu Gundi” are the only ways to increase groundwater levels, said Ayyappa M. Masagi who is popularly referred to as “Water Doctor”. He was speaking at a seminar on ‘Water Crisis and Management’ at Senate Bhavan here on Aug. 21 that was jointly…
Intl. athlete Reena George opens Taluk-level sports
August 23, 2017Mysuru: The Taluk-level Athletic Championship- 2017 organised jointly by Department of PU Education and Mysore Central PU College, Saraswathipuram, was inaugurated by international athlete Reena George at the Chamundi Vihar Stadium here this morning. Inaugurating the event, Reena called upon the students to actively take part in sporting activities as their achievement in the field…
NSS, Sports and Cultural activities inaugurated
August 23, 2017Mysuru: The NSS, Sports and Cultural activities was inaugurated at TTL College of Business Management here recently by N.C. Nagegowda, Circle Inspector, Saraswathipuram. Prof. H.N. Aswathanarayana, Executive Secretary, B.V. Prashanth, Administrator and Placement Officer, Dr. M. Preethi, Principal, TTL College of Business Management, B.N. Maruthi Prasanna, Principal, TTL Independent PU College, staff and students were…
Spine Clinic at Columbia Asia
August 23, 2017Mysuru: Columbia Asia Hospital, Mysuru, is conducting a Spine Clinic between Aug. 21 and Aug. 26 from 2 pm to 5 pm at the hospital. The clinic includes free consultation with neurosurgeon with special discounts on MRI; lab and radiology investigation and discectomy package available, if advised. Those interested may register on Ph: 3989896 or…
Suchetana Swaroop is new CIC
August 23, 2017Bengaluru: Suchetana Swaroop (in pic) was appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) by the State Government on Monday. The post had remained vacant since November 2016. Swaroop, who is already working as the Information Commissioner, has been elevated to the new post. He hails from K.R. Nagar in Mysuru. A decision to elevate Swaroop…
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