Hunsur: Emphasising on the need for planting trees in order to maintain ecological balance, Hunsur MLA H.P. Manjunath said that the Forest Department was ready to extend all support in this regard. He was speaking at the sapling distribution programme organised by the Agriculture Department under the Agri-forestry promotion programme at Hunsur Town’s Central Nursery…
Theatre can connect with people easily: Theatrist Mandya Ramesh
May 29, 2017Bylakuppe:“Theatre has the language that can reach to the hearts of everyone easily,” opined cine actor and theatrist Mandya Ramesh. He was speaking at the valedictory of the children’s summer camp organised by Karnataka Green Kids Samskruthika Seva Trust at Sai Bhavan in Bylakuppe recently. Maintaining that the theatre has the power to understand any…
Hostel workers stage demonstration
May 29, 2017Mysuru: Strongly opposing the Government’s decision to directly appoint ‘D’ Group employees to hostels and residential schools run by the Social Welfare Department and Backward Classes Welfare Department, nearly a hundred hostel workers of the district, under the banner of Karnataka State Government Hostels and Residential Schools Outsourced Workers Union, staged a demonstration in front…
Residents stage protest against faulty UGD system
May 29, 2017Mysuru: Demanding rectification of Underground Drainage (UGD) system which is in a bad shape, the residents of Raghavendranagar Layout 10th Cross staged a protest against MCC authorities and the area Corporator yesterday evening. Speaking to SOM, the residents said that the UGD system in the layout was in a bad shape since many years and…
Two persons run over by trains
May 29, 2017Mysuru: In two separate incidents, two persons were run over by trains near Jayanagar and in City Railway Station yesterday night and today morning. In the first incident, which occurred this morning, a 27-year-old youth was run over by a train near Jayanagar early this morning. The deceased has been identified as Gangadhar alias Sanju,…
Elderly woman sustains injuries in road mishap
May 29, 2017Mysuru: In a hit and run case, an elderly woman sustained serious head injuries when she was hit by a car in front of the KSRTC Depot on Nelson Mandela road here last night. The injured woman has been identified as Lakshmamma (62), a resident of C.V. Road in N.R. Mohalla. Lakshmamma was crossing the…
RK Ashrama’s Swachha Mysuru drive enters 17th week
May 29, 2017Mysuru: The 17th week of “Swachha Mysuru Swastha Jeevana,” launched by Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama for 40 weeks to create public awareness about cleanliness and environmental protection, was held in and around Hebbal, Lakshmikanthanagar and Subramanyanagar here yesterday. Swami Atmajnanandaji Maharaj, Adhyaksha, Sri Ramakrishna Ashrama, Yadavagiri, D. Madegowda, former MLC and Shivanna, local Corporator, jointly inaugurated…
UoM Ph.D awardees
May 29, 2017Mysuru: The University of Mysore (UoM) has awarded Ph.D in Sociology to J.S. Dayananda for his thesis ‘Tamilnadige Kannadigara Valase: Kapiliyan Samudayada Samajashatriya Adhyayana’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. R. Indira. The UoM has awarded Ph.D in Kannada to C. Mahendra for his thesis ‘Dalitha – Bandaya Kathegalu: Pradeshikate’ submitted under the guidance of…
Mysuru Diocese Priest appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for France
May 29, 2017Mysuru: International Human Rights and Peace Commission (an inter-government body) has appointed Mysuru Diocese Priest Rev. Fr. S.D. Joseph as Goodwill Ambassador for France. International Human Rights and Peace Commission is jointly working with United Nations, European Commission, United Kingdom and other countries for the cause of humanity since decades. Rev. Fr. S.D. Joseph was…
JSS Varsity ties up with Quinnipiac University
May 29, 2017Mysuru: Quinnipiac University situated in Hamden, Connecticut, USA, a premier private sector University in the United States, has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara (JSS) University, Mysuru. The MoU was signed on May 26 in the presence of Dr. David Hill, Director, Institute for Global Public Health, Quinnipiac University; Dr….
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