New Delhi: ‘Supercop’ former Punjab DGP Kanwar Pal Singh Gill died yesterday at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi. He was 82. He had been recovering from peritonitis but died of sudden cardiac arrest due to cardiac arrhythmia. Doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital said KPS Gill was suffering from end stage kidney failure…
More ticket counters to ease entry to Palace: Online tickets valid for three months
May 27, 2017Mysuru: The entry to the historic Mysore Palace, one of the most visited tourist destinations in the country, with lakhs of wonderstruck visitors queuing up to enter its precincts, is going to get easy. The Palace Board took a decision to increase the ticket counters from the current four to eight. This is the first…
Rush for Govt. Residential School admissions
May 27, 2017Mysuru: Hundreds of parents and children took part in the counselling for admissions to the Government-run Residential Schools for Backward Communities in city yesterday. The counselling was conducted at Babu Jagajeevan Ram Bhavan on Adi Pampa Road. The District Administration and the Social Welfare Department had organised counselling for students who wish to study in…
PU Board to discontinue combinations of less takers
May 27, 2017Bengaluru: The Department of Pre-University Education has decided to discontinue the combinations which do not attract the required number of students. According to guidelines of the PU Board, the combinations which do not have the required number of students for three year in aggregate, such courses would not be allowed to continue in the colleges….
Rotarian, PDG Col. Chengappa’s 100th birthday celebrated
May 27, 2017Mysuru: Celebrating the birthday of a person who has turned 100 is very special and unique. To be a part of this once-in-a-life time event is very rare and privileged. The Rotary Club of Mysore West created this momentous occasion, by celebrating the hundredth birthday of one of its own members Rtn. PDG Col. Biddanda…
Mysuru to host first Literary Fest on June 18
May 27, 2017Mysuru: The Literary Fests are the happening events today in many big cities’ calendar. It all began with the Jaipur Literature Festival started in 2006 with just 30 writers, is the biggest festival today. The other festivals that followed include the Kolkata Literature Festival, Hyderabad Literary Festival, Tata Literature Live, Ooty Literary Festival and Bangalore…
UoM ranked 9th among All India Multi-Disciplinary State Varsities
May 27, 2017Mysuru: In the Best University Survey 2017 conducted by The Week-Hansa Research, the century-old University of Mysore (UoM) is ranked 9th in All India Multi-Disciplinary State Universities and 15th among All India Multi-Disciplinary Universities, respectively. It may be recalled here that UoM had figured 36th in the India Ranking-2017 conducted by NIRF, MHRD, Government of…
Government to hold meeting with farmer leaders
May 27, 2017Bengaluru: The State Government has announced that it will soon convene a meeting of farmer leaders in a bid to resolve long-standing agrarian issues. Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T.B. Jayachandra and Health Minister Ramesh Kumar, who visited the farmers who have been protesting at Freedom Park here for the past couple of days, asserted…
Estonian team on city tour
May 27, 2017Mysuru: Riho Kruuv, Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia, who is on a one-day visit to Mysuru, was welcomed by District Youth Co-ordinator M.N. Nataraj at Hotel Royal Orchid Metropole in city this morning. He was accompanied by Hendrikus Van Dord, Executive Vice President, Indian Economic Trade Organisation (IETO), Pravin Kumar Goenka, Hon. Consul, Republic…
‘Sadhakarondige Samvada’ tomorrow
May 27, 2017Mysuru: The Mysuru Art Gallery will be holding an interaction with R. Muni Rao Mane, a motor car and art exhibitor at the monthly ‘Sadhakarondige Samvada’ to be held at the Gallery on Ramanuja Road here at 11am tomorrow. Retired KSRTC Divisional Controller Boregowda will be the chief guest. A two-day art expo (May 28…
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